How to avoid costly boiler corrective actions
One of the most relevant aspects of water heating systems is preventive and corrective maintenance, especially in high-power and energy industrial systems. Technicians and supervisors must be aware of everything.
For the ideal functioning of the boiler, throughout its useful life, it is essential to maintain it promptly. This will prevent costly repairs and some dangers in the home or workplace. Now, it is not only necessary to check the heater, but also its circuits, including those that lead to the heating. You have to be careful with some details, which could denote the difference between good energy consumption and one that only generates heat losses and significant expenses on the gas bill.
Perhaps, the key to ensuring optimal operation is through preventive maintenance, annual check-ups, and other issues that will avoid corrective actions, which are more strenuous and costly. However, if you have reached the point of not avoiding such a thing, you should at least know what the most common problems are in an entire water heater circuit and its heating.
- Sudden blackouts. Sometimes pump blockages occur, this can happen in a home or industrial environment. The technician will need to know how to unlock this because it is often a tedious problem. Generally, the symptoms are sudden increases in temperature, or the other way around, with very cold states; it may be a simple wiring, but whatever the case, the specialist must do a more in-depth check.
- Blockages in smoke outlets. This commonly happens in the commercial or industrial environment, where the collector works with other types of pressures. This could be serious if not treated in time and is avoidable with preventive maintenance. If this occurs, it is necessary to check the smoke outlets and make sure they do not have obstructions; Normally, the boiler locks itself for safety, in that sense, the technician must repair it so that the carbon monoxide continues its course through the evacuation ducts.
- Water heater flame problems. It commonly happens due to too much dirt in the suction filters. Although it is not a very complicated problem, and it is easy to solve, it is recommended that it be resolved by a specialist.
- Pressure decreases. A problem in home and industrial boilers is pressure drops, details that eventually appear when the relevant preventive maintenance is not carried out. The consequences? There will simply be no hot water for processes or daily use, also affecting the heating itself in a building. It is usually an adjustment that can be resolved by anyone, but if you are not sure how to refill the circuit with the pressure established by the manufacturer, then it is best to go to a specialist.
- Problem in the temperature probe for domestic hot water. When this problem arises, it will not be easy to solve; It is best to have it fixed by a DHW and heating technician. When the temperature probes fail, the first symptom is the loss of hot water, with possible sparks, indicative of a failure to turn on the water heater – at least in some models. Likewise, the heating will be affected.
- Smell of gas from the boiler. The atmospheric type system may have malfunctions that lead to a noticeable gas smell in the home or commercial complex. If so, it is important to make it completely unusable, opening doors and windows so that the wind can circulate, and where the specialist will have to be called for a quick solution. It is important to emphasize that avoid plugging in appliances near the heater, so as not to produce sparks or dangerous flames.
- Strange sounds from the water heater pump. If rubbing sounds are heard, it may be the pump part. It is best to replace it immediately, or depending on what the technician says.
All these problems arise from not doing preventive maintenance on the heater system for domestic hot water, process water, and the heating itself. Then, the repairs will be more expensive. Preventive correction will always be better.
