Weil-McLain SVF 1500-3000 Series Guide

Part number 550-100-251/0819
User’s Information
Manual
If the information in this manual is not followed exactly, a re or explosion may result,
causing property damage, personal injury or loss of life.
Do not store or use gasoline or other ammable vapors and
liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
— WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS —
•Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not use any telephone in your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s telephone. Follow the gas
supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the re department.
• Installation & service must be performed by a qualied installer, service technician or
the gas supplier.
Series 1
Models 1500 - 3000
Commercial Condensing
Gas-red water boilers

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e following dened terms are used throughout this manual to bring aention to the presence of hazards of various risk levels or to
important information concerning the life of the product.
Indicates presence of hazards that will
cause severe personal injury, death or
substantial property damage.
Indicates presence of hazards that can
cause severe personal injury, death or
substantial property damage.
Indicates presence of hazards that will
or can cause minor personal injury or
property damage.
Indicates special instructions on
installation, operation or maintenance
that are important but not related to
personal injury or property damage.
Hazard definitions
How to use this manual . . .
To . . . Read/use . . . See pages . .
Learn precautions Warnings and definitions 1 – 3
Start or shutdown the
boiler Use the OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS 4
Identify and locate boiler
components & the control
display
These illustrations and call outs will show you the location of
main components and use of the control display. 5 – 8
Prevent air contamination
Read the list of air contaminants you must avoid.
If found, either remove the products permanently, or have
your installer relocate boiler vent and air terminations to an
uncontaminated area.
9
Maintain the boiler Maintain the boiler using the schedule in this manual.
Schedule an annual start-up by a qualified service technician
before every heating season. 9 – 15
e Boiler manual is for use only by a qualied heating
installer/service technician. Refer only to this User’s Infor-
mation Manual for your reference. Improper installation,
adjustment, alteration, service or maintenance can cause
property damage, personal injury (exposure to hazardous
materials) or loss of life. Installation and service must be
performed by a qualied installer, service agency or the gas
supplier (who must read and follow the supplied instruc-
tions before installing, servicing, or removing this boiler.
is boiler contains materials that have been identied as
carcinogenic, or possibly carcinogenic, to humans).
When calling or writing about the
boiler— Please have the boiler model
number from the boiler rating label and
the Consumer Protection (CP) number
from the label located on the back of the
boiler.
Boiler service and maintenance

STOP! READ THIS BEFORE PROCEEDING . . .
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Failure to adhere to the guidelines on this page
can result in severe personal injury, death or
substantial property damage.
Boiler service and maintenance —
❏To avoid electric shock, disconnect all electrical supplies to
the boiler before performing maintenance if wiring will be
exposed.
❏To avoid severe burns, allow boiler to cool before performing
maintenance.
❏You must maintain the boiler as outlined in this manual and
have the boiler started up and serviced at least an-
nually by a qualied service technician to ensure boiler/
system reliability.
Boiler operation —
❏Do not block ow of combustion or ventilation air to boiler.
is boiler is equipped with a control which will automatically
shut down the boiler should air or vent be blocked. If vent or
air blockage is easily accessible and removable, remove it. If
the boiler display indicates a manual reset lockout, follow the
procedure on Figure8,page8 to reset the boiler. (If blockage is
not obvious or cannot be removed, have the boiler and system
checked by a qualied service technician.)
❏Do not allow contaminated air to enter the boiler room (or air
inlet pipe if direct vented). See page9 for details.
❏Should overheating occur or gas supply fail to shut o, do
not turn o or disconnect electrical supply to boiler. Instead,
shut o the gas supply at a location external to the appliance.
❏Do not use this boiler if any part has been under water. Im-
mediately call a qualied service technician to inspect the
boiler and to replace any part of the control system and any
gas control, which has been under water.
Boiler water —
❏Have boiler water chemistry checked at least annually by a
qualied service technician.
❏DO NOT use petroleum-based cleaning or sealing com-
pounds in boiler system. Gaskets and seals in the system may
be damaged. is can result in substantial property damage.
❏DO NOT use “homemade cures” or “boiler patent medi-
cines”. Serious damage to boiler, personnel and/or property
may result.
❏Continual fresh makeup water will reduce boiler life. Mineral
build-up in boiler heat exchanger reduces heat transfer, over-
heats the metal, and causes heat exchanger failure. Addition
of oxygen can cause internal corrosion in system components.
Leaks in boiler or piping must be repaired at once to prevent
makeup water.
❏Do not add cold water to hot boiler. ermal shock can cause
boiler heat exchanger to crack.
Frozen Water Damage Hazard
Residences or buildings that are unattended in severely cold
weather, boiler system components failures, power outages, or
other electrical system failures could result in frozen plumbing
and water damage in a maer of hours. For your protection, take
preventative actions such as having a security system installed
that operates during power outages, senses low temperature, and
initiates an eective action. Consult with your boiler contractor
or a home security agency.
If any part of a boiler, burner or its controls
has been sprayed with or submerged under
water, either partially or fully, DO NOT attempt
to operate the boiler until the boiler has
been either replaced or completely repaired,
inspected, and you are sure that the boiler
and all components are in good condition
and fully reliable. Otherwise, by operating this
boiler, you will cause a re or explosion hazard,
and an electrical shock hazard, leading to serious
injury, death, or substantial property damage. See
the instructions at right.
Saltwater Damage — e exposure of boiler components to
saltwater can have both immediate and long-term eects. While the
immediate eects of saltwater damage are similar to those of fresh-
water (shorting out of electrical components, washing out of critical
lubricants, etc.), the salt and other contaminants le behind can lead
to longer term issues aer the water is gone due to the conductive
and corrosive nature of the salt residue. erefore, Weil-McLain
equipment contaminated with saltwater or polluted water will no
longer be covered under warranty and should be replaced.
Electrical Damage — If any electrical component or wiring
came into contact with water, or was suspected to have come into
contact with water, replace the boiler with a new Weil-McLain boiler.

