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Conergy AS
Owners Manual
1 Owners Information
Congratulations on buying one of the most advanced solar hot water heaters in the world. As the
owner of a Conergy solar water heater you may have some questions about the system and how
it operates. Your solar water heater model is commonly referred to as an Active, Split or Ground
Mounted open circuit or closed circuit system and is one of the most efficient solar water heater
types available.
The environmental benefits
A Conergy Solar Water heater is an excellent and economic energy solution as, by using the sun’s
heat for heating water, we cut down on the amount of fossil fuels burnt to supply electricity to do the
same thing.
Any time you use solar energy to offset the amount of fossil fuels that are burned, you contribute to
everyone’s health and welfare. Operating one solar water heater instead of an electric water heater
saves the equivalent of 1400 litres of oil every year and reduces carbon dioxide emissions by up to
3.4 tonnes per year and sulphur dioxide which contributes to acid rain emissions by more than 6kg.*
Multiply those emissions per household by all the homes in your neighbourhood, town and state and
the benefits of solar for our environment are enormous.
Why Conergy?
Conergy offers Australia’s largest range of renewable energy products and our company operates
in 25 countries on 5 continents. Our products are used in hundreds of thousands of homes for Hot
Water and Solar Electricity worldwide and we offer the leading products in these technologies.
To sell solar water heaters in Australia, or achieve any of the state or Federal Government rebates, the
products must comply with the rigorous Australian Standards for hot water and solar hot water. Our
products comply with all of these standards. The Federal Government Renewable Energy Certificate
program, called RECs, is an indication of solar efficiency. If you compare any of the Conergy products
with an equal competitor model, you will find that Conergy achieves more RECs than any of our
competitors.
What is a Split System?
A Split System (also referred to as an Active system) is a system where the heated water in the solar
collectors is circulated by a pump, drawing cold water from the storage tank or heat exchanger,
pushing it through the collectors and back to the tank or heat exchanger as heated water. The
location of the tank can be up to 20 meters from the collectors. The pump requires electricity, but
uses a very small proportion of power in comparison to the heat collected by the system. The power
consumed is no greater than 28 watts.
There are two types of Conergy active solar water heaters. The operating methods and instructions
are similar for both. The two types are; “Open Circuit System” & “Closed Circuit System”:
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* Source: Australian Greenhouse Office
