VHX SERIES STEAMERS - OPERATION
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1. Wi t h both timer knobs at the off posi tion, open
the compartment doors and observe that no
steam has entered the cooking compartment s,
then close the doors.
2. Set both tim er knobs at 2 minutes. The ready
lights will go off, the cooking lights will come
on, and steam will begin to enter the
compartments.
3. After one m inute, open each door and observe
that steam has ceased to enter each
compartment, cooking li ghts go back to ready,
and one minute is remaining on each cook
timer.
4. Close doors and steam generation and c ook
timing will resume. Observe the floor drain to
ensure that live steam f r om compartments is
being cooled by cold water from the c ol d water
condenser solenoid valve.
5. When ti mer knobs reach "0", buzzers will
sound, steam generation will cease, cooking
lights will go off and ready lights will come on.
To silence buzzers, turn timer k nobs to of f
position.
6. During idle ti me or a cooking cycle, the heating
system will cycle on and off as necessary to
maintain steam pressure in the boil er.
7. Turn power switch off to remove power from
the steamer.
A. Boiler blowdown starts.
BOILER BLOWDOWN ANDSTEAMER SHUT OFF
Turn the steamer off at l east onc e dai ly to blowdown
the boiler. This will aid in the removal of sediment
and scale build-up in the boiler.
NOTE: Boiler should be with-i n nor m al operating
pressures.
1. Turn power switch OFF.
2. Boiler bl owdown sequence starts.
A. The blowdown/drain solenoid valv e will be
de-energized and the boiler will begin to
drain.
B. The cold water condenser solenoid will
operate, as needed, to condense steam
and to cool the water going into the drain.