CF SERIES GAS FRYERS
CHAPTER 6: OPERATOR TROUBLESHOOTING
6.3 Troubleshooting Fryers with Thermostat Controls
PROBLEM | Probable Causes | Corrective Action |
| A. Pilot is not lit. | A. Light pilot per instructions in |
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| B. Drain valve not fully closed. | B. Verify drain valve is fully closed. |
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| C. Verify that unit is correctly |
Burner does not | C. No electrical power to unit. | plugged in and that circuit breaker |
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light. |
| D. Verify that the gas line |
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| connections are properly |
| D. No gas being supplied to unit. | connected, that any cutoff valves |
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| main are open, and that the main |
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| gas cutoff valve is open. |
6.4 Troubleshooting the |
PROBLEM | PROBABLE CAUSES | CORRECTIVE ACTION | |
Unit will not go into |
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melt cycle or stays in | Failed melt cycle switch. | Melt cycle switch must be replaced. | |
melt cycle | Call FASC. | ||
continuously. |
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| Isolating the problem requires | |
Fryer never reaches | Failed thermostat or thermostat out of | additional troubleshooting beyond the | |
frying temperature. | calibration. | scope of operator troubleshooting. | |
Call FASC. | |||
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| A. If the pump runs normally after | |
| A. Thermal overload switch has | resetting the thermal overload | |
| switch, the pump was overheated. | ||
| tripped on an overheated motor. | ||
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Pump won’t start. | Test: If the pump stopped | Always filter with the cooking | |
oil/shortening at or near frying | |||
suddenly during the filtering | |||
| temperature. | ||
OR | process, especially if after several | ||
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filtering cycles, the pump motor | Allow the pump motor to cool off | ||
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Pump stops during | has probably overheated. Place | ||
for about 10 minutes after | |||
the filter handle in the OFF | |||
filtering. | filtering two full frypots one after | ||
position, allow the pump to cool | |||
| the other. | ||
| for at least 45 minutes, and then | ||
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| press the reset button on the pump | Check the filter paper after each | |
| motor. Attempt to activate the | ||
| frypot is filtered. Replace the | ||
| pump. | ||
| paper if there is a large | ||
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| accumulation of sediment. |