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TRIAD Boiler Systems, Inc.

Series 8900 SH

Space Heating Control Panel

Operation and Installation Manual

TRIAD Boiler Systems, Inc.

West Chicago, IL 60185

Phone: 630-562-2700

Fax: 630-562-2800

www.triadboiler.com

Printed in USA.  1/12/04

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Page 1: ...nuals info TRIAD Boiler Systems Inc Series 8900 SH Space Heating Control Panel Operation and Installation Manual TRIAD Boiler Systems Inc West Chicago IL 60185 Phone 630 562 2700 Fax 630 562 2800 www triadboiler com Printed in USA 1 12 04 ...

Page 2: ...el Operation And Installation Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS Section Introduction 1 Sequence of Operation 2 Entry Codes 3 Sensor Calibration 4 Sensor Troubleshooting 5 Monitoring Codes 6 Error Codes 7 Explanation of Entry Codes 8 Fine Tuning the Heating System 9 Troubleshooting 10 ...

Page 3: ...ounted in an area that could experience temperatures above 125 F Mounting the Outside Sensor The outdoor sensor is to be mounet on the North or Northwest outside wall of the building The sensor should be mounted no less than twelve feet above the ground In a high rise installation when the equipment room is on the top floor install the sensor as close as possible to the panel with it still on a No...

Page 4: ...ed To discontinue the entry procedure press the star sign to start over STARTUP PROCEDURES To bring the Series 8900SH Control Panel online the following three steps must be completed 1 Unlock the keypad using code 61 See Section 8 2 Enter the code settings through the keypad See sections 3 and 8 3 Calibrate the sensors See Section 4 System shut down and start up should be done through the keypad o...

Page 5: ... Section 1 Introduction And Specifications In the event of power loss or damage to the control panel the boilers will revert to self control At that point each boiler will cycle on and off according to its high limit control TRIAD recommends that in this situation the high limits be set at approximately 180 F ...

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Page 7: ...Great user manuals database on UserManuals info Series 8900SH Control Panel Operation And Installation Manual Section 1 Introduction And Specifications OUTDOOR AND RETURN WATER LINE SENSORS ...

Page 8: ...put Channels Six Sensor input Range Voltage input of 1 9VDC is read at a value of 55 by the controller Voltage input of 3 1VDC is read as a value of 200 If an input is shorted to common the controller will read 40 at the input If input is open the controller will read 230 Sensor Accuracy Within or 1 degree Fahrenheit Sensor Type Solid state linear sensing Output Channels Up to 24 Output Capacity 3...

Page 9: ...ner if the boiler temperature exceeds the high limit setting Manual Override When Code 63 is used to manually override the control panel Potentiometer An electronic device used to adjust the sensor temperatures Program A set of commands that tells the computer which calculations to carry out Ratio Control The control that allows the operator to vary the Return Water Line temperature in relation to...

Page 10: ...fter date of original installation a replacement Circuit Board will be furnished the owner free of charge exclusive of any applicable federal state or local taxes All repairs and or replacements furnished shall be F O B TRIAD s factory The Manufacturer shall not be liable for freight drayages installation and or other labor costs and any other costs or expenses involved with direct replacement of ...

Page 11: ...occuring 6 00 am As the outside temperature gradually drops from 70 F to 60 F the control panel prepares to bring on heat The decision has been made for the boilers to fire in a sequence of 1 through 6 so as the outdoor air temperature drops below 60 F the control panel calls for the number 1 or lead boiler to fire As boiler 1 fires it begins to add heat to the return main Because it is the design...

Page 12: ...reased against how much heat the building naturally loses The rate of change factor also allows you to determine how long each boiler will run before firing the next boiler in line Assume it is now 7 00 pm the building is empty and dark and three of the boilers have been used to maintain the building heat Because the control panel was set to lower the temperature in the Return Water Line at 7 00 p...

Page 13: ...T ENTER THE CODES IN THE ORDER SHOWN BELOW THEN CALIBRATE ALL SENSORS CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL PANEL MORE DETAIL ON EACH CODE IS AVAILABLE IN SECTION 8 CODE FUNCTION 60 This code starts the sequence for the 60 codes 62 This code displays the System Mode which tells us that the boiler system is either ready to heat or is shut off Press 62 then press 0 for System Off or 1 for System On 63 This code ...

