Notice to Victorian Customers from the
Victorian Plumbing Industry Commission.
This water heater must be installed by a licensed person as required by
the Victorian Building Act 1993.
Only a licensed person will give you a Compliance Certificate, showing that
the work complies with all the relevant standards. Only a licensed person will
have insurance protecting their workmanship for 6 years. Make sure you use
a licensed person to install this water heater and ask for your Compliance
Certificate.
• The solar hot and solar cold pipes between the solar storage tank and
the solar collectors MUST BE of copper and fully insulated with closed
cell polymer insulation or similar (minimum thickness 13 mm). Thicker
insulation may be required to comply with the requirements of
AS/NZS 3500.4. The insulation must be weatherproof and UV resistant if
exposed. All compression fittings must use brass or copper olives.
Note: Failure to observe this requirement may void the warranty for
freeze damage.
• Plastic pipe MUST NOT be used, as it will not withstand the temperature
and pressure of the water generated by the solar collectors under
stagnation conditions. The solar collectors can generate extremely high
water temperatures up to 150°C and high water pressure of 1000 kPa.
Plastic pipe cannot withstand these temperatures and pressures and
MUST NOT be used. Failure of plastic pipe can lead to the release of
high temperature water and cause severe water damage and flooding.
Refer to Warning on page 38.
• A non return valve MUST BE installed on the cold water line to the solar
storage tank AFTER the cold water branch to a temperature limiting
device. Due to the higher water temperatures generated under certain
conditions in the solar collectors of this solar water heater, an additional
effective back-flow prevention device also should be used as an extra
safeguard. Valve manufacturer RMC recommends Dual Check Valve
model N7150, as being suitable for this application.
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