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2.3 Power
supply
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The electric cable of the appliance is plugged into a mains socket rated at 230 V, 50 Hz. The power rating of
the autoclave is 2500 W. In order to avoid overloading the electricity supply, we recommend using a separate
electrical circuit fitted with a 16 A fuse and optionally protected with a 30mA circuit breaker.
2.4
Cooling water inlet connection
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The connection for the cooling water inlet at the back of the appliance is connected to the mains water supply
using the pressure pipe supplied (see page 7, Fig. 3.). Make sure that the washers are fitted correctly.
In order to avoid water damage in the event of leaks, we also recommend the installation of a leak detector
("Water-stop", MELAG-Art.-No.:1056).
2.5
Cooling water outlet connection
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The connection for the cooling water outlet at the back of the appliance is connected to the drainage system of
the building by means of the outlet pipe supplied (textile-reinforced transparent pipe, DN16). It is important that
the pipe should have a steady downward gradient, without twists and kinks.
When connecting to an existing sink outflow, the use of the double-chamber trap supplied helps to reduce
noise due to water discharging.
When connecting to a separate outflow pipe NW40, a wall-mounted trap should be used (MELAG Art.-No.
37410, see Fig. 3).
2.6
Connection of the feed water storage container
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If the autoclave is to be supplied with distilled or demineralised water from a storage container (see Fig. 3)
then this will be drawn up through the suction pipe. The one end of the pipe is attached to the inlet at the rear
of the autoclave, either directly or by means of the swivel connection. The pipe is then fed into the storage
container until its other end with the inlet filter reaches the bottom.
If you use the MELAG storage container (MELAG Art.-No.: 244) you will find the necessary instructions on the
label. This container has a volume of 11.5 litres, enough for an average of 25 sterilization cycles.
2.7
Connection of a water purification system
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The autoclave can be connected directly to a water purification unit which provides the demineralised or
distilled water required (see page 39, Fig. 4). Instead of connecting the feed water inlet to a storage container,
it is simply connected directly to the water purification unit.
The reverse-osmosis systems MELAdem
®
47 and MELAdem
®
40 are ideally suited to provide the quantity and
quality of water needed for the Vacuklav
®
24-B/L.
Detailed instructions on the installation of these water purification units are provided in their Operating
Manuals.
When connecting water purification systems from other manufacturers it is very important to ensure that they
are able to provide sufficient amounts of water at the required purity. You are generally advised to consult
MELAG first.
3 Initial
start-up
3.1 Printer
connection/
Initialisation (optional)
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3.1.1 Connecting
the
MELA
®
42_______________________________________________________
The autoclave can be connected to an external printer, the MELAprint
®
42. This is not supplied as standard
with the autoclave.
In order to connect the printer to the autoclave follow the description in Section 6.3.1.1.1.
3.1.2
Initialisation of the printer / Setting up immediate print-out
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Initialise the external printer (registering with the processing unit of the autoclave) as described in Section
6.3.1.1.2. In order to select the immediate print-out option, which means that a record of each sterilization is
printed out automatically as soon as it has finished, proceed as described in Section 6.3.1.3.
