Mckenzie Corp: Get your Boiler ready for cold weather

Get Ready! The time is fast approaching when you will need to have your boilers back on-line. Yes, winter is coming and so are the demands placed upon your boilers.

To make sure you are operating safely and at peak efficiency we recommend that you, or a qualified boiler service technician, open your boiler for an inspection. Clean both the fireside and waterside. If you haven't had your boiler inspector out, call him so that he can take a look.

When you reassemble your boiler use new gaskets. Also clean and inspect your low water cutoff. Check all safety devices, including a pop test on the safety relief valves, flame safeguard checks and a leak test on safety shut-off valves.

Here is a checklist of items to inspect, clean, repair or replace as required.

· All refractory

· Replace all fireside gaskets

· Refractory baffle gaskets

· Burner gaskets

· Handhole gaskets

· Manhole gaskets

· Low water cut-offs

· Oil gun assembly

· Pilot electrode and pilot tube

· Flame detector

· Scanner tube

· Programmer

· Damper motor

· Cam assemblies

· Linkages

· Ignition transformer

· Ignition cable

· Operating limit controls

· Pilot Valves

· Main gas valves

· Main gas regulator

· Gas butterfly valve

· Blower motor

· Air proving switch

· Atomizing air pump

· Air cleaner

· Strainers

· Air and oil hoses

· Oil valves

· Oil metering stem

· Back pressure orifice

· Stem packing

· Gauges

· Stack thermometer

· Water column assembly

· Tyrcocks

· Safety Valves

· Sight ports