Collectors mount horizontally and Collector Mounting Rails go as shown below.
Two Collector Fireball 2001 Top View
The Diagram above is a top view of two collectors installed together showing:
1. Two 20" x 12' Collectors mounted with connections to the right.
2. The Mounting Rails with Mounting Brackets (3 rails and 6 Mounting Brackets plus 3 Quick Connect Clips (QCC)
per additional collector set (6.), 3 two panel rails, 6 Mounting Brackets and 3 QCCs shown in this diagram).
2A. Mounting Rail Lag holes top and bottom.
3. The "Hot Out" Collector connection going to the storage tank.
4. The between Collector connection.
5. The "Cold In" Collector connection from the storage tank.
6. The Quick Connect Clip bolts to the mounting rail here with the tabs overlapping the top of the collector.
7. Collector Glazing (Lexan)
8. Collector trim sections.
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Above: Allowing from 14” to 2’ for collector overhang, find and mark Rafters for the Three Collector Rails, (shown in this picture
are 3 rails for 3 collectors) Use a chalk line to get the 3 rails even at the bottom. Get the center rail as close to center between the
end rails as possible. Using a hammer to “Sound Out” the rafters usually finds the rafters. If not, use a feeler bit (long small drill)
to drill through the roof from the inside, just beside the rafter. Be sure to squeeze calk into all holes to seal them!
Pre-Drill the bottom holes for the 2 end rails (which will be about 8’ apart – you can use the lag itself to “pre drill”), squeeze Caulk
into Lag Hole, Place end mounting rail with mounting bracket and washer over hole (above left). Drive Lags into holes but do not
tighten. Carefully place the center rail along the chalk line, repeat the proceedure for the end rails. Install the upper lags using the
same proceedure. Note: )ne and two collector systems have lags at the top and bottom of the rails. Three and four collectors use a
center lag at the center of the end rails only. Other Quick connect clips use a carrage bolt.
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