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Instruction Manual
GEOTHERMAL STORAGE TANKS
INSTALLATION • OPERATION • MAINTENANCE
The storage tank is sold as a component part. It has been
factory equipped with a booster element, and thermostat with
high limit.
The tank is designed to store potable water within the limits
listed on the rating plate and to supply domestic hot water up to
the element’s heating capability.
This manual contains basic instructions for the installation,
operation and maintenance of the storage tank only. Rea
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TYPICAL INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................................................................. 2 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................................................................................... 3-5 Local Codes ...........................................................................................
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INSTALLATION WARNING Never operate the electrical heating element without being certain the tank is completely filled with water. If any air is left in the top of the tank, the heating element will burn out. LOCAL CODES The installation of the tank must be in accordance with these FIGURE 2 instructions and all applicable local codes and electric utility WARNING requirements. In the absence of local codes, install in accordance with the latest edition of the Nationa
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The tank will work better if you keep the hot water runs short. CAUTION You will also get hot water faster and with less heat loss. This tank, as all tanks, will eventually leak. Do not install without The illustration shows the correct valves and fittings that you adequate drainage provisions where water flow will cause will need to install the tank. Threaded (3/4”) water connections damage. Note: normal condensation from a tank may appear are supplied through the tank top. to be a leaking
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3. Fill the tank until water runs out an opened hot water faucet. This will let out air in the tank and the piping. Close the faucet WARNING after the water comes out. You must not turn the electricity on TANKS EQUIPPED FOR ONE TYPE VOLTAGE ONLY. This tank is until the tank is full of water. IF ANY AIR IS LEFT IN THE TOP equipped for one type of voltage only. Check the rating plate OF THE TANK, THE TOP HEATING ELEMENT WILL BURN near the bottom access panel for the correct voltage. DO NOT
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OPERATION TEMPERATURE REGULATION Temperature Time to Produce 2nd & 3rd WARNING Setting Degree Burns on Adult Skin HOTTER WATER CAN SCALD: Water heating tanks are intended to produce hot water. Water heated to a temperature which will 170°F Nearly instantaneous satisfy clothes washing, dish washing, and other sanitizing 160°F About 1/2 second needs can cause scalds resulting in serious personal injury 150°F About 1-1/2 seconds and/or death. Some people are more likely to b
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A non-adjustable high temperature limit control operates before WHEN ABNORMALLY HIGH WATER TEMPERATURES ARE steam temperatures are reached. The high limit is in the same PRESENT, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT A QUALIFIED SERVICE area as the upper thermostat and must be reset manually when AGENT BE CONTACTED TO DETERMINE THE REASON FOR it operates. BECAUSE THE HIGH LIMIT OPERATES ONLY OPERATION BEFORE RESETTING. MAINTENANCE 5. Install new element. DRAINING 6. Reconnect the wires as they were. If the tan
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WATER HEATER SOUNDS 2. Lime or scale has accumulated on the heating 1. The tank is equipped with an immersion heating element causing a hissing sound. Element scale element for fastest recovery. If the tank occasionally removal can be accomplished by using vinegar or by makes noises this is not a defect or a safety hazard. scraping. REPAIR PARTS REPAIR PARTS SCHEDULE ITEM NO. PART DESCRIPTION 1 Primary Anode ORDERING REPAIR PARTS 2 1” NPT Plastisert Nipple 3 Anode/Hotwater Outlet The following
