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SYSTEM-20 BTU METER
SECTION 3.0
INSTALLATION
3.1 SITE SELECTION
The System-20 BTU Meter should be installed by personnel with related
ONICON is available to assist with technical recommendations and to provide
guidance by telephone and/or e-mail during the installation and commissioning
additional cost. The installer should use good trade practices and must adhere to
all state and local building codes.
Before you begin, clean the external surfaces of all pipes at the installation
sites so that they are free of debris, foreign matter, solids, leak inhibitors, and
solder, pipe and tube cuttings and any other debris.
Careful attention to the site selection for the system components will help ensure
an accurate energy measurement, help the installers with the initial installation,
reduce start-up problems, and make future maintenance easier. For example,
IMPORTANT NOTE (7)
Proper site selection is critical to the performance of this Btu meter. Both the
ow sensor and the temperature sensors must be properly located within the
piping system in order to ensure an accurate energy measurement.
The System-20
free surface. Avoid locations such as the plenum of a fan coil, heat exchanger or
any housing that may contain electric motors or other strong sources of electrical
interference.
The Flow Meter
that portion of the piping system for which the energy measurement is being
the location with the longest straight run of unobstructed pipe. Please refer to
The Temperature Sensors
The two temperature sensors must be located so they accurately measure only
the temperature of the supply line entering and the return line leaving the
portion of the piping system for which the energy measurement is being made.
performance of the sensors.
One temperature sensor thermowell will need to be placed in the same pipe with
without interference from the other sensor.