Baxi Solarflo Evacuated Ttube Facade Quick Start Manual

Solarflo

Evacuated Tube Collector

Facade Mounting

These instructions are for the collector mounting only and must be

used in conjunction with the

Evacuated Tube Collector Installation Guide

SolarfloTM(Solar Thermal Domestic Hot Water System) should only

be installed by a competent person.

PLEASE LEAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS WITH THE

USER FOR SAFE KEEPING.

Kit Instructions

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CONTENTS

1.0 General 4

Safety Information

Risk Assessments

2.0 Site Requirements 6

General Assembly Notes

Structure

Lightning protection

Connections

Collector Inclination

Solar Fluid

3.0 Installation of Solar Collector 8

Collector Orientation

Assembly of Kit

Facade (Portrait/Landscape)

Fitting the Tubes

Fitting the Connection Kit

4.0 Spare Parts 13

5.0 Notes 14

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1.0 General

1.1 Safety information

In order to reduce the number of deaths and major accidents attributable to working at height, the Health and Safety Executive has introduced comprehensive regulations and guidance that should be followed by all businesses working at height.

We consider in the following paragraphs some of the main features of the regulations and guidance.This is, however, only a limited summary and it is recommended that all businesses planning on undertaking solar water heating installations obtain a copy of the regulations and guidance issued by the Health and Safety Executive and carefully consider the contents.

The regulations and guidance state that you are required to carry out a risk assessment for all work conducted at height and to put in place arrangements for :

• Eliminating or minimising risks from work at height.

• Safe systems of work for organising and performing work at height.

• Safe systems for selecting suitable work equipment.

• Safe systems for protecting people from the consequences of work at height.

The regulations and guidance highlight a hierarchy for safe work at height:

• Avoid the risk by not working at height if practicable.

• Prevent falls, where it is not reasonably practicable to avoid work at height; you are required to take suitable and sufficient steps to prevent the risk of a fall including selecting the most suitable work equipment (in accordance with the regulations).

• Mitigate the consequences of a fall; where the risk of a person or object falling still remains, take suitable and sufficient measures to minimise the distance and consequences of any fall.

Collective protection measures, such as guard rails on scaffold, should be given priority over personal protection measures, such as safety harnesses.

Within the regulations’ framework, you are required to: a) Assess the risk to help you decide how to work safely. b) Follow the hierarchy for safe work at height (i.e. avoid,

prevent and mitigate).

c) Plan and organise your work properly, taking account of

weather conditions and the possibility of emergencies.

d) Make sure those working at height are competent. e) Make use of appropriate work equipment. f) Manage the risks from working on or around fragile

surfaces and from falling objects.

g) Inspect and maintain the work equipment to be used and

inspect the place where the work will be carried out (including access and egress).

When preparing to install a solar water heating system, it is required that you perform a risk assessment in relation to work at height and plan how you will organise your work, taking into account the site, the weather conditions and the experience and competence of colleagues or contractors who may be working at height with you.

1.0 General

1.2 Risk Assessments

The HSE has published a number of very useful free publications that advise how to undertake risk assessments.

Two of these that you should obtain are: Five Steps to Risk Assessment. A Guide to Risk Assessment Requirements.

The five steps outlined in the HSE leaflet are:

Step 1: Look for the hazards

This will mean looking at the site and identifying significant hazards.These could be features such as a steep roof, a fragile surface where the collectors may be mounted, uneven ground or obstructions where access to the roof might be required.

Step 2: Decide who may be harmed and how This might mean considering the particular risks that young workers or trainees might face and thinking about the residents of the household or visitors who could be hurt by your activities.

Step 3: Evaluate the risks and decide which precautions should be made.You should consider how likely it is that each hazard will cause harm, decide which precautions you might take and then assess, after you have taken those precautions, whether the remaining risk will be high, medium or low. Where you identify remaining risks, you should consider which further action you could take to control the risks so that harm is unlikely.

Step 4: Record your findings If you have fewer than five employees you do not need to write anything down, though it is useful to keep a written record of what you have done. If you employ five or more people you must record the significant findings of your assessment.You must also tell your employees about your findings.You need to be able to show that a proper check was made, that you considered who might be affected, that you dealt with all the obvious significant hazards, that the precautions you propose are reasonable and that the remaining risk is low.

Step 5: Review your assessment if necessary Each solar water heating installation may bring its own challenges and present its own particular hazards. You should therefore be careful not to rely on a “standard” risk assessment for installing a solar water heating system in a house, but review the particular hazards for each new situation.The issue of work equipment must be considered, but at the preparation stage you should consider where scaffold or other access equipment might be positioned and look out for any obvious obstacles to this, such as a conservatory or porch. In addition to the risks associated with work at height, you should also consider the risks associated with lifting and carrying solar collectors, using electric drills and using blow lamps or blow torches for soldering.This is not an exclusive list and you should consider all aspects of the proposed installation to assess whether there are additional risks that need to be taken into account.

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