Important Notes! Thank you for purchasing the EVO direct electric swimming pool heater manufactured in England to the highest standards. To ensure your new heater will give years of trouble free service please carefully read the following instructions. Incorrect installation will aff ect your warranty.
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Positioning Your heater should be horizontally or vertically sited allowing suffi cient space for pipe connections and wiring, it should be screw fi xed securely to a fi rm base or wall. NOTE: See fi gure 2 for details of the foot arrangement when securing to the wall or fl oor.
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Fig 3. Flow switch at top For vertical wall mounting water must always enter at the bottom Fig 4. www.elecro.co.uk...
Pipe Work It is essential that the pipe work connecting to and from the heater has a minimum bore (internal diameter) of 1¼” (32mm). To assist correct air purging and to ensure the heater remains completely full of water during operation, the return pipe which carries the water back to the pool must incorporate a safety loop or ‘kick-up’...
The fl ow rate of water into the heater must not exceed 17,000 litres per hour (3,740 UK gallons/hour) A higher fl ow rate will require the installation of a bypass to prevent damage to the heater elements. The heater will not operate unless the following minimum fl ow rates are achieved ie: 1,000 litres / hour (220 UK gallons/hour) for 2 ~ 6-kW heaters and 4,000 litres / hour (880 UK gallons/hour) for 9 ~ 24-kW heaters.
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Q: How long will it take to heat my pool? A: Assuming no heat losses, and a heater sized in the ratio 1.5-kW per 1,000 UK gallons of water (4,545-litres): it will take 2 days of continuous running to raise the temperature of a pool from tap temperature to swimming temperature.
current consuming appliances in the property (such as tumble dryer, showers, cookers etc). A large domestic pool pump of 1 horsepower will draw less than 1kW in a one hour period. The conclusion of the test should prove that for example a 6kW heater and a ½ horsepower pump will draw between 6.3-kW ~ 6.5-kW in one hour.
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Possible cause 3: Insuffi cient fl ow. If using a cartridge fi lter: Confi rm this by running the system with the cartridge removed from your pump & fi lter unit, this will supply the heater with the maximum fl ow rate your unit is capable of. If the heater then switches ’On’...
RoHS Compliance Statement Elecro Engineering Limited certify that our Electric Swimming Pool Heater Range complies in accordance with RoHS Directive 2002/95/EC on the restriction of hazardous substances. Waste of Electrical / Electronic Equipment This product complies with EU directive 2002/96/EC Do Not dispose of this product as unsorted municipal waste.
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Guarantee Your heater is guaranteed from the date of purchase against faulty workmanship and materials ie: 2 years guarantee for incoloy heating element products and 3 years guarantee for titanium heating element products. The manufacturer will replace or repair, at it’s discretion, any faulty units or components returned to the company for inspection.
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