7
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
• Before you start installing the solar
water heater, please read carefully all
the installation instructions stated and
illustrated in this manual.
• Before the installation of the solar water
heater, it is very important that customer
and installer agree on all the details
concerning the correct and safe instal
-
lation of the appliance, such as loca
-
tion, placement point, static resistance
and control of the surface on which the
appliance will be placed, piping and
wiring run etc.
• The position you will choose for the
installation of the solar water heater,
should not be shaded by any obstacles
(trees, buildings… etc) all around the
year.
• The installation should be done
according to the electric and plum
-
bing regulations applicable in
your area.
• For optimum perfor
-
mance, the solar water
heater must face the
south
, for countries
located in the Northern hemis
-
phere and
north
for countries
located in the Southern hemisphere. In
case that it is not totally possible for the
solar water heater to face the equator,
you can turn it towards East up to 30
o
if major hot water draw is before 2pm,
or towards West up to 30
o
if major hot
water draw is after 2 pm. In both cases,
the losses of the total annual solar
contribution, is no more than 6%.
• If the solar water heater must be ins
-
talled on a roof where the inclination is
less than 15
o
or more than 32
o
, then a
different than the standard equipment
of the support base must be used,
similar to the one used for regions with
typhoons, hurricanes and heavy winds.
• For the safer installation of the solar
water heater on sloping roofs, it is neces
-
sary to install the support base in such a
position so that the storage tank to be
placed exactly over a roof timber and in
no case way between two timbers.
• If the surface on which the solar water
heater will be installed (sloping or flat) is
not compatible with the standard equip
-
ment supplied with each appliance, then
a different equipment must be used.
The installer has to choose, propose
and install this different equipment,
always under the concurrent opinion of
the customer.
• For installation on a sloping roof, the “D”
plates must be screwed with the appro
-
priate screws and nuts on the roof tim
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ber, in order to secure the right and safe
installation of the solar water heater.
• In regions subject to heavy snowfalls,
it is very important to ensure, that too
much snow doesn’t accumulate behind
the storage tank, and to check if the
supports of the standard equipment are
good enough to withstand the weight of
the expected snow. The same attention
must be paid, for regions with heavy
winds and storms. In these cases, the
storage tank must be placed in a stable
way on the roof and must be tightened
with the additional metal straps. It is
absolutely necessary to use the typhoon
set (page 22).
• The tubes of the solar water heater as
well as the cold/hot water piping must
be very well insulated.
• Special attention must be taken for the
filling and connection of the closed cir
-
cuit. Only experienced technicians can
provide you with the connection and the
filling. Before filling the closed circuit
with thermal fluid, the storage tank must
be completely filled with water.
• Before starting the installation of the
solar water heater, you must read care
-
fully all the instructions, described and
illustrated in this manual.
• After you have finished the installation
clean the area where all the work took
place. Fill in the warranty with all the
required details and have customer sign
it. Advice customer to mail immediately
the coupon of the warranty to Helioakmi
S.A.
• The installation must comply with the
local and national regulations and lows
(plumbing, electricity, hygiene, urban
and others) that are into force in your
country.
• The observance of the instructions
stated on this manual is very important
and the non-observance may cancel the
validity of the warranty.
• Helioakmi S.A. declines any responsi
-
bility of any kind, that may arise from a
defected installation or from an incorrect
manipulation or from any elements or
accessories that are integrated/fitted on
the appliance.
