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Commissioning, Maintenance & Ser vicing Guide P otter ton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System © Baxi Heating UK Ltd 2007. Please read these instructions bef ore installing or commissioning. Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System should only be installed by a competent person.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 2 I ndex © BAXI Heating UK Ltd 2007. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be r eproduced or transmitted in any form or b y a.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 3 1 .0 Commissioning of system 1.1 Commissioning - General The Potterton Solar system uses a sealed system indirect solar primar y cir cuit which must be filled with the solar heat transfer fluid pr ovided.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 4 1 .0 Commissioning of system 1.2 Flushing the pipew ork Befor e the system is commissioned the pipew ork must be fl ush ed to r emo ve an y conta minant s.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 5 2.0 Commissioning of h ydraulic station 2.1 Check pressur e in the solar primar y pipew ork After flushing and filling the solar primar y system with h eat transfer fluid the pr essure m ust be check ed.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 6 2 .0 Commissioning of h ydraulic station 2.4 Checking and adjusting the flow rate Adjust the flow rate when the system is cold (20°C) (see Fig. 5). The flow rate should be adjusted to giv e the optimum flow rate depending on the number and type of collector panels connected.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 7 G r a p h i c s y m b o l D e sc r i p t i on I n d i c a t i o n in o p e r a t i o n I n d i c a t o r v a l u e s d T T emperature diffe.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 8 3 .0 Commissioning of solar contr oller G r a p h i c s y m b o l D e sc r i p t i on I n d i c a t i o n in o p e r a t i o n M e a s u r .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 9 B u t t o n F u n c t i o n I c o n a f t e r o p e r a t io n st e p D e sc r i p t i on " Exit" Exit menu's "Info&quo.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 10 3 .0 Commissioning of solar contr oller 3 . 1 . 3 O p e r a t in g m e n u T o mak e the operation of the controller clear , operating a nd displa y functions are divided into 4 main menus.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 11 3 . 1 . 4 O v e r v i e w : C o n s t r u c t i o n o f m e n u s t r u c t u r e The ov er vie w shows the whole menu structure. A ccording to basic adjustment and system type some menu points ma y not be displa yed.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 12 3 .0 Commissioning of solar contr oller 3 . 1 . 5 M e n u “ I n f o ” In this menu mode all measur ed values and operating s tates are sho wn.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 13 3 .0 Commissioning of solar contr oll er 3 . 1 . 6 M e n u “ P r o g r a m m i n g ” All adjustable parameters can be check ed in this menu and, if necessar y , changed. The default factory set values will usually giv e efficient, problem free operation.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 14 3 .0 Commissioning of solar contr oller 3 . 1 . 7 M e n u “ M a n u a l op e r a t i on ” For commissioning, ser vice and test purposes the solar pri mary sys tem c an be m an ual ly o per ate d.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 15 3 . 1 . 8 M e n u “ B a s i c a d j u st m e n t ” Adjustments and changes in this menu must be car ried out only by a competent installer or service engineer .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 16 3 .0 Commissioning of solar contr oller 3 . 1 . 9 C on t r o l l e r f u n c t i o n s The Potterton Solar differ ential temperature controller contains many functions to r egulate and monitor the s olar primar y system.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 17 “ B a s i c a d j u s t m e n t ” “ P r o g r a m m i n g ” 14 -- 1 Start temperature max ºC 15 -- 5 Hysteresis Td in K Timeframe.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 18 3 . 1 . 16 T e m p e r a t u r e d i f f e r e n c e c on t r ol The t emp era tur e diff ere nce cont rol m anages a n output acc or ding to ad justa ble t emp era tur e diff ere ntial cr iteria .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 19 3 . 2 . 2 F l o w m o n it o r i n g If th e energ y produ ctivi ty meas uremen t optio n is deactivated, the temperature diff erence betw een collector and storage tank is check ed.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 20 3 . 2 . 5 F r o st p r o t e c t i o n Th is f un ct io n ca n be s witc hed o n/ of f in t he “Ba sic se ttin gs” me nu , poi nt 11 an d the st art tem pera tur e can b e adju sted in p oi nt 1 3.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 21 Commissioning recor d T he following chart should be completed during Commissioning of the system.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 22 D a t e D a t e D a t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 23 D a t e D a t e D a t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e Da t e / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 24 4 .0 Maintenance 4.1 Check heat transfer fluid The heat transfer fluid must be check ed every two y ears with regar d to its antifreeze and pH value. - Check antifreeze using antifr eeze tester .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 25 5 .0 Fault finding 5.1 Failures with er ror message Some system failure modes can be r ecognised by the solar differ ential temperature contr oller and will be indicated by an err or message on the controller displa y .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 26 Resistance table PT1000. The corr ect function of temperature sensors can be c heck ed on the basis of the following temperatur e resistance table with a r esistance measuring instrument: 5 .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 27 5.0 Fault finding Y ES Pump symbol on controller r otates b ut pump does not operate P ump fault Replace pump Is controller to pump connec.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 28 6 .0 Spares A B C D E F G H I J K L Diagrams not to scale 10 / 20 LITRE O M/N PQ R.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 29 6.0 Spares 6.1 Spare parts A number of Spar e Parts are a vailable should any part of t he Potterton Solar system requir e replacement. Use only genuine parts obtained from P otter ton, use of other non Potterton parts may cause system malfunctions and will invalidate the warranty .
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 30 7.0 W arranty 7.1 Standard W arranty T erms & Conditions S olar Collectors 10 Y ears Solar Control Station 2 Y ears T o r eceive y our.
Potterton Solar - Solar Thermal Domestic Hot W ater System 31 W h a t t h i s w a r r a n t y c o v e r s – Free of charge r epair or replacement of components found to be faulty fr om manufacture.
Comp No 3600 5983 - Issue 1 - 5/07 All descriptions and illustr ations provided in this leaflet ha ve been carefully prepared but w e reser ve the right to make changes and improv ements in our products which may affect the accuracy of the information contained in this leaflet.
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