Mechanical
Breakdown
We will pay for direct damage
to Covered Property caused by an Accident to an Object. The Object
must be:
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Owned by you or in your care,
custody or control; and
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At the described premises.
Accident means a sudden and
accidental breakdown of the Object or a part of the Object. At the time
the breakdown occurs, it must manifest itself by physical damage
to the Object that necessitates repair or replacement.
None of the following is
an Accident:
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Depletion, deterioration, corrosion
or erosion;
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Wear and tear;
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Leakage at any valve, fitting,
shaft seal, gland packing, joint or connection;
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Breakdown of any vacuum tube,
gas tube or brush;
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Breakdown of any electronic
computer or electronic data processing equipment;
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Breakdown of any structure or
foundation supporting the Object or any of its parts;
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The functioning of any safety
or protective device; or
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The explosion of gases or fuel
within the furnace of any Object or within the flues or passages through
which the gases of combustion pass.
Object means any of the following
equipment:
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Boiler and Pressure Vessels:
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Steam heating boilers and condensate
return tanks used with them;
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Hot water heating boilers and
expansion tanks used with them;
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Hot water supply boilers;
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Other fired or unfired vessels
used for maintenance or service of the described premises but not used
for processing or manufacturing;
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Steam boiler piping, valves,
fittings, traps and separators, but only if they:
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Are on your premises or between
parts of your premises;
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Contain steam or condensate
of steam; and
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Are not part of any other vessel
or apparatus;
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Feed water piping between any
steam boiler and a feed pump or injector.
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Air Conditioning Units – Any
air conditioning unit that has a capacity of 60,000 Btu or more, including:
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Inductors, convectors and coils
that make use of a refrigerant and form part of a cooling, humidity control
or space heating system;
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Interconnecting piping, valves
and fittings containing only a refrigerant, water, brine or other solution;
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Vessels heated directly or indirectly
that:
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Form part of an absorption type
system; and
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Function as a generator, regenerator
or concentrator;
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Compressors, pumps, fans and
blowers used solely with the system together with their driving electric
motors; and
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Control equipment used solely
with the system.
Object does not mean:
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As Boiler and Pressure Vessels:
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Equipment that is not under
internal vacuum or internal pressure other than weight of contents;
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Boiler settings;
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Insulating or refractory material;
or
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Electrical, reciprocating or
rotating apparatus within or forming a part of the boiler or vessel.
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As Air Conditioning Units, any:
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Vessel, cooling tower, reservoir
or other source of cooling water for a condenser or compressor, or any
water piping leading to or from that source; or
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Wiring or piping leading to
or from the unit.
We will not pay for an Accident
to any Object while being tested.