Figure 1 Operating instructions
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
External gas piping (by installer)
See next page for location of interior
boiler manual gas valve.
External manual gas valve
Union
Drip leg
From gas supply
Boiler gas connection
Internal manual
gas valve
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Figure 2 SVF TM 2000 boiler operating components, front panels removed.
Figure 3 SVF-2000 boiler manual gas valve location, top panel removed.
Boiler components
Boiler
manual
gas valve
Boiler
ON/OFF
switch
Boiler gas connection
Screen display — use to monitor boiler
operation, change heating system setpoints,
and enable/disable burner.
Boiler gas connection
Boiler gas connection
Screen display — use to monitor boiler
operation, change heating system setpoints,
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The Control display
Figure 4 SVF TM boiler’s control display

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The Control display (continued)
Figure 5 SVF TM boiler control display USER Menu — (set date and time, reset faults).
Figure 6 SVF TM boiler control display LOCKOUT SCREEN — screen turns red when boiler locks out —
highlight and select MANUAL RESET to reset boiler as shown below.
Date and time
1. Set month, date, year, hour and minutes.
2. Keeping the date and time current makes
sure the control can record problems ac-
curately.
Figure 7 SVF TM boiler control display Maintenance notice screens.
BOILER STATUS screen
Resetting faults:
1. During a fault, the status will change to LOCKOUT and the Time
& Date line will alternate with the fault name. e line MANUAL
RESET will appear on the Boiler Status screen.
2. Select MANUAL RESET to reset fault condition.
3. e MANUAL RESET screen will indicate whether the fault was
a manual or automatic reset, the fault name, and the time and
date it occurred.
4. Call for service if fault continues.

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Resetting the Control
Figure 8 Control display turns red when boiler locks out — select MANUAL RESET to reset boiler as shown below.
To reset:
• Press the DOWN or RIGHT arrow.
• e display will go to the STATUS screen.
• SEINGS will be highlighted.
• Press the DOWN arrow to move down to MANUAL RESET.
• Press ENTER (center buon).
• e display will switch to the manual reset screen, indicating what caused the
shutdown.
• Press ENTER to reset the control.
• e control will then return to normal operation if the condition has been cor-
rected.

