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Installation Instructions
Envirosun AS Installation Manual Rev1a PVNW.docx
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Before commencing the installation of the solar water heater system, please ensure you
have familiarised yourself with the requirements of Section 4 Important Installation
Information.
Remove all packaging and protective coatings and dispose of them in an appropriate
manner. This includes the plastic core-strip from the back of the collector and the plugs
from the collector and storage tank connection pipes.
6.1
Installing the collectors
Figure 6.1.1 Collector Installation General Assembly
1.
Mark a point for the bottom left corner of the collector installation. This point
should be at least 500 mm up from the roof edge and 500 mm to the side of any
obstruction or roof edge.
2.
Place one end of the collector mounting rail (
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, ) adjacent the location marked in step 1, and laid horizontally across the
roof to the right.
3.
Locate two roof trusses which are under the collector mounting rail (as near as
possible to the outer edges of the rail). Clip two collector straps (Detail E - item
16) to the collector mounting rail where the trusses pass under the mounting rail.
4.
Adjust the mounting rail so that it is 15
– 20 mm higher (up the roof) on the right
side, then screw fix the collector straps to the roof trusses using the pre-punched
holes.
5.
Take the first solar collector and place it on the collector mounting rail, at the
leftmost end.
For a single collector installation, go directly to step 8.
6.
Loosely fit the two collector connectors (
Detail B, Item 3
) to the two copper tube
spigots on the right side of collector.
7.
Take the second collector and place it onto the right hand side of the collector
mounting rail. Now, slide collector toward the first collector until the two copper
