Installation and user handbook –rev.0.4 of 23.02.2017
Structural check ...............................................................................................................................26
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS WHILE ASSEMBLING....................................................................................27
INSTALLATION ON A FLAT ROOF......................................................................................................28
Place and position........................................................................................................................28
Necessary items ...........................................................................................................................29
Installation phases .......................................................................................................................30
Anchoring with ballasts................................................................................................................35
INSTALLATION ON A SLOPED ROOF.................................................................................................37
Place and position........................................................................................................................37
Necessary items ...........................................................................................................................38
Installation phases .......................................................................................................................39
HYDRAULIC CONNECTION.........................................................................................................45
General layout..................................................................................................................................45
Indications on gaskets and connections ......................................................................................47
Using flexible hoses......................................................................................................................47
Other indications .........................................................................................................................48
Assembling the safety and one-way valve.......................................................................................48
Assembling the safety unit (an alternative to the safety valve) ..................................................49
Positioning and fixing the backflow preventer ................................................................................50
Pressure reducer..........................................................................................................................51
Thermostatic mixer valve.............................................................................................................52
Connecting more than one collector ...............................................................................................53
Examples of system layouts.............................................................................................................54
“EGO” ...........................................................................................................................................54
Layout 1: hydraulic connection to a traditional boiler ................................................................54
Layout 2: hydraulic connection to a boiler prepared for operation with a solar power system 54
Expansion vessel ..............................................................................................................................56
STARTING.........................................................................................................................................57
Using the cover sheet ......................................................................................................................57
Filling ................................................................................................................................................58
Working pressure.............................................................................................................................59
Non-use for short periods of time ...................................................................................................60
Emptying the tank for maintenance and winter stopping ..............................................................60
