FULTON VMP Series - Annual Service Procedures; Five Year Maintenance Recommendations; Post-Repair and Maintenance Checks

VMP-IOMM-2018-2
Fulton Ltd
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MAINTENANCE - 5
5.4.2 LOW WATER LEVEL CHECK
5.4.3 EVAPORATION CHECK
This check may be required by your insurance inspector as part of the annual inspection.
To perform the evaporation check, follow the procedure in Section 4.4.2 - Low Water Level
check allowing water to lower by natural evaporation and not by manual blowdown.
1. Ensurethattheboilerisring,thefeedwaterpumpisnotrunningandthatthewaterlevelis
between Pump On and Pump Off.
2. Switch the Pump switch to the OFF position.
3. Allow the water level to lower by natural evaporation below the Low Water level.
Do not allow the water level to drop below the bottom of the water level gauge (sight glass).
4. Check:
a) Low Water limiter lights illuminate
b) Low Water audible alarm sounds
c) Burnerstopsring
d) Feedwater pump does not start
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used.
5. Switch the pump switch to the ON position.
6. Check:
a) Feedwaterpumpstartsandrellstheboiler
b) Water level rises above the Low Water level
c) Burner does not start
d) Low Water audible alarm continues to sound
7. Press the Common Alarm Reset switch for 2 seconds maximum
8. Check:
a) Low Water Limiter lights extinguish
b) Low Water audible alarm silences
c) Burnerautomaticresequencestarts
9. Verify that the pump continues to run until the Pump Off level is reached and then switches off.