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Operation and maintenance manual for the Q-PER series boilers with feeders. The producer reserves the right to introduce technical modifications.
4.8. Emergency stopping of the boiler
Always stop the boiler in any of the following situations:
1. water leakage from the boiler,
2. temperature increase above 90°C,
3. necessity to re
fi
ll the evaporated water in the system and
radiators.
In order to stop the boiler operation, perform the procedure
described in “Boiler stopping” section. Should it be necessary
to stop the boiler immediately, remove the heat using a metal
shovel and place it in a metal container. Bring it outside the boil-
er room and put out with water.
CAUTION! Do not extinguish hot fuel with water inside the
boiler room!
5. BOILER OPERATION DISTURBANCES
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BEFORE CALLING THE SERVICE
The customer will bear the costs of travel and work of the sere technician in case of the unjusti
fi
ed calling of producer’s service. There-
fore, before you call the producer’s service please read the section concerning the most often occurring disturbances in boiler operation
and methods of dealing with them.
Symptom
Cause
Repair
Smoking outwards
insu
ffi
cient chimney draught
remove leaks in chimney,
fl
ue or boiler doors
insu
ffi
cient chimney height
lift chimney to height min. 1.5 m over roof ridge
too small chimney’s intersection
adjust damper of the
fl
ue, decrease blowing force
very low atmospheric pressure
use fan supporting chimney draught
contamination of chimney
fl
ue
clean ducts
Low thermal e
ffi
ciency of the
boiler
combustion of low heat fuel
replace fuel with high heat fuel
no supply of air to the boiler-room
facilitate correct air supply through the window or air
supply duct
failure of forced draught fan or controller
re-set parameters in compliance with the user’s manual or
replace with a new one
contamination of gas passes in smoke tubes chamber
clean passes, adjust the damper
Moistening and tar deposits
inside the boiler
(symptoms similar to leak)
low temperature maintained in the boiler
use boiler in temp. min. 57°C
Leak
to be assessed by the producer
repair by PEREKO service
Too high chimney’s draught
—
adjust chimney draught with a damper in boiler
fl
ue
Fuel suspends in the container
Too moist fuel
Remove fuel from the container and dry it
