Table of contents
2
FA ROTEX Solaris DrainBack - 09/2016
1
General information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.1
Refer to the manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.2
Warranty conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.1
Warning signs and explanation of symbols . . . . 4
2.1.1
Meaning of the warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2.1.2
Order number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2.1.3
Handling instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
2.2
Avoiding danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.3
Use as intended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2.4
Instructions for operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2.4.1
Working on the roof. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2.4.2
Before working on the heating system . . . . . . . . . .5
2.4.3
Electrical installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2.4.4
Installation room, water quality, heating and
sanitary connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2.4.5
Instruct the owner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
2.4.6
Relevant national regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
3
Product description. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3.1
Construction and components of the
Solaris system (unpressurised system) . . . . . . . 6
3.2
Brief description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3.3
System components for pressure-less systems. 7
3.3.1
System components for all systems . . . . . . . . . . . .7
3.3.2
System components for roof-mounted systems
(ADM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
3.3.3
System components for in-roof systems (IDM) . . .11
3.3.4
System components for flat roof systems (FDM) .13
4
Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1
Transport and storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4.1.1
Transport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
4.1.2
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
4.2
System layouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2.1
Parallel connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4.2.2
Series connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
4.3
Laying the connecting pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
4.4
Mounting the flat solar panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.5
Connecting the pressure-less Solaris system
hydraulically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.6
Installing the equipotential bonding terminal . . 24
4.7
Installing the solar panel temperature sensor . 24
5
Start-up and taking out of service . . . . . . 25
5.1
Start-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2
Decommissioning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5.2.1
Temporary shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
5.2.2
Final shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
6
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.1
Product Fiche. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.2
General technical information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6.3
Roof-mounted system – Max. permissible
snow load (roof-mounted)
as per EN 1991-1-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.4
Flat roof system – Required ballast weights
(flat roof mounting) as per EN 1991-1-4. . . . . . 29
6.5
Flat roof system – Shading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
7
List of keywords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31