Routine inspection and maintenance of your boiler can do wonders. Proper care can improve fuel use efficiency, extend the useful life of your heating system and have a healthy, green impact on your bottom-line.
Chad Fletcher, director of aftermarket parts and sales for Hurst Boiler, provides clients with an in-depth manual of tips and pointers for keeping their heating systems healthy. Below is an abbreviated list of some of those tips, focusing on broad maintenance points and inspection points.
General inspection tips:
- Perform an overall inspection of all boiler room systems and equipment at least twice daily or per shift.
During inspection, be sure to check or monitor:
- Operating pressure
- Water levels
- Boiler vessel (Jacket, Fire Side and Water Side Seals)
- Power burner operation
- All piping complete boiler room
- Make-up feed water system
- All electrical (panels, connections, flex and conduit)
- Fuel supply system (meters, traps, vents, piping, etc.)
- Combustion door lugs, seals and exhaust stack
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