Page 14: ...ts to 100 and is described in Section 6 The range of code 24 is between 01 to 2 00 seconds For example a setting of 1 00 will be a 100 second delay a setting of 2 00 will only be a 50 second delay because the timer is counting up to 100 by two s twice as fast TRIAD recomends starting with setting at 10 26 This code tells the panel how many boilers it will control up to a maximum of 24 27 This code...

Page 15: ..._________ CODE FUNCTION SETTINGS 62 System Mode 65 System Primary Pump When Used 66 Setback On Off 67 Hours and Minutes 24 Hour Clock 68 Day of the Week Day of the Month 69 Month and Year 21 Outside Temperature Shutdown Setting 22 Minimum Return Water Temperature Setting 23 Reset Ratio Setting Manual Setting When Used 24 Rate of Change Factor 26 Total Number of Boilers 27 Design Return Water Tempe...

Page 16: ...eted by the panel as an increase or decrease in temperature CALIBRATION To calibrate the sensors you will need an accurate digital thermometer a small non magnetic flat screwdriver a medium non magnetic flat screwdriver and a small crescent wrench PLEASE NOTE THAT THE SERIES 8900SH CONTROL PANEL MUST BE TURNED ON FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO CALIBRATE THE SENSORS Press the function...

Page 17: ...ree ways to determine accurate Return Water Line temperature 1 Clean the copper surface of the return line next to the sensor well and tape the thermometer probe to the clean copper Wait until the temperature shown on your digital thermometer stabilizes and accept that as the correct temperature 2 Remove the sensor from the well and let it hang in the air as far away from the hot return line as po...

Page 18: ...n The second test is to attach a good sensor to the terminal strip in place of the one removed If the display now reads a temperature then the old sensor is probably bad and should be replaced If the display is showing Error Code 40 the wires either have a short or the wires are reversed at the sensor input terminals Each sensor has a positive wire and a negative wire that could have been reversed...

Page 19: ...ulates the required Return Water Line Temperature using the Outside Temperature the Ratio that was entered and other information within the processor Codes 12 and 14 are usually very close 15 In this code the panel checks the values of Codes 11 12 27 and 28 to calculate the Outdoor Reset Ratio This automatic function can be overridden via code 23 16 This displays the heating system status by using...

Page 20: ...de 93 93 This code shows the total number of days a boiler has run since it was installed up to a maximum of 9999 You can clear the accumulated time for all boilers and start over at time zero by entering code 91 then entering 99 and pressing the sign This is useful when boiler maintenance is planned By zeroing out the elapsed time after a maintenance procedure you now have a timer that can count ...

Page 21: ...y of the following 1 The first time the control panel is powered up PROG LOSE may flash Press star to reset the computer and then proceed with entering the codes 2 If pressing star does not clear the display the E PROM chip may be bad Contact your TRIAD service representative or TRIAD Boiler Systems for a replacement 3 If the replacement of the E PROM chip does not solve the problem the batteries ...

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Page 23: ... Entry Code in the display to begin flashing 3 Enter the desired temperature value code etc 4 Press the pound sign to save the displayed entry Press the star sign to abort an unwanted entry to prevent it from being saved and to revert back to the last display code viewed To discontinue the entry procedure press the star sign to start over ENTRY CODE 21 OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE SHUTDOWN SETTING PRESS EN...

Page 24: ...ve setting of 0 is entered when you want the computer to automatically calculate the outdoor Reset Ratio setting This calculation will be displayed in monitor code No 15 ENTRY CODE 23 OUTDOOR RESET RATIO SETTING MANUAL CALCULATION PRESS ENTRY CODE ENTER YOUR CHOICE PRESS SAVE KEY FOR A RESET RATIO OF 1 00 THE AVAILABLE RESET RATIO DEGREE RANGE IS 10 TO 2 50 This code allows for manual fine tuning ...

Page 25: ...PRESS ENTRY CODE ENTER YOUR CHOICE PRESS SAVE KEY FOR A RATE OF CHANGE FACTOR OF 10 THE AVAILABLE RANGE IS FROM 01 TO 2 00 This code allows you to set the speed of the counter that was explained in code 17 The Rate of Change Factor directly influences how fast or slow boilers are brought on line when heat is called for If boilers are brought on line too quickly a waste of fuel can result due to to...

Page 26: ... design engineer will have already calculated this However if you do not know the proper temperature simply use 180 F ENTRY CODE 28 OUTSIDE DESIGN TEMPERATURE SETTING PRESS ENTRY CODE ENTER YOUR CHOICE PRESS SAVE KEY TO SET OUTSIDE DESIGN TEMPERATURE THE AVAILABLE TEMPERATURE RANGE IS 20 F TO 50 F This code sets the Design Outside Temperature which is the average coldest temperature your geographi...

