Regulus KPG1-ALC, Installation And Operation Manual

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CONTENTS

General  Installation and Operation Instructions .…....……...…….…................................. 3

1 Supply of Mounting System ..……........……...……..………....……..……............................ 4

2 Sloping Roof Mount ..........................................………………………................................. 5

2.1 Preparation ...………………………………………....………............................................ 7

2.1.1 Roof anchor installation for sloping roofs ..……………………................................ 7
2.1.2 Installation with roof anchors and rafters ………………………............................... 7
2.1.3 Installation with roof anchors for slate, shingle or metal roofs ............................... 8
2.1.4 Installation with bolts for 

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 tting rails onto a roof  .................................................... 8

2.2 Installing rails onto roof anchors ….........……………………………............................... 10

 2.3 Collector mounting …………………………….………………………............................... 10

3 Connection Pipe Passage through a Roof  …...…...…................................................... 11

4 Flat Roof Mount …………....……….…………………........................................................ 12

4.1 Overview ………..........…….……………….………………………................................. 12
4.2 Flat roof support mounting ………………….....………….............................................. 14

5 Hydraulic Connection  …………………………………………………................................. 16

5.1 Collector connecting .......………………………………………………............................ 16
5.2 Collector interconnecting  …………………..…………………………............................. 16

6 Temperature Probe Positioning …………………………………….................................... 18

7 Pump Station ………………………………………..........…………...................................... 19

8 Expansion Vessel Sizing and Working Pressure Calculation ………........................... 20

8.1 Expansion vessel sizing ……………………………...…………..................................… 20
8.2 Calculation of a system working pressure ……………..………................................… 20
8.3 Calculation of an expansion vessel preset pressure …………................................…. 20
8.4 Examples of calculating working pressure and expansion vessel pressure ...........…. 20

8.4.1 Example of calculating system working pressure ………......................…………. 20
8.4.2 Example of calculating expansion vessel pressure …………...................………. 20

9 Installation of Air Release Valves …………………..………….….................................…. 21

10 System Filling, Flushing, Leak Test and Air Bleeding …............................................. 22

10.1 Filling ……………………………………......………………………....................………. 22
10.2 Flushing …………………………………………........………………..................………. 22
10.3 Air bleeding  …………………………….................……………….....................………. 22
10.4 Leak test ………………….............................….……………………....................……. 22

11 Commissioning …………..……...............................................................................……. 23

12 Operation, Checks and Maintenance ………........…………………...........................…. 23

13 Servicing and Warranty …………..................………………………….........................…. 23

14 Technical Data .…...…...................................................…...….....................…............… 24

15 Connection dimensions…………………..……...........................................................…. 26

16 Annual Check Description ............................................................................................. 27

Service sheet ......................................................................................................................... 28