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Illustr. 17: Tube collector (illustr. OKP 20) without vacuum
tubes
6. Align foot rail and collector housing, unscrew plastic
caps (illustr. 18) from the tube brackets.
90°
90°
Align foot rail / collector housing
at a right angle to the mounting
rails!
Illustr. 18: Unscrew plastic caps from the tube brackets
➟
7. Pull condenser (e) out of the vacuum tube about 5 cm
Illustr. 19: Vacuum tube with heat pipe (as supplied)
(e)
Illustr. 20: Vacuum pipe with heat pipe
➟
5 cm
8. For installation, push vacuum pipes through the tube
brackets.
Illustr. 21: Push vacuum pipe through the lower tube
bracket
➟
Introduce vacuum tube (f) with condenser (e) into the
upper condenser location until stop (see illustr. 22).
➟
(e)
(f)
Illustr. 22: Introduce vacuum tube with condenser into
the condenser location.
Now insert vacuum tube into the opening of the collector
housing (seal). To facilitate tube installation, it is recom-
mended to moisten the vacuum tube or the seal with
water.
➟
Illstr. 23: Insert vacuum tube into the opening of the
housing
After installation, the vacuum tube has to be
secured with the help of the tube bracket (see illustr. 24).
9. To secure the vacuum pipes, screw plastic caps into
the pipe brackets.
➟
Illustr. 24: Screw plastic caps into the pipe brackets.
For an additional protection of the pipes, mount sheet
elbow onto the foot rail with the mounting screws (a total
of 3 pces.).
Illustr. 25: Installation of sheet elbow at the lower side of
the foot rail
