Stanley Donard 60 - FAULT FINDINGS AND TROUBLESHOOTING; CHIMNEY AND DRAUGHT ISSUES; COOKER PERFORMANCE ISSUES; HEATING SYSTEM FAULTS

26
Waterford Stanley
Bilberry, Waterford, Ireland.
Telephone: (051) 302300
Facsimile: (051) 302375
Rev: 011 DP 021105
FAULT FINDINGS
PROBLEM CAUSE REMEDY
1. Poor Chimney Draught: (a) Obstruction. (a) Clear and clean.
(b) Chimney too low. (b) Raise height above ridge.
(c) Chimney too wide. (c) Fit flue liner 150mm (6”)
(d) Crack in wall. (d) Repair cracks.
(e) No flue liner (e) Fit flue liner
2. Excessive Chimney (a) High chimney. (a) Fit external draught stabiliser.
Draught
3. Down Draught: (a) High trees (a) Raise chimney height.
(b) High buildings (b) Raise chimney height.
(c) Low chimney. (c) Raise chimney height.
4. Cooker Smoking: (a) Insufficient primary air. (a) Provide room air inlet or adjust burner air intake.
(b) Chimney blocked. (b) Clean chimney.
(c) Side flueways restricted. (c) Clean flueways.
(d) Down Draught. (d) Raise chimney height or fit anti-downdraught cowl.
5. Hot Plate Not Heating: (a) Baffles incorrectly set. (a) Set baffle knobs.
(b) Burner cutting out. (b) Increase cooker thermostat setting.
(c) Utensils not flat. (c) Use machined based utensils.
6. Oven Not Heating: (a) Boiler baffles incorrectly set. (a) Set baffle knobs.
(b) Flueways blocked with soot. (b) Clean out.
7. Radiators Not Heating: (a) Baffles incorrectly set. (a) Set baffle knobs.
(b) Circulating pump not working. (b) Check and replace if defective.
(c) Pipe thermostat set too high. (c) Reduce thermostat settings.
(d) Air in system. (d) Bleed system.
(e) Pipe system faulty. (e) Check pipe sizes and circuit.
(f) Excessive number of radiators (f) Turn off un-needed radiators.
(g) Radiator valves not balanced. (g) Adjust valves to give an even flow.
8. Domestic Hot Water (a) Cylinder too large. (a) Use 180 litre cylinder.
Cylinder Not Heating (b) Flow pipe too small. (b) Use 28mm bore pipe.
(c) ‘Balancing valve’ closed. (c) Open ‘check valve’.
(d) Cylinder thermostat set too low. (d) Increase thermostat setting.
(e) Circulating pump not working. (e) Check and replace if defective.
9. Intermittent Performance: (a) Cooker starved of primary air. (a) Provide air inlet in room.
(b) Extraction fan in room. (b) Provide additional air inlet in room.
(c) Dirt in nozzle. (c) Clean or replace nozzle.
(d) Dirty burner. (d) Service burner.
(e) Worn nozzle. (e) Replace nozzle.
(f) Dirty flueways. (f) Clean flueways.
(g) Dirty oil filter. (g) Clean or replace.
10. Domestic Hot Water (a) Leak in indirect cylinder coil. (a) Replace cylinder.
Rusty: (b) Incorrect cylinder fitted. (b) Check with installer.
It is of the utmost importance to keep the flue pipe and chimney clear of deposits. Blocked or partially
obstructed flueways and chimneys will cause dangerous fumes to be emitted into the room, these may well be
invisible.