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Old 18-09-2011, 12:24   #1
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Espar D4 Annual Maintenance ?

What annual maintenance do you do on your Espar? We ran ours extensively last winter (damn cold winter) and it worked perfectly. Now I want to prep it for the same experience this winter.

Spares? Consumables? Tune up?

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Old 18-09-2011, 12:39   #2
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Re: Espar D4 annual Maintenance?

See ➥ http://www.espar.com/tech_manuals/Tr...%20heaters.pdf

Or ➥ http://www.espar.com/tech_manuals/Tr...20HYDRONIC.pdf

And ➥ ESPAR Technical support page
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Old 18-09-2011, 13:25   #3
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Re: Espar D4 annual Maintenance?

Thanks Gord, some stuff I had not seen before. Don't know why.

I still hope to get some 'local knowledge.'
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Re: Espar D4 Annual Maintenance ?

Run it on kerosene periodically. I use a gallon once or twice a season. Don't let it run for long periods at low heat levels. I turn mine off at night and get up to turn it on if I get cold. You really want it to run at full bore regularly to keep the combustion chamber clean.
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