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- Page 1 The SolarSheat Installation Manual Your Solar Home, Inc. Version 1.9 April 17, 2006 All building, plumbing, electrical, and safety codes supersede the instructions in this manual. Use this manual at your own risk.
- Page 2 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 Welcome Thank you for purchasing the SolarSheat. We hope you will get many years of solar heating from the SolarSheat 1500, 1500S, 1500G, and 1500GS. The instructions below are for a Do-it-yourself system with a second person assisting. You may choose to hire a contractor or SolarSheat installer as well.
- Page 3 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 How It Works All of our SolarSheat products are designed for maximum performance. The ideal orientation should be due South on a wall for optimal performance. If you do not have a southern exposed wall, you can roof mount the SolarSheat as well. You can mount the SolarSheat in east or west orientation but it will reduce the exposure time compared to a south facing exposure.
- Page 4 (make-up) air. It requires an external fan to pull air through it. It is used to increase the heating power of the SH1500 unit, the Solar HRV, and the Solar Furnace (as shown below). It is also used in commercial applications which...
- Page 5 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 SH1500G The SolarSheat 1500G is made to provide space heating and to decrease your building’s heating bill. It pulls room temperature air from inside the building, heats it with the power of the sun, and pushes the hot air back in. The unit is self-powered. It has a built-in fan which is powered by an electricity producing Photo Voltaic (PV) panel.
- Page 6 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 SH1500GS The SolarSheat 1500GS is made to provide space heating and to decrease your building’s heating bill. Multiple 1500GS collectors can be attached to each other or to other SolarSheat models to increase the power output for spaces which require more heat. It works the same as a 1500G, but requires a fan.
- Page 7 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 Next, determine where the mount is going to be installed on the wall or roof. The SolarSheat should be installed on a south facing wall or roof surface for optimal performance (see the attached drawings of mount and exploded cross sectional views). The mount should be installed high enough from the ground to prevent snow load in the winter time.
- Page 8 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 side holes can be cut with a 1-5/8” diameter hole saw. Don’t use a hole saw larger than 1-3/4” diameter. Drill other sets of holes in other locations as appropriate in the air flow layout diagrams. Next cut, and apply the 1”x1” pieces of foam to fit snug on either side of the holes, so air doesn’t leak out or into either sets of side holes.
- Page 9 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 to cut a hole in the shingles before using the hole saw. For a wall mounted collector, make sure you drill all of the way through the wall into the room. A long drill bit that is drilled all the way through the wall can act as a guide if the duct holes cannot be drilled all the way through.
- Page 10 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 locations on the back of the SolarSheat with the duct hole(s) in the wall or roof, or it will restrict the air flow to and from the collector. To help with duct hole alignment, either match them up visibly, behind the collector, or mark the center of the lower mount and the center of the collector, and then aligning those marks.
- Page 11 Installing the Digital Temperature Control For the Solar Sheat 1500 & 1500G, find the control wire that was pushed through the wall/roof earlier from the collector. Trim the control wire and/or push the excess wire...
- Page 12 All of this heat is free. During the summer switch the digital temperature control “Off”. The SolarSheat 1500S panels will provide solar pre-heated ventilation/make-up air on- demand when the sun is out and when air is being pulled through it by a fan (either in a SH1500, a SolarHRV, or the SolarFurnace).
- Page 13 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 Replace the two “AAA” batteries in the digital control if there is a problem with the control after a few years of operation. The digital control relies completely on these batteries to turn on and off the SolarSheat 1500 & 1500G. The silicon that holds the PV panel in place should last many years.
- Page 14 Version 1.9, 4/17/2006 Appendixes Wall Mounting Diagram (SH1500, SH1500G, SH1500S : Solar Furnace & Solar HRV) Roof Mounting Diagram (SH1500 & SH1500G & 1500GS & SH1520GS) Frame and Mount Close Up Diagram Duct Kit Diagram (SH1500, SH1500S, SH1500G & SH1500GS) Electrical Diagram (SH1500 &...
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