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If the boiler combustion air inlet is located in any area likely to cause contamination, or if products which would
contaminate the air cannot be removed, you must have the combustion air and vent re-piped and terminated to
another location. Contaminated combustion air will damage the boiler, resulting in possible severe personal injury,
death or substantial property damage.
Do not operate an SVF TM boiler if its combustion air inlet is located in a laundry room or pool facility, for example.
ese areas will always contain hazardous contaminants.
Pool and laundry products and common household and hobby products oen contain uorine or chlorine com-
pounds. When these chemicals pass through the boiler, they can form strong acids. e acid can eat through the
boiler wall, causing serious damage and presenting a possible threat of ue gas spillage or boiler water leakage into
the building.
Please read the information listed below. If contaminating chemicals will be present near the location of the boiler
combustion air inlet, have your installer pipe the boiler combustion air and vent to another location, per the Boiler
manual.
Products to avoid Areas likely to have contaminants
Spray cans containing chloro/fluorocarbons Dry cleaning/laundry areas and establishments
Permanent wave solutions Swimming pools
Chlorinated waxes/cleaners Metal fabrication plants
Chlorine-based swimming pool chemicals Beauty salons
Calcium chloride used for thawing Refrigeration repair shops
Sodium chloride used for water softening Photo processing plants
Refrigerant leaks Auto body shops
Paint or varnish removers Plastic manufacturing plants
Hydrochloric acid/muriatic acid Furniture refinishing areas and establishments
Cements and glues New building construction
Antistatic fabric softeners used in clothes dryers Remodeling areas
Chlorine-type bleaches, detergents, and cleaning
solvents found in household laundry rooms Garages with workshops
Adhesives used to fasten building products and
other similar products
Excessive dust and dirt
Prevent combustion air contamination

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Figure 9 Service and maintenance schedules
Annual startup and general maintenance
OWNER MAINTENANCE (see the following pages for instructions)
BEGINNING OF SEASON
Contact your boiler service technician to inspect, service and start
up your boiler. You must have an annual start-up performed by a
qualified service technician to ensure reliable operation of the boiler
and system.
DAILY
Check boiler area.
Check air openings.
Check pressure/temperature gauge.
Verify boiler front door is securely closed.
MONTHLY
Check vent piping.
Check air piping.
Check relief valve.
Check condensate drain system.
Check automatic air vent.
PERIODICALLY Test low water cutoff.
Check time and date on the control display.
EVERY
6 MONTHS
Check boiler piping (gas and water).
Operate relief valve.
END
OF SEASON Shut boiler down (unless boiler used for domestic water).
Follow the service and maintenance procedures given throughout this manual and in component literature shipped
with the boiler. Failure to perform the service and maintenance could result in damage to the boiler or system. Failure to
follow the directions in this manual and component literature could result in severe personal injury, death or substantial
property damage.

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Maintenance and service overview
The boiler must be serviced & maintained
e boiler must be inspected and started annually, at the beginning of the heating
season, by a qualied service technician.
In addition, the maintenance and care of the boiler listed on Figure9,page10 and
explained in this manual must be performed to assure maximum boiler eciency and
reliability.
Failure to service and maintain the boiler and system could result in equipment failure,
causing possible severe personal injury, death or substantial property damage.

