KETTLE SAFETY INSPECTION CHECKLIST
Regular inspection and maintenance of units is essential to obtain trouble free and safe operation of
equipment. Inspections must include testing of the pressure relief valve and checks of the operating
system to insure that it has not been altered.
No safety features designed into the equipment should ever be tampered with. Tampering
with or bypassing controls is a very dangerous practice and unfortunately we have seen several cases of
this. Following is a short list of the most common and the most dangerous alterations performed on kettles.
✘
Plug
✘
Tube
diameter
reduced
✘
Frozen,
stuck, or
plugged
✘
Plumbed to
drain or
water line
1
2
3
4
✔Incorrect Installations
1Safety valve has plug threaded into the
discharge opening preventing any steam from
escaping.
2Safety valve’s tube diameter has been
reduced.
3
Safety valve is sticking, frozen shut or plugged.
To test, refer to PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE
PERIODIC TESTING.
4Safety valve is plumbed to a drain or water
line creating back pressure and reducing flow.
SAFETY VALVE:
This illustrations show the
correct configuration of a
factory installed Safety Valves.
Any modifications are
unacceptable.