INSTALLATION & OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
GENERAL
When installing, operating and maintaining your
Solis stove, respect basic standards of fire safety.
Read these instructions carefully before commenc-
ing the installation. Failure to do so may result in
damage to persons and property. Consult your local
Municipal office and your insurance representative
to determine what regulations are in force. Save
these instructions for future reference.
Please note that it is a legal requirement under
England & Wales Building Regulations that the
installation of the stove is either carried out under
Local Authority Building Control approval or is
installed by a Competent Person registered with a
Government approved Competent Persons
Scheme. HETAS Ltd operate such a scheme and a
listing of their Registered Competent Persons can
be found on their website at www.hetas.co.uk.
Special care must be taken when installing the stove
such that the requirements of the Health & Safety at
Work Act are met.
Handling
Adequate facilities must be available for loading,
unloading and site handling.
Fire Cement
Some types of fire cement are caustic and should
not be allowed to come into contact with the skin. In
case of contact with the skin wash immediately with
plenty of water.
Asbestos
This stove contains no asbestos. If there is a possi-
bility of disturbing any asbestos in the course of
installation then please seek specialist guidance and
use appropriate protective equipment.
Metal Parts
When installing or servicing this stove care should
be taken to avoid the possibility of personal injury.
“IMPORTANT WARNING”
This stove must not be installed into a chimney that
serves any other heating appliance.
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The complete installation must be done in accor-
dance with current Standards and Local Codes. It
should be noted that the requirements and these
publications may be superseded during the life of
this manual.
Please refer to the current standards, BS EN 15287-
1:2007 Design, Installation and Commissioning of
chimneys. BS EN 14336:2004: Heating Systems in
Buildings. Installation & Commissioning of Water
Based Heating Systems. BS EN 12828: 2003;
Heating Systems in Buildings. Design of Water
Based Heating Systems. BS EN 12831: 2003;
Heating Systems in Buildings. method for
calculation of the design heat load.
Your Solis stove is supplied with the following items:
•
Ashpan
•
Glove
•
Operating Tool
•
External Air Connection
•
Warm Air Duct Spigot x 2
•
Glass Frames x 2
•
Flue Adaptor
•
Fan Switch Cut-Out Blank
FLUES
Flues should be vertical wherever possible and
where a bend is necessary, it should not make an
angle of more than 45
o
with the vertical. Horizontal
flue runs should be avoided in order to minimise flue
resistance and to make sweeping easier it is recom-
mended to use 2 x 45
o
bends rather than a 90
o
bend.
ELECTRICAL SUPPLY
All wiring external to the appliance must conform to
the current BS 7671 (UK) BS 7462 Safety Document
635: ETC Part 1, Section 5.4.6 and The Electricity at
Work Regulations.
This unit requires a 220V-240V 50L/2 supply con-
nection of the appliance and any system controls to
the mains supply must be through a fused double
pole switch having contact seperation of at least
3mm with a fuse rated at 3 amp and located in a
readily accessible position close to the appliance.
Connection should be made through the cable sup-
plied and if required the cable must only be extend-
ed/ replaced with a similar sized cable that is silicon-
coated and heat resistant to 180
o
C (365
o
F).
CHIMNEY
Do not connect to a chimney serving another
appliance.
The stove is a radiant room heater and must be con-
nected to a chimney of the proper size and type.
The chimney must have a cross-sectional area of at
least 28 square inches 17660sq. mm or a diameter
of at least 6” (150mm). It is best to connect to a
chimney of the same size, as connection to a larger
size may result in a somewhat less draught.
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