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- Page 1 & qSpa Solar Installation and Servicing Instructions Keston Heating PO Box 103, National Avenue, Kingston Upon Hull, HU5 4JN Tel. +44 (0) 1482 443005 Fax. +44 (0) 1482 467133 email : info@keston.co.uk web : www.keston.co.uk December 2011 UIN 208118 A01...
- Page 2 The hold - Before lifting ensure you have a good hold. specific risk assessment made available for inspection and use in their training process. Further guidance on Manual Handling can be obtained from the Health and Safety Executive. Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992. qSpa - Installation and Servicing...
- Page 3 CONTENTS qSpa & qSpa Solar Benchmark Commissiong Checklist ....26,27 Commissioning ............20 Destination Country: GB, IE Design................6,7 Fault Finding ............22,23 General Data Table ............. 8,9 General Information ........... 4,5 Installation ............... 10-20 Manual Handling ............2 Schematics.............. 15-18 Servicing &...
- Page 4 BS 6700: BS 5258 and BS 7593: 1992 qSpa is covered by Section G3 of the Building Regulations (England and Wales) Technical Standard P3 (Scotland) and Building Regulation P5 (Northern Ireland). Compliance can be achieved via a Competent Person Self Certification Scheme or notificaton of installation to the Local Authority Building Control Department.
- Page 5 Handling Before Installation qSpa must be handled with care and stored the correct way up in a dry place. Any manual handling/lifting operations will need to comply with the requirements of the Manual Handling Operations Regulations issued by the H.S.E. The appliance can be moved using a sack truck on the rear face although care should be taken and the route should be even.
- Page 6 1. qSpa - For use with gas or oil boilers. Unvented cylinders must not be used with solid fuel boilers or steam as the energy source. 2. qSpa Solar - For providing hot water by solar gains and gas or oil boilers. Unvented cylinders must not be used with solid fuel boilers or steam as the energy source.
- Page 7 GENERAL DESIGN qSpa qSpa Solar Basic Appliance Basic Appliance 1. Hot water draw off (22mm) compression 1. Hot water draw off (22mm) compression 2. Temperature & pressure relief valve 95°/6 bar 2. Temperature & pressure relief valve 95°/6 bar 3. Hot water secondary return 22mm 3.
- Page 8 GENERAL TABLE 1 - GENERAL DATA (REFER TO DIAGRAMS ON PAGE 9) Cylinder qSpa qSpa Solar Model Weight - Empty Weight - Full Capacity (Total Volume) Litres Pressure Regulator 3 bar inlet group c/w balance cold supply, expansion vessel connection and expansion valve set at 4.75 bar...
- Page 9 GENERAL qSpa qSpa Solar NOTES. 1. Not all models - see table 1. 2. Recovery times based on Primary Coil/I.H. duty (ie. assumes the boiler output is adequate). 3. All connections are supplied with compression fittings for direct connection to copper pipework.
- Page 10 22mm (usually in the form of a 25mm MDPE supply). The optimum performance is achieved if the inlet Model Selection Guide pressure is 3 bar dynamic. However, the qSpa will function with lower inlet pressures, but this Max number Indirect will reduce the performance.
- Page 11 A air gap should not be used. terminal fittings. It is important that a 22mm c. qSpa should not be used where steam is the primary heating medium, or in a supply is brought to the appliance and a situation where maintenance is likely to be neglected.
- Page 12 300mm long, below the tundish before any elbows or bends in the pipe work. 28mm Up to 18m 35mm Up to 27m 1.4m c) Be installed with a continuous fall. continued ..qSpa - Installation and Servicing...
- Page 13 Safety The safety devices supplied or fitted on a qSpa are selected for their suitability for the temperatures and pressures involved. They must not be changed, removed or by-passed and it is essential that only genuine replacement parts supplied or approved by Keston Heating are used.
