This book contains all the necessary installation instructions for your Triton Xerophyte Smart
Water-Saving Shower Mixer
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Please read them carefully. Care taken during the installation will
provide a long, trouble-free life from your shower. Your Triton Xerophyte MUST be installed in
full accordance with this Guide, which is also available online for download by scanning the QR
code affixed to each Triton Xerophyte shipping package or going to our website at
www.iwsx.co.za.
All installations MUST comply with SANS 10252-1 and SANS 10254 requirements.
A stored water temperature of 60°C is considered sufficient to meet all normal requirements and
will minimise the effects of scale in hard water areas.
Standards and approvals
The Triton Xerophyte Controller Unit is an independently mounted electronic Controller Unit.
The Unit complies with the requirements of current British, European and South African safety
standards for household and similar electrical appliances and meets the Compliance with
European New Approach Directives (CE) and South African National Regulator for Compulsory
Specifications (NRCS).
Declaration of conformity
Triton Showers declares that the Triton Xerophyte Mixer Unit and Controller, comply with the
essential requirements and other relevant provisions of the Low Voltage Directive (2014/35/EU)
and the EMC Directive (2014/30/EU) and the RE Directive (2014/53/ EU).
Please read this guide thoroughly and familiarise yourself with all instructions before
commencing installation. It should be retained for future reference.
The shower installation MUST be carried out by a suitably qualified person, following the
sequence of this instruction guide.
Plumbing
Supply pipes MUST be flushed to clear debris before connecting the Triton Xerophyte Mixer
Unit.
Layout and sizing of pipework MUST be such that when other services are used, pressures at the
shower control inlets
DO NOT
fall below the recommended minimum.
DO NOT
use excessive force when making connections to the Triton Xerophyte Mixer Unit
shower inlets.
DO NOT
choose a position where the Triton Xerophyte Mixer Unit will become frozen or
overheat in hot summers (> 40
°
C).
DO NOT
connect the Triton Xerophyte Mixer Unit to any form of tap or fitting not
recommended by the manufacturer.
The Triton Xerophyte Mixer Unit MUST be installed as close as possible to the shower outlet. The
length of pipework from the Triton Xerophyte Mixer Unit to the outlet fitting MUST NOT exceed
5m.
Important Information
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