Flue Gas Analysis

Boiler manufacturers increasingly recommend the use of a Flue Gas Analysers (FGA) for servicing their appliances to ensure optimum efficiency and running costs. Badly maintained boilers may also produce lethal amounts of carbon monoxide (CO). Failure to perform these tests could result in prosecution, should boiler defects be undetected or not rectified.

Odourless and colourless, carbon monoxide claims more and more lives every year. Authorities are prosecuting untrained and ill-equipped service engineers who leave boilers in dangerous conditions. Flame colour can no longer be used as the sole measurement of boiler efficiency and FGAs should be used to complement existing techniques.