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Installing the vacuum tubes
Grease condenser with heat transmission paste.
Note: Use a glove or a cloth to apply the paste.
Do not touch a hot condenser
which could be as high
as 390 °F! Keep tubes covered before installation.
When tubes are exposed to the sun, the temperature of
the condenser could reach 390 °F or higher.
Align the tube and slide the condenser gently into the
manifold while turning the tube gently back and forth.
Adjust vacuum tube.
Keep blue selective coating side
facing upward
. The rubber gasket atop the vacuum tube
must be set within manifold hole in header to securely
seal heat pipe in manifold.
Put the end cap of the tube into the clip. If necessary,
adjust the location of the bottom support. The end of the
tube should rest on the rubber strip of the bottom support.
Close clip. Clip is sharp, use gloves to close clip.
Install one vacuum tube on either end, and check the
whole collector for square lines.
Install each vacuum tube from one end to the other.
