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User Guide Athena Safety precautions Important information This appliance can be used by children aged 8 Warning years and above, and by persons with reduced physical, sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience or knowledge, provided that they are supervised or have been instructed in the safe use of the appliance and understand the hazards involved.
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User Guide Athena Make sure to never block the connection to the safety valves' overflow pipes. The following safety precautions apply to the hot water circuit’s safety valve with corresponding overflow pipe: ▪ Water expands when it is heated, which means that a small amount of water is released from the system via the overflow pipe.
For more advanced settings and information, please refer to the Heating settings chapter. ▪ Thermia Online With Thermia Online you can control and monitor your heat pump via any smart phone, computer or tablet. Visit https://www.online-genesis.thermia.se to create an account. For smart phone or tablet, please download the application.
Heating and cooling* is provided to the building via a water-borne heating system. The heat pump supplies as much of the heat demand as possible before auxiliary heating is engaged to assist. * Cooling function is for Athena HC only. Athena HC is only available in certain markets. The heat pump consists of two basic components:...
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* Cooling function is for Athena HC only. Athena HC is only available in certain markets. Note: During the outdoor unit's defrost cycle, it is common that quite a lot of steam comes from the unit. This is a natural process to keep the outdoor unit from building up ice, from water condensation.
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User Guide Athena (To decrease indoor temperatures, lower the temperatur settings correspondingly.) When the heat curve is set properly, the comfort adjustment will work as a quick adjustment to increase/ decrease the indoor temperature, affecting the indoor temperature with approx 1 °C / step.
User Guide Athena Settings and adjustments A qualified installer sets the heat pump's basic settings upon installation. The adjustments that may be made by the end user are described below. Sometimes no adjustments are needed at all. Never change control unit settings unless you are aware of what effects the changes may have. Make a note of the default setting and know that some changes may take some time to take effect due to the nature of a heat- ing system.
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User Guide Athena Symbol Description Operating mode On/Auto (This is normal mode). All activated functions are on. By factory default, heating and hot water is produced. Compressor and internal immersion heater are controlled automatically. Operating mode Auxiliary heater only. This setting can be often be used as "emergency mode" for heating and hot water if the compressor is blocked for opera- tion.
User Guide Athena Adjusting the indoor temperature - Heat settings Comfort adjustment, to change temperature On the start screen, "comfort adjustment" of the indoor temperature may be done very easily. 11:20 Press , alternatively drag clockwise or anticlockwise to 20 ˚C raise or lower the temperature.
User Guide Athena Heating Settings In Heating settings, you can set seasonal stop and min/max supply line temperature. 1. Press on the Start screen to open the Menu screen. 2. Press 3. Press if the Heat settings window is not shown.
Athena Cooling settings, Athena HC* * The following chapters on cooling functionality is for Athena HC only. Athena HC is only available in certain markets. Your heat pump can produce cooling during summer time to give you an extra pleasant indoor climate. The cooling menu icon is visible in the heat pump display.
User Guide Athena With an installed room sensor, the controller will automatically regulate the cooling supply temperature, but not below Desired cooling supply (min). System information Check applicable operating data described in the tables below. The information can be found in the sub-menu...
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User Guide Athena The right column shows the settings made by the installer when the heat pump was installed Parameter Factory setting Any customer-specific settings 40/30°C Heat curve 20°C Min desired system supply temp. 60/45°C Max desired system supply temp.
Athena Online Online The heat pump is factory prepared for monitoring remotely via internet. (Thermia Online) In order to use the Thermia Online service: ▪ Make sure that there is an available internet connection (router or equivalent) in the building ▪...
User Guide Athena Accessories Accessories There are a number of accessories available to be installed with this heat pump. Below is a list of the most com- monly used accessories. Contact your installer if you have any specific requests. Installed accessories will make settings available in the display. Different accessories have different ways of controlling its functionality, depending on sensors, extra equipment added to the system (bought and deliv- ered separately with each accessory), etc.
User Guide Athena Alarms Alarms If the display shows a screen saver, and no warning triangle is shown on the start page, the system is OK and no actions are required. The heat pump is equipped with automatic functional surveillance in the controller in order to give the heat pump a long lifetime with as reliable and efficient running as possible.
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User Guide Athena Example of alarm messages: Message Meaning / Class Corrective action The heating circuit is the heat Often caused by air or insufficient flow in the heat- High pressure pump's high pressure circuit. ing system or hot water tank. Check and, if necessa- Class A ry, rectify the level of the circuit.
517/2014, for heat pumps containing 10 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more, with hermetically sealed fluorinated greenhouse gases, an annual inspection of leakage must be carried out by qualified personnel. This applies to Athena HC models only. Athena HC is only available in certain markets. Check the water pressure in the heating circuit The system pressure of the installation must be checked at least twice per year.
User Guide Athena Cleaning the filters for the heating and water circuits Contact your installer if you are not sure how to perform the filter cleaning. Heating circuit: The heat pump must be switched off during this maintenance. First turn it off from the Oper- ating mode page, wait a few minutes to make sure it shuts down properly, then turn off the the main switch before cleaning can be started.
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User Guide Athena Cleaning the magnetite filter: 1. Set the heat pump in OFF-mode 2. Make sure that there is no flow going through the filter. 3. Turn both valves clockwise until they close, 90 degrees. 1. Turn the lid on the filter counter-clockwise and remove it.
User Guide Athena Appendix 10.1 Display symbol description Not all symbols are applicable in all installations. Symbol Description Opens the menu screen from the start screen. Return to the menu screen from any sub-menu. Confirm setting. A change which has been made is confirmed and becomes the new setting.
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Cooling mode. Visible in the top of the display when the heat pump is in cooling mode. Visible only for Athena HC. Athena HC is only available in certain markets. External auxiliary mode. Visible in the top of the display when the heat pump is produc- ing heat or hot water with the external auxiliary heater.
User Guide Athena Internet connection. Visible in the top of the display when the heat pump has an inter- net connection. Network connection. Visible in the top of the display when the heat pump has a network connection. Pool heating mode. Visible in the top of the display when the heat pump is in pool heat- ing mode.
User Guide Athena 10.3 Comfort settings If you temporarily wish to increase or decrease the indoor temperature. 11:20 20 ˚C Fig. 1: Comfort Settings When changing the comfort setting, the angle of the curve on the system's heat curve does not change, in- stead the entire heat curve is moved by 2-3°C for every degree change of the comfort setting.
User Guide Athena 10.4 Heat curve The heat curve indicator value shows the temperature of the water supplied to the heating system ("sup- ply line temperature") at an outdoor temperature of 0 °C. Auto 11:20 supply line (˚C) outdoor (˚C) Fig.
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User Guide Athena Moving the heat curve as one unit When the curve indicator is lit, the curve is moved as one unit and the slope of the curve is adjusted. The simplified working principle for this is as follows: Desired system supply temperature (°C)
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User Guide Athena Symbol description Auto 11:20 supply line (˚C) outdoor (˚C) Fig. 1: The figure shows the standard curve 40 Symbol Description Shows when the curve is comfort-adjusted. The digit shows how much the de- (+1) viation is from the default value.
User Guide Athena Checklist Location Surface adjustment Drainage Pipe installation, hot and cold side Pipe connections in accordance with the diagram Flexible hoses ( does not apply for all models ) Expansion and bleed vessel Filter, hot and cold side...
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