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EB 2512 EN
Malfunctions
Table 10:
Troubleshooting
Malfunction
Possible reasons
Recommended action
Downstream pressure
drops below the
adjusted set point.
Regulator installed against the flow.
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Install the regulator so that the direction of flow
matches the direction indicated by the arrow on
the body.
Regulator or K
VS
/C
V
coefficient too
small
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Check the sizing.
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Change K
VS
/C
V
coefficient, if necessary or
install a different sized regulator.
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Contact SAMSON's After-sales Service
department.
Pressure tapped at the wrong place
(regulator with external control line).
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Reconnect the control line at another point.
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Do not connect the control line at pipe bends or
necks.
Foreign particles blocking the plug
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Remove foreign particles.
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Replace damaged parts.
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Contact SAMSON's After-sales Service
department.
Compensation chamber in the wrong
position or too small (with steam).
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Reconnect compensation chamber at a different
place or replace it (see section 7.7).
Control line blocked
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Clean the control line and screw fittings.
Strainer blocked.
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Clean strainer.
Jerky control
response
Increased friction, e.g. due to foreign
particles between seat and plug.
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Remove foreign particles.
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Replace damaged parts.
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Contact SAMSON's After-sales Service
department.
Loud noises
High flow velocity, cavitation.
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Check the sizing.
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Install larger regulator, if necessary.
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Install flow divider with gases and steam.
Leakage at the
actuator.
Defective operating diaphragm/bel-
lows.
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Replace damaged diaphragm/bellows.
Leakage at the bellows
seal.
Defective bellows seal
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Replace bellows seal.
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Contact SAMSON's After-sales Service
department.
Red mark appears at
the diaphragm rupture
indicator (actuator
with two diaphragms).
Defective operating diaphragm
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Replace damaged operating diaphragm.