General maintenance, Combustion diagnosis, Heater parts from acf greenhouses – Modine Manufacturing 6-558.6 User Manual

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SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS — GENERAL

TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE

Only people trained and familiar with the operation of unit
heaters and their controls should service this unit.

General Maintenance

1. Service air moving components annually.

a. On propeller units this includes checking motor for

lubrication if motor is not there permanently lubricated
type and check fan for fit on motor shaft and for
damage to blades.

b. On blower units this should include:

(1) checking motor and blower bearings for lubrication

(2) checking belt and sheaves for proper alignment and

adjustment

(3) checking cleanliness of blower wheel and filters

2. Keep unit free from dust, dirt, grease and foreign matter,

paying particular attention to:

a. Combustion air inlet terminal.

b. Main burner ports, pilot burner, an main burner orifices

(avoid use of hard, sharp instruments capable of
damaging surfaces, for cleaning these ports). If air
pressure is available, use air hose to blow dirt and
other foreign matter from within the burner. Also main
burner orifices should be checked for blockage due to
spider webs, etc.

c. Primary air shutters (when used).

d. Clean heat exchanger tubes from bottom with stiff

brush after removing burner. (Do not use wire brush.)

e. Fan blades.

To Remove Main Burner

1. Turn off electricity and gas to unit.

2. Remove access panel (see Figure 13).

3. Remove all fastening screws holding hinged bottom pan in

place and lower bottom pan (see Figure 2).

4. Disconnect pilot tubing and ignition cable from the

combination gas control and ignition control.

5. Remove the two burner retaining pins holding the burner in

place. The burner can then be easily lowered from the unit.
In replacing the burner, be certain that the slots at the front
of the burner are located properly on their shoulder rivets
and that the burner retaining pins are put back into their
proper locations.

Replace bottom pan and access panel, making sure a good
tight seal is achieved along he entire perimeter of both
panels.

Figure 14
Manifold Adjustment

Combustion Diagnosis

To realize full gas heating value requires periodic inspections
with proper combustion control corrections as outlined and
illustrated here.

1. Lifting Flames. Lifting flames rise unevenly above the

burner port and may occur on few or all the ports.
Sometimes the flames drop and lift intermittently. Lifting can
be eliminated by reducing primary air. If flame cannot be
adjusted properly, check input rate to heater and manifold
gas pressure; reduce if necessary. Check the main burner
orifice size with those listed in Table 5 to be sure the unit is
not operating over rated input.

Figure 15
Air Shutter Adjustment, Propane Gas

Figure 16
Lifting Flame Condition

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MIXER

TUBES

PRIMARY

AIR SHUTTER

MAIN

BURNER ORIFICE

MANIFOLD

COMBUSTION
AIR INLET COLLAR

PILOT
TUBE

MANIFOLD

PILOT AND
IGNITOR
ASSEMBLY

HINGED BOTTOM PAN

MAIN BURNER
ORIFICE

MIXER
TUBES

MANIFOLD
MOUNTING
SCREW

IGNITION
CABLE

IGNITION CONTROL

Heater Parts from ACF Greenhouses

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