TROUBLESHOOTING CHART (continued)

Flames come out top of flue.

a. Excessive gas supply or pressure.

a. Adjust pressure, change burner orifices

 

 

or install in-line regulator.

 

b. Collapsed burner radiants.

b. Replace radiants.

 

c. Exhaust problems.

c. Install or adjust flue restrictors. If

 

 

problem persists, contact your HVAC

 

 

representative.

 

 

 

Flames come out front of fryer.

a. Exhaust problems.

a. Install deflector to block down draft.

 

 

Install or adjust flue restrictors. If

 

 

problem persists, contact your HVAC

 

 

representative.

 

b. Radiants have slipped forward.

b. Reposition radiants.

 

c. Flue blockage.

c. Turn fryer and manual gas valve off. Let

 

 

flue cool and remove foreign objects.

 

 

 

Fryer has poor recovery or runs cold.

a. Baskets overfilled.

a. Don’t over fill baskets.

 

b. Fryer vessel overfilled with oil.

b. Fill fryer up to “Fill Level” line or “Max

 

 

Level” line as oil expands when heated.

 

c. Carbon coating on heat transfer tubes.

c. Boil-out fryer. See pages 9 & 10 -

 

 

Cleaning and boil-out.

 

d. Radiant collapsed or out of position.

d. Reposition or replace radiants.

 

e. Faulty or erratic thermostat.

e. Replace thermostat.

 

f. Low gas supply or pressure.

f. Verify if size of incoming gas line to fryer

 

 

and manifold gas pressure are adequate.

 

g. Thermostat bulb improperly placed.

g. Adjust bulb position. See pages 11-12

 

 

thermostat bulb positioning.

 

 

 

Basket lift mechanism will not operate.

a. Connections are loose or electronic

a. Make sure connections are tight.

 

timer is faulty.

Replace timer if faulty.

 

b. Breaker has tripped.

b. Reset breaker located on power box in

 

 

rear of fryer. Citcuit breakers on newer

 

 

units can be found under the control

 

 

panel.

 

c. Basket lift relay is faulty.

c. Replace relay.

 

d. Actuator is defective.

d. Replace Actuator if 24VDC is present.

 

 

 

Fryer is making a lot of noise.

a. Misadjusted air shutters on the burners.

a. Loosen screw that holds the air shutter

 

 

on the burner. Move air shutter so the

 

 

screw is in the middle of the slot on the

 

 

shutter. Make all the shutters the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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