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Regular maintenance 6 - 12 monthWascator CLS FOM 71 CLSRegular maintenance 6-12 months
The reference machine shall at a regular basis be maintained and checked
in order to ensure that the reference machine is in good order and will work
in accordance with the specifications given in IEC 60456.

Every 6 months:

• CarryoutaninstallationcheckaccordingtoinstructionsinChapter3.
• Usethestartupprogram(Program991)andmakeavisualcheckand
ensure that the supply or drain valves are not leaking.
• CarryoutaweightcheckaccordingtoinstructionsinChapter5.
• Topreventthebuildupofscaleifthereferencemachineisruninhard
water decalcify the machine according to procedure described in Chap-
ter 8.
• Checkforanybuildupoflintordetergentandifveriedcleanaccording
to instructions in Chapter 8
• CarryoutanemptyruntestCotton60ºCorCotton40ºCdepending
what type of program to run during the test period.
• ComparetheresultsobtainedwithresultsshowninTable1inChapter
11 "Empty run test data". Note the definitions assigned to the time inter-
vals shown in the table.
• IfvaluesareoutsidethespecicationinTableE.2inIEC60456make
another empty run test or recalibrate.
• Ifothervaluesfromtheemptyruntestdiffersfromthevaluesshownin
Table 1 Analyse why the values differ and correct (Wrong water pressure,
wrong supply water temperature, faulty heating element etc).

Once a year:

• Performaacompletecalibrationofthemachineinaccordancewithcerti-
fied procedures.