Elecro Engineering IN-LINE+ Installation instructions

IN-LINE+ Pool Heater
Installation & Operating Manual

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Important Notes!
Thank you for purchasing the IN-LINE+ direct electric swimming pool
heater manufactured in England to the highest standards.
To ensure your new heater will give years of trouble free service please
carefully read the following instructions. Incorrect installation will
aect your warranty.
Do not discard this manual, please retain for future reference.
Product Overview
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Positioning
Your heater should be horizontally or vertically sited allowing sucient
space for pipe connections and wiring, it should be screw xed securely to
a rm base or wall.
NOTE: See gure 2 for details of the foot arrangement when securing
to the wall or oor.
The heater should be installed at a low point in the ltration system.
It should be positioned downstream (after) of the lter and upstream
(before) of any dosing or other water treatment plant. (see g.3)
NOTE : If the ow direction is reversed (explained later in this
booklet) the heater must remain sited after the lter.
Factory set oor
mount ‘Foot position’
To reset for wall
mount option,
undo the bolts and
re-assemble in the
vertical position as
shown.
Floor mount ‘Foot position’
Wall mount ‘Foot position’
Fig 2.
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Flow switch
at top
For vertical wall
mounting water
must always enter
at the bottom
Fig 3.
Fig 4.
PUMP FILTER ELECRO ELECRO
POOL
NON RETURN
VALVE
WATER
TREATMENT

