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SOLAR SYSTEMS

manual and maintenance

JOULE SOLAR SYSTEMS

operation and maintenance home owner manual

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Page 1: ...1 SOLAR SYSTEMS manual and maintenance JOULE SOLAR SYSTEMS operation and maintenance home owner manual ...

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Page 3: ...al and maintenance Table of Contents 04 Joule Solar Hot Water Systems 05 Solar Controller Wiring Diagram 06 Panel Types 07 How Your Solar System Works 10 Troubleshooting 13 What Maintenance Is Required 14 Maintenance Sheet ...

Page 4: ...tes in conjunction with our commissioning certificate and leaflets for the solar pump station and controller that we provided on installation controller supplied will vary dependent on solar collectors installed and installation type These documents should be retained for future reference a copy of our commissioning certificate lodged inside the solar pump station housing providing all the details...

Page 5: ... switch on temperature difference DT O the solar pump will be operated by relay 1 and the store will be loaded until the switch off temperature difference DT F or the maximum store temperature S MX is reached R1 Arr 1 S3 Display Channels Channel Description Terminal Page INIT x ODB initialisation active 18 FLL x ODB filling time active 18 STAB x ODB stabilisation in progress 18 COL x Temperature c...

Page 6: ...ed with your system The solar system installed in your home features either the Joule Navitas on roof or in roof solar panels Joule VisSolis in roof solar panels or Joule Acapella high efficiency vacuum tube solar panels Joule Navitas On roof Joule Acapella Joule Navitas In roof Joule VisSolis In roof ...

Page 7: ... solar heats the hot water cylinder Phase 2 When hot water is used hot water level rises and is replaced by cold water The level of hot water rises in the cylinder thus reducing the amount of hot water in the cylinder The cold water enters the cylinder from the base replenishing the used hot water Phase 3 When there is a solar gain it heats cold water at the bottom of the cylinder thus reducing th...

Page 8: ...r over heats and risks very hot water coming out of your taps Your solar controller is programmed to shut down the solar system when you re hot water cylinder reaches a tem perature of 60 C at the bottom of the cylinder This temperature is chosen because it is a safe temperature to store hot water both by not being too hot and protecting people from scalding and also not too cold to reduce the ris...

Page 9: ...ng OFF and tion If the collector minimum limitation option is activated the pump R1 is only switched on if the adjustable When the store cooling function is activated the controller aims to cool down the store during the night in order to prepare it for solar loading on the following day If the adjusted maximum store temperature S MX is exceeded and the collector temperature falls below the store ...

Page 10: ...ohmmeter In the following table the resistance values with the corresponding temperatures are shown Operating control lamp off Check the power supply Is it disconnected no The fuse of the controller could be blown It can be replaced after the front cover has been removed spare fuse is enclosed in the accessory bag yes Check the supply line and reconnect it C F Ω C F Ω 10 14 961 55 131 1213 5 23 98...

Page 11: ... Decalcify it no Heat exchanger blocked yes no Clean it Heat exchanger too small yes Replace with correctly sized one no Plausibility control of the option tube collec tor special function Change Ton and Toff correspondingly Switch on temperature difference Ton to large no yes Non ideal position of the coll ector sensor e g flatscrew sensor instead of sensor in sensor wells no Pump is overheated b...

Page 12: ...d yes no Does the pump start up in manual operation yes There is no current check fuses replace them and check power supply The adjusted temperature difference for starting the pump is to high choose a value which makes more sense no Is the pump current enabled by the control ler yes Is the pump stuck Turn the pump shaft using a screwdriver now pas sable Pump is defective re place it Are the contr...

Page 13: ...should not be switched off for any prolonged period of time Notify plumber if system pressure is 0 The controller should be on at all times and not turned off except for maintainence Warranty Definition All Joule products come with a manufacturers guarantee Your solar system comes with a 10 year guarantee on the collector and 2 year guarantee on the solar com ponents This guarantee covers all manu...

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