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Pre-Installation Checklist
Our pre-installation guidelines are detailed on the following pages, but some of the key “do’s and
don’t s” are highlighted below:
Do’s
•
Locate the pump next to the hot water
cylinder or within 5 metres of measured
pipe - 2m MAX of 15mm pipe on inlet
connections
•
Ensure 100mm on all sides for ventilation
•
Ensure pump is protected from frost
•
If servicing two or more bathrooms, cold
water supply to the cylinder should be
ideally in 28mm pipework
•
Ensure adequate usable cold water
storage - 227 Litres (50 Gal.) per
bathroom and 136 Litres (30 Gal.) per
en-suite or shower
•
Cold water supplies to the pump must be
taken from the opposite side of
the cold water storage cistern to the cold
water mains inlet
•
Multiple cold water storage cisterns must
be linked to current regulations with their
bases level
•
Hot water supply to the pump must be
via a Salamander approved anti-aeration
flange
•
Always use an Essex Flange where there
is less than 1m between the top of the hot
water cylinder and base of the cold water
cistern
•
AV couplers must only be finger tight plus
one quarter turn
•
The maximum static head should be 10m
(equivalent to 100kPa/1.0 bar pressure)
- only exception are the RP50TU and the
RP55SU which is in 5m (equivalent to
50kPa/0.5 bar pressure)
•
We recommend the pump is activated
for at least 5 minutes every 4 weeks to
exercise all moving parts
Don’ts
•
Never fit the pump to the cold water
mains
•
Never fit the pump to communal risers or
cold water storage cisterns
•
Never use a shared water supply or
shared cold water cistern
•
Never put a non-return valve (NRV),
inverted loop, restrictive ballofix or an air
vent on supply pipe work to the pump
•
The hot water supply must not exceed
65°C
•
Never twist the anti-vibration (AV)
couplers or bend more than 35°
•
Never use mechanical tools to tighten
plastic coupler nuts as this may cause
damage and invalidate your warranty
•
Never use jointing compounds, Boss
White, Hemp or steel wool
•
Solder fluxes must not come into contact
with the pump or AV couplers
•
Never install in a bathroom unless in
an enclosed space and access is only
possible with an appropriate tool
•
Never pump directly to or from any pump
such as a secondary return pump or
boosted shower
•
Never connect to a secondary return
tapping on a hot water cyclinder without
the use of dip tube into the cylinder
•
Never fit to a Primatic cylinder, Andrews
type water heater, Elson Tank or Fortic
type cylinder
•
It is not recommended to pump hot water
against cold mains water with a positive
head pump
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