A.O. Smith STE - 400, Инструкция по установке, эксплуатации и обслуживанию

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Installation, User and Service Manual
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4.4 Exclusions
4.5 Scope of the
warranty
4.6 Claims
4.7 Obligations of
A.O. Smith
The warranty set out in articles 1 and 2 will not apply in the event of:
a. damage to the storage water heater caused by an external factor;
b. misuse, neglect (including frost damage), modification, incorrect and/or unauthorised
use of the storage water heater and any attempt to repair leaks;
c. contaminants or other substances having been allowed to enter the tank;
d. the conductivity of the water bei
ng less than 125 μS/cm and/or the hardness
(alkaline-earth ions) of the water being less than 1.00 mmol/l;
e. unfiltered, recirculated water flowing through or being stored in the storage water
heater;
f. any attempts at repair to a defective storage water heater other than by an approved
service engineer.
The obligations of A.O. Smith pursuant to the specified warranty are limited to free
delivery from the warehouse of the replacement assemblies, parts or storage water
heater, respectively. Shipping, labour, installation and any other costs associated with
the replacement will not be accepted by A.O. Smith.
A claim on grounds of the specified warranty must be submitted to the dealer from whom
the storage water heater was purchased, or to another authorised dealer for A.O. Smith
Water Products Company products. Inspection of the storage water heater as referred to
in articles 1 and 2 shall take place in one of the laboratories of A.O. Smith.
A.O. Smith grants no other warranty or guarantee over its storage water heaters nor the
(assemblies or parts of) storage water heaters supplied for replacement, other than the
warranty expressly set out in this Certificate.
Under the terms of the supplied warranty, A.O. Smith is not liable for damage to persons
or property caused by (assemblies or parts, or the glass-lined steel tank of) a
(replacement) storage water heater that it has supplied.