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Maintenance procedures — DAILY
Check the boiler area
To prevent potential of severe personal injury, death
or substantial property damage, eliminate all ma-
terials discussed below from the boiler vicinity
and from the vicinity of boiler combustion air inlet. If
contaminants are found:
• Immediatelyremoveproductsfromthearea.If
they have been there for an extended period, call
a qualied service technician to inspect the boiler
for possible damage from acid corrosion.
• Ifproductscannotberemoved,immediatelycalla
qualied service technician to re-pipe vent (and air)
piping and locate vent termination/air intake away
from contaminated areas.
Combustible/flammable
materials
Do not store combustible materials, gasoline or any
other flammable vapors or liquids near the boiler.
Remove immediately if found.
Air contaminants
Products containing chlorine or uorine, if allowed
to contaminate the boiler intake air, will cause acidic
condensate in the boiler. is will cause signicant
damage to the boiler if allowed to continue. Read the
list of potential materials listed on page 4 of this manual.
If any of these products are in the room from which the
boiler takes its combustion air, they must be removed
immediately or the boiler combustion air (and vent
termination) must be relocated to another area.
Check the pressure/temperature gauge
1. Make sure the pressure reading on the boiler pressure/tempera-
ture gauge does not exceed 5psig less than the relief valve seing.
2. Contact a qualied service technician if pressure is too high.
DIRECT EXHAUST installations:
Verify combustion air openings are
clear and flue is unobstructed
1. DIRECT EXHAUST INSTALLATIONS Visually inspect all
combustion air openings.
a. Remove any debris or blockage from combustion air louvers.
e combustion air openings must be unobstructed.
is is the means for combustion and ventilation air to
be drawn into the boiler room.
Failure to provide proper combustion air can result in
severe personal injury, death or substantial property
damage.
2. Verify that boiler vent discharge is clean and free of obstructions.
3. Remove any debris on the ue exhaust openings.
4. If removing the debris does not allow the boiler to operate cor-
rectly aerwards, contact your qualied service technician to
inspect the boiler and vent/air systems.
DIRECT VENT installations:
Verify vent/air terminations are
unobstructed (air piped to the boiler from outside)
1. Verify that boiler vent discharge and air intake are clean and
free of obstructions.
2. Remove any debris on the air intake or ue exhaust openings.
3. If removing the debris does not allow the boiler to operate cor-
rectly aerwards, contact your qualied service technician to
inspect the boiler and vent/air systems.

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Maintenance procedures — MONTHLY
Perform DAILY procedures plus the
following additional procedures . . .
Check vent piping
Visually inspect the ue gas vent piping for any signs of blockage,
leakage or deterioration of the piping. Notify your qualied service
technician at once if you nd any problem.
Failure to inspect the vent system as noted above and
have it repaired by a qualied service technician can
result in vent system failure, causing severe personal
injury or death.
Check air piping
(DIRECT VENT installations)
1. Visually inspect the air inlet to be sure it is unobstructed. Inspect
entire length of air piping to ensure piping is intact and all joints
are properly sealed.
2. Call your qualied service technician if you notice any problems.
Check the relief valve
1. Inspect the boiler relief valve and the relief valve discharge pipe
for signs of weeping or leakage.
2. If the relief valve oen weeps, the expansion tank may not be
working properly. Immediately contact your qualied service
technician to inspect the boiler and system.
Check the condensate drain system
1. While the boiler is running, check the discharge end of the
condensate drain tubing by holding your ngers in front of the
opening.
2. If you notice ue gas escaping, this indicates a dry condensate
drain trap. See step4 for procedure to ll trap. Call your qualied
service technician to inspect the boiler and condensate line and
rell the condensate trap if problem persists regularly.
Under some circumstances an SVFTM vent system
may not produce enough condensate to keep the
condensate trap full of liquid. If the trap is not full,
small amounts of ue products can be emied into the
boiler room through the condensate drain line. Follow
procedure below to ll trap.
3. Verify that the condensate drain line is unobstructed by slowly
pouring water into the exhaust sampling port on near the ue
connection (piping end of the boiler). e water should run out
the end of the condensate drain line. If the water does not run
out, call your qualied service technician to inspect the boiler
and clean or replace the condensate drain line.
4. Fill the condensate trap with fresh water, either by removing, lling
and re-installing or by pouring water into the exhaust sampling
port the ue connection (piping end of boiler).
5. Loosen any aachments to the supplied exible drain hose.
a. Loosen the condensate trap inlet connection.
b. Remove condensate trap and ush as needed.
e condensate trap must be lled with water during
all times of boiler operation to avoid ue gas emission
from the condensate drain line. Failure to ll the trap
could result in severe personal injury or death.
Check automatic air vents
1. See illustration at right.
2. Remove the cap from any automatic air
vent in the system and check operation
by depressing valve “B” slightly with the
tip of a screwdriver.
3. If the air vent valve appears to be working
freely and not leaking, replace cap “A”,
twisting all the way on.
4. Loosen cap “A” one turn to allow vent to
operate.
5. Have vent replaced if it does not operate
correctly.
Figure 10 Automatic air vent located on right side of heat
exchanger

