Unical ELLPREX Series, Installation, Use And Servicing Instruction

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GENERAL INFORMATIONS
Introduction
The instruction manual is an integral and essential part of the product and must be delivered to the user.
Read carefully the instructions contained in the book as they supply important indications concerning the safety of installation, of use and maintenan-
ce.
Preserve with care the book for every further consultation.
This manual supplies a summary of what has to be followed during the installation, use and servicing of the UNICAL boilers, ELLPREX range.
In the course of this text the short name ELL can be used to indicate the ELLPREX boiler.
Choice of the boiler
For a correct choice and application of the ELLPREX boilers it is necessary to follow the instructions given in this manual.
Installation
The installation of the boilers and the auxiliary equipments, related to the heating system, must be in conformity with all the regulations and rules in
force.
It is law that all the gas appliances are installed, commissioned and serviced by a registered installer in accordance with the regulations below.
A wrong installation can cause damages to people, animals or things, for which the manufacturer is not responsible.
Failure to install appliances correctly could lead prosecution. It is in your own interest, and that of the safety, to ensure the law is complied with.
The following must be complied with:
Current Building Regulations and Clean Air Act.
Water authority regulations.
Local Authority Regulations and Regional Bylaws.
Gas Safety Regulations.
Any special regional requirements of local Electricity and Gas undertaking.
Fire Service and Insurance Company requirements.
Commissioning
The main purpose of the commissioning is to verify the correct operation of all the safety and control devices.
Before leaving the installation the commissioner has to control the operation of the boiler for, at least, a complete working cycle.
Guarantee
The boiler guarantee is bound to the compliance of the requirements stated in this manual, and any non-fulfilment or modification will make it void.
Normative
It is the responsibility of the installer to fulfil all the regulations concerning the boiler house, the safety devices, the chimney, the fuel supply lines, the
electrical installations and all the other local requirements and safety instructions.
Approvals
The UNICAL boilers, ELLPREX range, have been tested and CE certified for the gas operation by TECHNIGAS (BELGIUM), who has recognised to
these boilers the conformity certificate according to the following directives:
- Gas Appliances Directive (90/396 CE), compulsory as per 1st January 1996;
- Efficiency Directive (92/42 CE), compulsory as per 1st January 1998;
- The conformity to the Low Voltage Directive (73/23 CE), compulsory as per 1st January 1997 has been verified and ascertained by GASTEC
ITALIA.
The conformity to the EMC (Electro Magnetic Compatibility 89/336 CE), compulsory as per 1st January 1996, is not applicable to the ELLPREX
boilers because they do not have electronic components.
For the time beeing there are no European Directives covering the oil fired boilers, except the Efficiency Directive (92/42 CE).
Data plate and Serial No.
The data plate, supplied in a separate enveloppe with the relevant documents, makes reference to a serial No, embossed in an aluminium plate
riveted to the front tube plate in the lower RH side corner.
Use of the boiler
This boiler has to be used for heating the water at a temperature not higher than the boiling temperature in the installation conditions.
Every other use is considered improper and therefore dangerous.
Any contractual or extracontractual responsibilities of the manufacturer, for the damages caused by errors in the installation and in the use and,
however, from non-observance of the instructions given by the manufacturer himself, are excluded.
If the boiler has to be sold or transferred to an other owner or if you have to move and to leave the boiler in the previous house, always make sure that
the instruction manual accompanies the boiler so that it can be consulted by the new owner and/or by the technician.
WARNING
When the boiler is operated with a pressure jet gas burner, because it does not belong to any of the categories among those listed in the Annex II to the
Directive 97/23/CE (regarding pressure equipment) and beeing, furthermore, mentioned in the Directive 90/396/CE (Gas Appliance Directive) to which
the art. 1, clause 3, paragraph 6.5 makes reference, it is excluded from the scope of the Directive.