- Page 14 Safety The immersion heaters must be earthed and they must be isolated from the mains before the cover is removed on every occasion. Replacement immersion heaters should be obtained from Keston Heating. Control/overheat Dual Thermostats Care must be taken to ensure that the solar probes are fully inserted into the pockets provided.
- Page 15 (Not supplied) Primary Circuit instructions It is essential that the circuit between the boiler and the qSpa is pumped. The motorised zone Motorised Valve valve supplied should be fitted adjacent to the (Not supplied) Pump unit and controlled by the cylinder thermostat supplied.
- Page 16 Suitable plumbing configurations for installing this valve are shown on page 17 of this manual. NB. Any fitted overheat thermostats may require resetting in the winter months to enable backup heat sources to heat the cylinder. qSpa - Installation and Servicing...
- Page 17 INSTALLATION ✗ Fitting Blending Valves To The Unvented Figure 1: Cold port of the blending valve connected to mains supply qSpa Appliances NOT ALLOWED When fitting a blending valve to the unvented appliances, it is important that the installation does not contravene the G3, WRC and Health...
- Page 18 Solar Coil This valve must be fitted on the return to the solar panels and be suitable for higher temperatures operation Standard 10 way wiring junction box (Not supplied) 230 VAC 5 amp Mains Supply qSpa - Installation and Servicing...
- Page 19 Bl G/Y Bl G/Y Pump Mains Supply Fed Via Double Pole Isolator 230 VAC ~ 5 Amps DRN. DATE APPROVED N. Fursman 07-12-10 ISSUE No : 4 Typical schematic wiring diagram for an unvented installation qSpa - Installation and Servicing...
- Page 20 BS6700 and the Water Regulations. Because the qSpa appliance is stainless steel, the use of chlorine as the disinfection agent can cause damage unless the appliance is adequately flushed and refilled with the mains water immediately on completion of the disinfection procedure.
- Page 21 The installer must also make his customer aware that periodic maintenance of the equipment is essential for safety. Maintenance periods will vary for many reasons. Keston Heating recommend a maximum of 12 months to coincide with boiler maintenance. Experience of local...
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Page 22: Fault Finding
When the supply is cool, check thermostats and energy cut-outs in the boiler and immersion heaters and replace the faulty component with a unit supplied by Keston Heating and check that it works correctly before returning the system to full operation. - Page 23 Is heater operating at Is expansion vessel (in combination valve) expansion as appropriate less than 60ºC? charge pressure correct? working? vessel pressure Is system free from Is ERV/TPRV Clear obstructions Replace ERV/TPRV restrictions/blockages? discharging? Re-set temperature Replace PRV qSpa - Installation and Servicing...
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Page 24: List Of Parts
176752 24 litre expansion vessel 176753 35 litre expansion vessel 176754 22mm 2 port valve (indirects only) 176758 Junction wiring box (12 way) 176759 Control and overheat limit thermostat 176757 15mm x 22mm tundish 176756 qSpa - Installation and Servicing... - Page 25 - Installation and Servicing...
- Page 26 All installations in England and Wales must be notified to Local Authority Building Control (LABC) either directly or through a Competent Persons Scheme. A Building Regulations Compliance Certificate will then be issued to the customer. qSpa - Installation and Servicing ©Heating and Hotwater Industry Council (HHIC)
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Page 27: Service Record
Engineer Name Company Name Company Name Telephone Number Telephone Number Comments Comments Signature Signature SERVICE 9 SERVICE 10 Date Date Engineer Name Engineer Name Company Name Company Name Telephone Number Telephone Number Comments Comments Signature Signature qSpa - Installation and Servicing... - Page 28 Keston Heating, PO Box 103, National Avenue, Kingston Upon Hull, HU5 4JN Tel. +44 (0) 1482 443005 Fax. +44 (0) 1482 467133. www.keston.co.uk K e s t o n p u r s u e s a p o l i c y o f c o n t i n u i n g i m p r o v e m e n t i n t h e d e s i g n a n d p e r f o r m a n c e o f i t s p r o d u c t s .
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