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Hi Guys,
I was fortunate to witness a spillage test the other day on an o/f fire with a paddle fan installed in the same room. My engineer started the test, after 5 mins of heating the fire with all doors/windows closed and fan on full, the front cover was not in place so he could perform the spillage test, straightaway the flame pic changed from a stable flame to one that looked very floppy which was at times being blown all the way underneath the burner and wafting out from the sides of the fire. A window was opened as all the reference books state but this made little difference, the engineer shut off supply at the restrictor elbow and capped with plug. I guess I expected the opening of the window to at some point rectify the problem, but it didn't.....Any of you had that happen.
Another thing that surprised us both was that the fan had been fitted for the past 6 years and owner said never had any problemns when tested in the past, they did however state that they had never witnessed any other engineer turning the paddle fan on. AMY
I was fortunate to witness a spillage test the other day on an o/f fire with a paddle fan installed in the same room. My engineer started the test, after 5 mins of heating the fire with all doors/windows closed and fan on full, the front cover was not in place so he could perform the spillage test, straightaway the flame pic changed from a stable flame to one that looked very floppy which was at times being blown all the way underneath the burner and wafting out from the sides of the fire. A window was opened as all the reference books state but this made little difference, the engineer shut off supply at the restrictor elbow and capped with plug. I guess I expected the opening of the window to at some point rectify the problem, but it didn't.....Any of you had that happen.
Another thing that surprised us both was that the fan had been fitted for the past 6 years and owner said never had any problemns when tested in the past, they did however state that they had never witnessed any other engineer turning the paddle fan on. AMY