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Solar™ Pool & Spa Heating System
-- Installation & User Manual
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Additional Required Components (Not Supplied)
10.1
Ground Mounting Support Frame
You may need to build a support frame for your collector array, if so you may require the following:
•
Two 70mm x 35mm 1.3m treated pine length per collector (lengths depend on mounting preferences)
•
Two 70mm x 35mm 1.1m treated pine length per collector. (Preferably, if transport is available these
horizontal lengths should span the collector array or be as long as possible, see section 6.1 below)
•
60mm galvanized timber screws.
•
Black outdoor paint (optional)
10.2
Roof Mounting
If installing the panels on a roof you will also require the following extra items.
These are available in any plumbing store. The aluminium angle is available from Capral Ltd. or Ullrich Aluminium
Pty. Ltd.
10.3
Additional Plumbing Components
You also require some of the following extra items depending on your system. These should be available in any
spa/swimming pool supplier.
32mm x 32mm x 3mm Aluminium angle
4mm stainless steel cable & four cable ties per row
PVC 20mm &
25mm piping
Spa suction and
return adapters
P-type PVC
cement & primer
20mm “Spa flex”
flexible PVC hose
(note: requires
special flex cement)
Other 20mm or 25mm
PVC plumbing bits
We recommend
AS 1477 compliant PVC 20mm piping with PN9 pressure rating or greater
and matching PV fittings be used for all plumbing. We also recommend 20mm “spa flex”
flexible PVC hose for suction line pump plumbing for frost prone areas. (
Do not use any
irrigation fittings as they are not compatible with chlorinated water
).