Italtherm CITY BASIC - Boiler Inactivity and Frost Protection

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The eects of the periods of inacvity can be relevant in parcular situaons such as in ats used only
for some months per year, most of all in cold places.
The user will have to decide to put the boiler in the SAFETY SHUT OFF state disconnecng all the sup-
plies, or to . When there is the possibility of freezing
it is convenient to chose between the advantages and the disadvantages of the SAFETY SHUT OFF and
of the Stand By/An Freezing Way.
Safety shut o
f Turn o the general switch on the Electrical Supply Line of the Boiler;
f Close the Gas Tap;
When it is expected that the temperature is going to decrease under 0°C, call a technician to do
the following:
• Fill the system with an an-freezing soluon (unless the system was already lled with said solu-
on) otherwise it must be completely emped. Noce that if it had been necessary to restore
the pressure (because of possible loss) in an heang system already lled with an An freezing
soluon, the concentraon of the soluon could have decreased and it could not guarantee the
An freezing Protecon.
• completely empty the hot and cold sanitary water system, including the sanitary circuit and the
boiler’s sanitary exchanger.
Remark: the boiler is equipped with a system which protects the main components from the excep-
onal cases of mechanical lock, due to the inacvity in presence of water and scale. The an-
locking funcon can’t work in Safety shut o mode, because of the lack of electrical supply.
Before re-igning the boiler, have a technician check that the pump is not blocked due to inac-
vity (for the technician: unscrew the plug in the centre of the cap to access the rotor sha and
turn it with a screwdriver or other suitable tool).
Stand-by mode with an-frost & an-locking funcon
When the boiler is le in stand-by during a period of inacvity, it will be protected against freezing by
several funcons provided in the electronic controller, which heat the parts involved when the tempera-
ture falls below factory set values.
The an-frost heang is accomplished by turning on the burner and pump.
In addion, when the boiler is in stand-by, it periodically acvates the main internal components to
avoid rare cases of blockage due to inacvity in the presence of water and lime. This can also occur
when the boiler is locked (red lamp on) provided that the system pressure is correct.
In order for these systems to be acve:
• the boiler must be receiving gas and electricity;
• boiler must be le in stand-by mode (Summer/Winter knob on
, green lamp ashing);
• system pressure must be correct (1÷1.5 bar in a cold state, minimum 0.5 bar)
In case of lack of gas, the burner won’t turn on and the boiler will go in LOCK OUT state (red lamp on or
ashing). Nevertheless the pump will work, making the water circulate in the system and reducing in
this way the possibility of freezing.