Fischer Panda Panda 14.000 NE PVK-U, Operating Instructions Manual

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Installation Instructions
Panda 14.000 NE PVK-U S00420 - Chapter E: Installation Instructions Page 67
E.4 Cooling system
General instructions
The PANDA vehicle generator is supplied as standard without a radiator. Various radiators are
available according to the customer’s requirements; these can be chosen according to the appro-
priate operating and installation situation. The cooling system can also be assembled together
with a normal commercial vehicle radiator.
Determing the size of the radiator
Consideration must be paid to the total heat load when determining the size of the unit. This
equates to the generator nominal performance without the water-cooled pre-silencer. The heat
resistance is 1.8 times the generator nominal capacity, when the water-cooled pre-silencer is
used (i.e. Panda 12000 PVMV-N has a total heat capacity of approx. 18kW). The radiator can be
serviced by any usual radiator servicing agency. It should, however, be pointed out that the radia-
tor possesses high safety levels. Tthe radiator is often manufactured too small. ICEMASTER also
has various radiators available (for horizontal and vertical installation) as standard generator
components.
Radiator position
The place and fitting position of the radiator must be carefully considered. It is especially
important that the warm air can escape. For this reason, the best place for the radiator is in a ver-
tical position on the vehicle roof (if one take into account that an obstruction could arise in narrow
entrances).
The manufacturer is only too happy to give suggestions on how to install the radiator. It must,
however, be expressively pointed out that all recommendations of this type are
not binding . It
continually occurs that special influencing factors are not recognised from the start. The customer
or the technician making the installation must always take changes to the position or radiator’s
place of installation into consideration. The manufacturer cannot accept liability for the recom-
mendations given to the best of his knowledge. As a precaution, attention should always be paid
that the air outlet for escaping warm
is as large as possible . The vehicle paint sprayer is often
not in agreement with this, but the person making the installation must make the aim clear. The
fitter must make his position clear.
Radiators which are installed vertically, and the warm air is blown downwards , must be twice the
size of such radiators, by which the warm air rises through its own thermal energy. It must also be
considered that a build up of heat results through the emission of warm air in the direction of the
ground, whereby the warm air is once again forced to rise to the area of the radiator. Freely esca-
ping warm air cannot be guaranteed in this case. Additional ventilators may be necessary should
the warm air need to be channelled through pipes.
It must be ensured that warm air is extracted out of the radiator.