Mechanical Breakdown

We will pay for direct damage to Covered Property caused by an Accident to an Object.  The Object must be:

  1. Owned by you or in your care, custody or control; and
  2. 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:

  1. Depletion, deterioration, corrosion or erosion;
  2. Wear and tear;
  3. Leakage at any valve, fitting, shaft seal, gland packing, joint or connection;
  4. Breakdown of any vacuum tube, gas tube or brush;
  5. Breakdown of any electronic computer or electronic data processing equipment;
  6. Breakdown of any structure or foundation supporting the Object or any of its parts;
  7. The functioning of any safety or protective device; or
  8. 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:
  1. Boiler and Pressure Vessels:
    1. Steam heating boilers and condensate return tanks used with them;
    2. Hot water heating boilers and expansion tanks used with them;
    3. Hot water supply boilers;
    4. Other fired or unfired vessels used for maintenance or service of the described premises but not used for processing or manufacturing;
    5. Steam boiler piping, valves, fittings, traps and separators, but only if they:
      1. Are on your premises or between parts of your premises;
      2. Contain steam or condensate of steam; and
      3. Are not part of any other vessel or apparatus;
      4. Feed water piping between any steam boiler and a feed pump or injector.
  2. Air Conditioning Units – Any air conditioning unit that has a capacity of 60,000 Btu or more, including:
    1. Inductors, convectors and coils that make use of a refrigerant and form part of a cooling, humidity control or space  heating system;
    2. Interconnecting piping, valves and fittings containing only a refrigerant, water, brine or other solution;
    3. Vessels heated directly or indirectly that:
      1. Form part of an absorption type system; and
      2. Function as a generator, regenerator or concentrator;
    4. Compressors, pumps, fans and blowers used solely with the system together with their driving electric motors; and
    5. Control equipment used solely with the system.
Object does not mean: We will not pay for an Accident to any Object while being tested.