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InstallationandGeneralMaintenanceManual–VironP300PoolPump
xCheckthetemperatureofthemachineandtheelectricalmotor.Intheeventofafault,
stopthemachineimmediatelyandrepair.
xCheckformachinevibrations.Intheeventofafault,stopthemachineimmediatelyand
repair.
Duetothecomplexnatureofthecasestreated,theinstallation,userandmaintenanceinstructions
containedinthismanualdonotseektoexamineallpossibleandimaginablecasesofserviceand
maintenance.Shouldyourrequireadditionalinstructionorhavespecificproblems,pleasedonot
hesitatetocontactthedistributororthemachinemanufacturerdirectly.
3. INSTALLATIONANDASSEMBLY
GENERAL
ͲOurpumpsmayonlybeassembledandinstalledinpoolsorpondsthatarecompliant
withHD384.7.702.Shouldyouhaveanydoubts,pleaseconsultyourspecialist.
ͲFitthepumphorizontallyduetothepreͲfilter.ThepumpsarefittedwithapreͲfilter
withabasketinsidetocollectanylargeparticles,astheymaydamagethehydraulicpart
insidethepump.
ͲAllpumpsarefittedwithafootwithtwoholesinittoanchorittotheground.(Fig1).
PIPING
ͲToconnectthepiping,gluethepipesandtheconnectors,suppliedtogetherwiththe
pump;thefittingconnectionstothesuctionandreturnportsonthepumparethreaded
andincludesealstopreventwaterloss(Fig.2).
ͲFitthereturnpipescompletelyperpendicularandcentredinrelationtotheporttobe
connectedtopreventthepumpandthepipefrombeingsubjectedtoexternalstress
that,apartfrommakingfittingdifficult,couldbreakthem(Fig.2).
ͲFitthesuctionpipingonaslight2%slopetowardsthepumptoavoidtheformationof
airpockets(Fig.2).
ͲToensurethepumpworkscorrectly,primethepumppreͲfilteruntilwaterrisesup
throughthesuctionpipe(Fig.3).
LOCATION
ͲFitthepumpunderneaththewaterlevelinthepooltoimprovepumpperformance.
ͲWhereaselfͲprimingpumpistobefittedabovethewaterlevel,thedifferenceinheight
mustbenomorethan2metres(Fig.4),ensuringthatthesuctionpipeisasshortas
possibleasalongpipewouldincreasedrainagetimesandloadlossesintheinstallation.
ͲMakesurethatthepumpissafefrompossiblefloodingandreceivesdryventilation.
ELECTRICINSTALLATION
ͲTheelectricinstallationmustincludeamultipleseparationsystemwithcontact
openingsofatleast3mm.
ͲUsearigidcabletoconnecttothemains.Ifyouuseaflexiblecabletoconnecttothe
mains,itmusthavecablelugstoconnecttotheterminalsofthepumpmotor.
ͲWithanytypeofpump,0.03Adifferentialprotectionmustbefittedforelectricity
leakageprotection(indicatedonthediagrams).
ͲAdjustthevalueofthethermalrelayappropriatelydependingonthepumpcurrent.
Forpumpswithasinglephasemotor:
xThermalprotectionisincorporated.Installationwithaswitchissufficient,inlinewith
the“Mainconnections”diagram.
xUseamotorguardwithmagnetoͲthermalprotection.
xTheadjustmentdataforthethermalrelayistobeusedasaguideline,asthemotoris
alreadyfittedwithprotection.