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Pipe Work
It is essential that the pipe work connecting to and from the heater
has a minimum bore (internal diameter) of 1¼” (32mm)
To assist correct air purging and to ensure the heater remains completely
full of water during operation, the return pipe which carries the water back
to the pool must incorporate a safety loop or ‘kick-up’ in the pipe as close
as possible to the heater (see g 4)
NOTE: When coupling to a exible pipe a safety loop can simply be
created by routing the pipe up and over an obstacle. Remember to
use pipe clips to securely fasten all hose connections.
Weather Protection
The heater must be installed within a dry weather proof enclosure.
Caution! If the heater is not used during winter months it must be drained to
prevent frost damage.
Electrical Connection
The heater must be installed in accordance with the country / regional
requirements & regulations. In any event the work must be carried out by
a qualied electrician, who will provide a certicate of conformity upon
completion of the work. The power supply must be tted with a RCD. If
required your electrician may replace the supplied cable entry gland with a
larger size to secure the cable powering the heater, this will not aect your
warranty if carried out by a qualied electrician.
Cable section: This should be calculated at 5-amp / mm for distances up
to 20 metres (these sections are indicative and should be checked and
adapted if necessary for cable lengths over 20 metres.
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Remove Access Cover
to make the electrical
connections
(Qualied electricians only)
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Power Requirements
Flow Requirements
Your heater is factory set to accept input water ow entering on the left
and exiting on the right, this can be reversed by rotating the ow switch
180 degrees (ie: ½ turn, see g 6)
WARNING! The ow switch paddle can be damaged when reversing the ow
direction if it is lifted by more than 5mm from its housing and turned with
force. If the ow switch has been rotated it is important to ensure that it is
nally locked in the correct orientation perpendicular (at right angles) to the
ow of water.
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Power
Output
Voltage
(V) Amp
2 - kW 230 9
3 - kW 230 13
4.5 - kW 230 20
6 - kW 230 27
9 - kW 230 40
12 - kW 230 53
15 - kW 230 66
18 - kW 230 79
3 Phase
Power
Output
400 V Star /
230 V Delta Amp
6 - kW 400 / 230 9 / 15
9 - kW 400 / 230 13 / 23
12 - kW 400 / 230 18 / 31
15 - kW 400 / 230 22 / 38
18 - kW 400 / 230 26 / 46
24 - kW 400 35
To reverse ow: Loosen cap
and rotate Flow switch by
180 degrees as shown.
Always ensure the arrow
marked on the plastic ow
switch body is in the same
direction as the water ow
Factory set ow
Optional reverse
 o w
Flow
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The ow rate of water into the heater must not exceed 17,000 litres per
hour (3,740 UK gallons/hour) A higher ow rate will require the installation
of a bypass to prevent damage to the heater elements. The heater will not
operate unless the following minimum ow rates are achieved ie:
1,000 litres / hour (220 UK gallons/hour) for 2 ~ 6-kW heaters and
4,000 litres / hour (880 UK gallons/hour) for 9 ~ 24-kW heaters.
Water Quality
The water quality MUST be within the following limits:
PH 6.8 - 8.0
TA (Total alkalinity) 80—140ppm (parts per million)
Chloride Content MAX: 150 mg/litre
Free Chlorine: 2.0 mg/litre
Total Bromine: Max 4.5 mg/litre
TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) / Calcium hardness 200— 1,000ppm
Stainless Steel heaters are NOT suitable for use on saline (salt) water pools.
ONLY heaters with titanium heating elements are suitable for use on saline
(salt) pools.
Water chemistry is complicated if in doubt seek expert advise.
Operating Instructions
Upon completion of the installation, run the water-circulating pump to
purge the system & heater of air (i.e. Remove any trapped air in the
system & heater). TIP: You can encourage air out of the heater ow tube by
gently elevating the exit port of the heater when the pump is running.
On initial power up of the heater the amber light should illuminate.
The heater will only switch ‘On’ (red light indicator illuminated) and the
amber light switching ‘O’ when the following criteria are met ie:
Water circulating pump is ‘On’ delivering in excess of the minimum ow•
rate of water (see ow requirement information)
Temperature set point dial is set to a higher value than that of the water•
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Digital Thermostat Controller
The digital controller tted to the In-Line + heater has been pre-
programmed with all the necessary parameters to ensure reliable service &
operation. Below is a key explaining the controllers buttons & LED signals
however these will all be explained in detail later in this booklet.
Press and hold for 2 seconds to power the control on / o.
Press to increase required pool temperature.
Press to decrease required pool temperature.
Press and release to activate / deactivate ‘Priority of Heating’.
The actual pool temperature is displayed in the red upper display. The
lower green display ‘required temperature’ can be selected by the user.
This is the temperature you would like your pool water to be maintained at.
Priority of Heating is a function that ensures your pool water is constantly
maintained at your required temperature. When Priority of heating is
activated the Priority of Heating Icon on the bottom right of the display
will illuminate. The control will now monitor the pool temperature, and
start both the pool circulation pump and heating process when necessary
- please see pump interlock section for details on how to connect the
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Time Switching Delay
To prevent overheating of the switch components within the heater
caused by frequent on and o switching (cycling), the In Line + digital
controller has been pre-programmed with a time delay function. This
prevents rapid uctuations in temperature or velocity from switching the
heater on and o more than once in a two minute period. The time delay
mode is indicated by the ashing LED next to the word HEAT on the
digital display.
Dierential
When the pool water has reached the required temperature the heater
will switch o and will not switch back on until the water temperature has
dropped 0.6˚C. This value is known as the dierential and is also in place to
prevent overheating of the switch components caused by cycling.
Pump Interlock Cable
The In-Line + heater is supplied complete with a pump interlock cable that
connects into the left hand side of the heater enclosure, directly below the
power in cable entry gland.
To connect simply remove the rubber protection cap from the female
connector tted to the heater enclosure, insert the male connector
supplied on the 5m cable. When fully inserted rotate the locking nut onto
the female connector so that the connector is locked in position.
The end of the cable has 2 wires that need to be connected in order to
by-pass the time clock controlling the swimming pool pump.
NOTE: Do NOT connect the pump interlock cable directly to the
swimming pool pump as this will result in overloading the heaters
digital controller. (See circuit diagram at back page).
Maximum permitted load is 5-Amp

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Trouble Shooting
HEATER WILL NOT SWITCH TO HEATER ’ON’MODE
In most cases this will be the result of one of the following not being met.
Possible Cause 1: The set point temperature has been achieved. To conrm
that the digital controller is requesting the unit to heat check that the
window next to the word HEAT is illuminated. If illuminated go to step 2, if
not illuminated increase the required temperature to a value higher than
the current water temperature. Conrm whether the heater now switches to
HEATER ON mode.
Possible Cause 2: The ‘Thermal safety cut-out’ has tripped.
Remedy: remove button cover and press red button to re-set (See
diagram below). If a positive click is felt, the cause of the tripping must
be investigated and could be caused by a debris build up or air pocket
trapped inside the ow tube of the heater.
Fig 7.