
MELBURY HE 3800-10000 -
Installation, Use and Maintenance
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5. OPERATING CONDITIONS
5.1. Fuels
The Melbury HE boilers are designed for operation
with fuel oil EL and natural gas. Models Melbury HE
3800-10000 can also be operated on heavy fuel.
CAUTION:
The use of other fuels such as for example biogas is only permitted with the express
approval of the manufacturer.
5.2. Combustion air
The combustion air must not have high dust
concentrations.
CAUTION:
Furthermore, it must be free of halogens (chlorine and fluorine compounds).
An excessive presence of halogen in the combustion air leads to great corrosion
damage. Make sure that no paints, thinners, cleaning agents, degreasing agents,
solvents, chlorine containers, etc. are stored in the boiler room!
5.3. Filling the installation and water quality
The installation must be thoroughly rinsed before it is
finally filled.
When filling for the first time and refilling, check the
quality of the water in accordance with the values
recommended in chapter "Water quality", page
5. Poor water quality leads to damage in heating
installations from calcification and corrosion. On the
other hand, the service life, functional reliability and
efficiency can be increased using appropriately treated
water.
During the filling process, the circulation pumps should
be switched off and all ventilating valves opened, so
that the air in the system can completely escape. The
filling process is finished when the operating pressure
has been reached.
5.4. Protection against corrosion
Normally, no corrosion problems arise if systems are
properly designed and installed and are run according
to these instructions; consequently there is no need
to use chemical additives. However, if water is of poor
quality or if oxygen seeps from the air into the heating
system (expansion chambers open, expansion/supply
chambers too small, plastic tubes without diffusion
blocking in floor heating) damages are something
which cannot be completely excluded. If you happen to
use chemical additives in your system, make sure that
they are effective, harmless and above all appropriate
for the materials your system is made of. Enquire with
your chemical additive supplier.
In this case, you will need to arrange for a specialist
water company to carry out annual quality checks on
the water used in the heating system in order to avoid
any damage to the system.
5.5. Requirements for operation
The maximum operating pressure and the maximum
temperature to be observed are listed on the type plate.
The minimum temperatures to be observed are given
in chapter 2.1.
It is strictly recommended to maintain the boiler in
operation during several hours after a cold start-up
in order to evaporate condensates that are inevitably
formed in any boiler during cold start-up.
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