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BOILER MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST: General Maintenance

Use this checklist for the general maintenance of your boiler. Regularly servicing your boiler ensures it is combusting fuel safely and efficiently, minimizing the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning .

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09/16/2022

BOILER MAINTENANCE CHECKLIST: General Maintenance

Use this checklist for the general maintenance of your boiler. Regularly servicing your boiler ensures it is combusting fuel safely and efficiently, minimizing the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning .

Keep the boiler, burner and entire boiler room clean. A clean boiler room is essential to first class boiler operation.

Keep the burner and boiler control covers in place. The electrical contacts in the controls are very sensitive.

Never close vents supplying air to the boiler room. If cold air currents cause difficulty with other boiler room equipment, install air ducts to direct the flow of fresh air.

Repair all leaks promptly. All piping connections to the boiler and burner should be leak free because even a minor leak, if neglected, may soon become serious.

Foaming or priming may occur in a steam boiler and cause large quantities of water to pass over into the steam main. It can be detected by violent fluctuations or sudden dropping of the water level in the glass. This will result in nuisance shutdowns of the burner due to the low water cutoff shutting off the burner. This may be caused by dirt or oil in the boiler water, an overdose of boiler compounds or carrying too high a water level. In case of serious trouble, stop the burner and decrease the load on th

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