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Maintenance procedures — PERIODICALLY
Perform DAILY procedures
plus the following additional
procedures . . .
Test the low water cutoff
1. Locate the low water cut-o on the piping end of heat
exchanger.
2. Press the TEST buon. Hold the button for at
least 5 seconds. Any shorter time will result in an
automatic reset instead of a manual reset.
3. e green STATUS light should change to red, indicat-
ing a low water condition.
4. e SVF TM boiler’s control will shut down the boiler
on manual reset.
5. The control display will flash red as shown in
Figure8,page8.
6. Select MANUAL RESET to reset the control
7. e boiler should return to normal operation.
If the low water cuto fails to cause a manual
reset lockout condition, immediately turn
o all power to the boiler and contact your
boiler technician.
If the low water cuto SERVICE light is on,
contact your service technician immediately.
Check control date and time
1. Check the time shown on the control display (see
Figure4,page6).
2. If time is incorrect, set the correct date and time as
shown in Figure4,page6.
Figure 11 Low water cutoff

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Maintenance procedures
— END OF SEASON
Perform DAILY and MONTHLY
procedures plus the following additional
procedures . . .
Check the boiler water and gas piping
1. Perform gas leak inspection per steps 1 through7 of the Operating
Instructions, Figure1,page4.
2. If gas odor or leak is detected, immediately shut down boiler fol-
lowing procedures in the Operating Instructions, Figure1,page4.
Call a qualied service technician.
3. Visually inspect for leaks around internal water piping. Also in-
spect external water piping, circulators, relief valve and ings.
Immediately call a qualied service technician to repair any leaks.
Have leaks xed at once by a qualied service techni-
cian. Failure to comply could result in severe personal
injury, death or substantial property damage.
Operate the relief valve
1. Before proceeding, verify that the relief valve outlet has been piped
to a safe place of discharge, avoiding any possibility of scalding
from hot water.
To avoid water damage or scalding due to valve opera-
tion, a metal discharge line must be connected to relief
valve outlet and run to a safe place of disposal. is
discharge line must be installed by a qualied heating
installer or service technician in accordance with the
instructions in the SVF
TM Boiler Manual. e discharge
line must be terminated so as to eliminate possibility
of severe burns or property damage should the valve
discharge.
2. Read the boiler pressure/temperature gauge to make sure the sys-
tem is pressurized. Li the relief valve top lever slightly, allowing
water to relieve through the valve and discharge piping.
3. If water ows freely, release the lever and allow the valve to seat.
Watch the end of the relief valve discharge pipe to ensure that
the valve does not weep aer the line has had time to drain. If the
valve weeps, li the seat again to aempt to clean the valve seat.
If the valve continues to weep aerwards, contact your qualied
service technician to inspect the valve and system.
4. If water does not ow from the valve when you li the lever
completely, the valve or discharge line may be blocked. Immedi-
ately shut down the boiler, following the operating instructions
on page9. Call your qualied service technician to inspect the
boiler and system.
Maintenance procedures
— EVERY 6 MONTHS
To continue operation for DHW
1. If the boiler is to supply heat for domestic hot water generation
during the summer, no changes should be needed. Just leave the
boiler power on and allow the DHW storage tank to call for heat
as necessary.
2. Set back room thermostats to prevent any unnecessary call for
heat during the o season.
To leave boiler in stand-by mode
1. e SVF
TM boiler’s control provides eective features for stand-by
operation, including periodic exercising of the boiler and system
circulators and automatic operation of the boiler at low re if water
temperatures drop too close to freezing. Just congure the control
as needed to operate the necessary circulators.
2. Leave the boiler power on and allow the control to monitor the
boiler and system during the stand-by period.
e control must be congured to operate all circula-
tors needed to ensure the system and all circuits will be
protected against freezing. See the SVF TM Commercial
Boiler manual for details.
3. Set back room thermostats to prevent any unnecessary call for
heat during the o season.
To shut down the boiler
1. Follow “TO TURN OFF GAS TO APPLIANCE” of the Operat-
ing Instructions, Figure1,page4.
2. DO NOT drain the system unless exposure to freezing tempera-
tures will occur.
3. DO NOT drain the system if it is lled with an antifreeze solution.
4. DO NOT shut down boilers used for domestic water heating.
ey must operate year-round.

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