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HEATER LOCATION
• The heater should be installed as close as practicable to the most frequently used hot
water tap.
• The heater must be fixed to a vertical structure e.g. a wall using the screws and fixing
points provided. The wall may have timber cladding.
(Alternative fixing screws may be used if they are more suitable for the mounting surface.)
• The installation location must provide adequate clearance for servicing and permit the data
on the rating plate to be easily read.
• The heater must be able to be serviced without having to stand on a ladder.
• The heater incorporates a frost protection system which will protect the heater provided
that a 240V supply is connected to the heater. If the heater is to be left unattended for any
length of time in very cold weather it should be drained of water to ensure frost protection.
See section in Operating Instructions headed HOW TO DRAIN HEATER FOR FROST
PROTECTION
Recessed Installation
The heater can be installed recessed into a wall with a Wall Recess Box Kit.
The Wall Recess Box kit contains the instructions for this type of installation.
• The flue terminal must be positioned so that flue products do not enter a dwelling and so
that the operation of the heater is not affected by anything too close to the flue outlet e.g.
fences or shrubs.
See a current issue of AS/NZS 5601 for the full set of rules governing the location of
the flue terminal.
For example. Some of the requirements of AS/NZS 5601 are:
The flue terminal must be positioned so that there is AT LEAST
> 300mm between
• the top of the flue terminal and the eaves
• the flue terminal and a return wall or external corner measured horizontally along the
wall.
> 500mm between
• The flue terminal and the edge of any opening into the building measured horizontally
along the wall
• the flue terminal and a fence, wall or other obstruction in the flue discharge path
> 1500mm between
• the top of the flue terminal and the closest part of any openable window above the
terminal.
• The flue terminal and any opening into a building which is in the direction of the flue
discharge.
See details of AS/NZS 5601 over page.
