Form 43539178
Oct 2019
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SERVICING:
A qualified person must service the appliance. Servicing is defined as work that
requires the use of tools or the person to access/remove components along the
control arm assembly. The brooder must be serviced annually as a minimum,
or more frequently as circumstances/conditions dictate.
To keep your brooder in good operating condition, we recommend that after each crop
you blow any dust and dirt from the brooder with compressed air.
If at anytime you notice
a lazy yellow flame as shown below then the brooder needs to be cleaned:
CAUTION:
TURN THE GAS AND ELECTRIC (IF EQUIPPED) SUPPLIES OFF
AND ALLOW THE BROODER TO COOL DOWN BEFORE
ATTEMPTING ANY MAINTENANCE.
Inspect the flame characteristics by running the brooder with the Mechanical Ventilation
OFF and Natural Ventilation by opening the doors at the end of the house. This will result
in a flame that is more stable to observe.
If at anytime 25% or more of the flame turns yellow or on an annual basis, we
recommend that the burner and orifices be disassembled and cleaned. Built up deposits
in the burner will not be effectively cleaned with compressed air.
1.
Release the main burner orifice fitting and pan from the burner by turning the swivel clamp.
CAUTION:
In order to prevent damage to the control arm tubing, first place your hand under
the pan and allow the control to lower gently under its own weight.
NATURAL GAS MODELS ONLY. Remove the Combustion Air Ring.
2.
Unscrew the main burner orifice from the orifice fitting and clean the orifice hole with a drill
bit the same size as the orifice or by soaking the orifice in acetone liquid cleaner. Dry the
orifice by blowing compressed air through it. NOTE: Care must be taken not to ream the
orifice hole to a larger diameter as this will result in over firing the burner and potentially
causing damage to the emitter.
FIGURE 9