Page 27: ... 5 F After entering the on time and the degrees to be setback press the enter key When is pressed at the end of each entry it not only enters the values into program memory the display is advanced to the next slot Next input the time to turn the setback off to return to normal running conditions 6 00 am in this example The panel now knows to lower the water temperature by 5 degrees at 6 p m and re...

Page 28: ...r the panel cover or on the inside of the enclosure which closes to fire a boiler and opens to shut down a boiler Your mechanical contractor should have numbered the boilers to correspond with the numbers on the terminal strip If not use Code 63 to manually activate boiler No 1 If it won t fire rewire the terminal strip so relay 1 fires boiler 1 relay 2 fires boiler 2 etc The sequence in which the...

Page 29: ...lot Once the eighth boiler has been entered all of the slots available in Code 40 have been used Because there are still 4 more boilers remaining simply press Code 41 and continue entering the last 4 stages Example 2 PRESS SAVE KEY TO HAVE BOILERS 9 THROUGH 12 ENTERED Changing The Lead Boiler Firing Sequence After a boiler has been in the number 1 position for a year it will have accumulated more ...

Page 30: ...nded that the keypad be locked after each entry session ENTRY CODE 62 SYSTEM MODE PRESS ENTRY CODE DISPLAY SHOWS OFF OR ON PRESS SAVE KEY The system mode turns the boiler system off and on and is commonly used to shut it down at the end of the heating season and turn it on again in the Fall When turning the system on the panel takes over control of the boilers and in some cases the primary system ...

Page 31: ... is commonly used during maintenance or testing ENTRY CODE 65 MANUAL OVERRIDE OF THE SYSTEM PRIMARY PUMP PRESS ENTRY CODE DISPLAY SHOWS OFF OR MANUAL ON OR AUTOMATIC PRESS SAVE KEY This code allows the system primary pump to be turned on off or put on automatic The system primary pump circulates water from the boilers through the building To use this code enter 65 and then enter 0 or 1 to turn it ...

Page 32: ... DAY OF THE WEEK AND DATE OF THE MONTH PRESS ENTRY CODE PRESS SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK PRESS TWENTY NINTH DAY OF THE MONTH PRESS SAVE KEY This code allows you to set or observe the day of the week and month To set the proper day of the week enter a single digit of 1 through 7 to represent Monday through Sunday then enter two digits to represent the calendar day of the month and then press to save E...

Page 33: ...OF SETBACK RANGE IS FROM 1 TO 240 MINUTES PRESS SAVE KEY This provides flexibility to the setback schedule For example a school might set back every night of the week but occasionally have a special activity in the evenings To warm the building you could re enter the code for that night and change the settings However it is much easier to enter Code 81 the number of minutes of override and then pr...

Page 34: ... can be as much as 20 F because the control panel begins determining the most fuel efficient way to reheat the building two hours prior to the end of the setback period instead of just firing all the boilers simultaneously While watching both the outside temperature and the system Return Line Temperature the panel will fire the boiler s only enough to bring the heat back normal So the energy savin...

Page 35: ...ow there is a lag between the need for heat and the firing of the boilers TRIAD recommends an initial setting of 10 By viewing Code 18 you can get a feel for how long the boilers have been running in each cycle For maximum efficiency the boilers should fire for a minimum of 30 minutes If they aren t reduce Code 24 by 01 for a setting of 09 Check daily and continue to reduce your entry by 01 until ...

Page 36: ...to the circuit board has been lost If you do have proper voltage the control panel may be bad Turn the panel off so the boilers will automatically revert to self control via their high limit controls and continue to supply the building with heat Contact your TRIAD Service contractor or your TRIAD representative THE CONTROL PANEL IS RUNNING AND THE BOILERS ARE RUNNING BUT THE BUILDING IS TOO COLD U...

Page 37: ...resentative THE BURNER WILL NOT COME ON DURING TESTING OF THE SYSTEM CODE 63 _ Be sure that the control panel is calling for the boilers by 1 Making sure that 0 has been entered in code 62 2 Making sure that 1 has been entered in code 63 3 Making sure the high limit set points on the boilers have not been exceeded THE CONTROL PANEL WILL NOT ACCEPT ENTRIES Make sure the Keypad is unlocked in code 6...

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