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Removing the evacuated glass tubes from the Collector frame
Note the groove on the
front face which is
located into the frame
Push the rear of the evacuated glass
tube retainer upwards
Gently pull the retainer
off the evacuated glass tube
Place the evacuated glass tube retainer to one side
and gently pull the evacuated glass tube out of the
Manifold and over the copper U-Tube.
The evacuated glass tube will slide out of the manifold with the rubber
grommet, When sliding the evacuated glass tube from the manifold
and over the copper U-tube, ensure it is kept in-line with the aluminium
U-Tube copper pipe retainers, so nothing is damaged.
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12. Instructions for assembling and fitting the Solar Collectors (cont)
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The solar collector frames are mounted on a Roof Frame which must be assembled using the 4 x lengths of
square section stainless steel, brackets and screws supplied. Tap in the 4 x plastic end caps into the cut-off ends
of the frame square sections
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4 x ‘L’ shaped brackets attach each collector frame to the Roof Frame
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With all the evacuated glass tubes
removed
(see below) from the collector frames, take the collector frame(s)
to the roof
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The Roof Frame is then taken to the roof and placed in its final position.
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The collector frame(s) must then be mounted to the frame using collector mounting brackets and nuts and washers and
screws. Note there are left-hand and right-hand brackets supplied.
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The thinnest edge of each mounting bracket (from slot to edge) must be positioned to the outside of the frame
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Finally (see the next pages) , the stainless steel straps must be positioned along the frame (two at the top and two at
the bottom to line up with the roof rafters under the roof tiles on which to screw the frame (assuming a tiled roof)
on each stainless steel strap, screw one screw into the frame and the other 2 x screws into a roof rafter. Repeat
for each stainless steel strap
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Take the evacuated glass tubes to the roof and insert all evacuated glass tubes into the solar collector frames
Thin
edge
