Atmos EasySolar Installation Instructions Evacuated Tube Collector
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Table of Contents
1
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 3
2
System Components ................................................................................................... 4
3
Siting & requirements .................................................................................................. 7
4
Installation ................................................................................................................... 8
4.1
Safety & insulation ................................................................................................ 8
4.2
Storage tank ......................................................................................................... 9
4.3
Domestic water connections ................................................................................. 9
4.4
Hard water ............................................................................................................ 9
4.5
Tank in unheated space ....................................................................................... 9
4.6
Protection of plastic pipe and pipe insulation ...................................................... 10
4.7
Vented hot water systems .................................................................................. 10
4.8
Unvented hot water systems .............................................................................. 10
4.9
Connection to combi boiler ................................................................................. 10
4.10
Connection to an unvented hot water cylinder ................................................ 12
4.11
Connection to a vented hot water cylinder ...................................................... 13
4.12
Evacuated tube collector on sloping roof ......................................................... 14
4.13
Evacuated tube collector on flat roof ............................................................... 20
4.14
Filling the tank ................................................................................................. 24
4.15
Flushing the pump ........................................................................................... 25
4.16
Connecting the collector circuit........................................................................ 25
4.17
Connecting the optional booster pump ............................................................ 26
5
Maintenance.............................................................................................................. 27
6
Technical specifications ............................................................................................ 28
7
Commissioning checklists ......................................................................................... 30