Mike Oxley, Coaching Supervisor at Salamander Pumps solutions questions on its water boosting answer TankBoost and explains when installers ought to flip to the lately launched 5.0 bar variants.
Q. Because the introduction of TankBoost a couple of years in the past how has the product been obtained by the market?
TankBoost has been properly obtained, with installers praising its versatility alongside its easy set up and quiet working.
To construct on the success of the three.0 bar TankBoost fashions, we’ve got launched a spread of 5.0 bar variants. That is to satisfy the demand for greater stress options wanted in bigger, multi-level properties with shops on higher flooring and with total greater water calls for.
Q. What are the primary options of the answer and the way can it assist installers dealing with points round stress and move charge?
TankBoost is an all-in-one unit made up of a 100L, 200L, 350L or 450L water storage tank and built-in submerged pump. It will increase each the stress and move in a mains-fed system as much as 3.0 bar and 80L/min, whereas the brand new variants enhance as much as 5.0 bar and 120L/min.
The 5.0 bar model is aimed toward bigger buildings the place greater stress is required. These properties usually have shops on greater flooring, prolonged pipe runs and a number of shops in use concurrently, and due to this fact require greater stress.
Examples of susceptible constructing varieties embrace homes of a number of occupancy, B&Bs, motels, small gyms, eating places and cafes.
Q. Can you employ TankBoost to spice up each cold and warm water?
TankBoost has been designed for chilly water solely. It will probably, nevertheless, be used to extend chilly water move charges and stress to any mains scorching water system, equivalent to unvented cylinders and combi boilers.
If you’re becoming TankBoost earlier than an unvented scorching water cylinder, you continue to want to make use of the stress lowering valve and comply with the set up necessities of the producer.
Q. Can extra items be fitted to the system to additional improve water capability?
To extend capability, extra water storage tanks will be linked to a major TankBoost utilizing the tank connection package.
The extra storage tank should match the dimensions of the first TankBoost unit to keep away from any water imbalance, they need to each be stage and be positioned inside one meter.
Q. The place and when would you employ the lately launched 5.0 bar model of TankBoost?
The 5.0 bar model was launched to satisfy the rising demand from installers for a better stress answer.
Water stress decreases by 0.1 bar for each meter it travels upwards. So, for reinforcing water in taller buildings, throughout a number of shops, beginning with a higher-pressure score on the floor flooring (or level of set up) delivers higher water stress on the highest level within the system, in comparison with when a decrease stress boosting answer is used.
For instance, when a 5.0 bar TankBoost is put in in a basement or on the bottom flooring, there’s a most achievable stress of three.9 bar at 11 meters the place a typical second flooring showerhead is discovered. With a 3.0 bar TankBoost, the stress could be 1.9 bar at 11 meters.
Q. How does the CAT 5 model of TankBoost differ from the usual fashions?
The CAT 5 model, in each the three.0 and 5.0 bar fashions, is fitted with a sort AB air hole. That is an air hole between the incoming provide and the utmost water stage within the tank to stop the chance of backflow.
It’s aimed toward business websites the place there’s a threat of backflow contamination with Class 5 fluids. These are categorised as hazardous attributable to a excessive focus of pathogens, radioactive parts or extraordinarily poisonous substances.
Set up websites embrace laboratories, chemical producers, meat commerce websites, healthcare websites and canine grooming parlours.
Q. Do you’ve got any set up steerage for installers contemplating becoming TankBoost?
Installers want to make sure they set up a TankBoost unit which meets a constructing’s water demand. Undersizing runs the chance of the tank working empty and damaging the pump.
A typical motive for undersizing is choosing a mannequin primarily based on the house obtainable, relatively than the water demand within the property. TankBoost has been designed to be versatile and may adapt to make sure sufficient capability. For instance, putting in a 100L unit alongside an extra 100L storage tank to create a mixed 200L of storage would match into an area the place peak is restricted.
It’s additionally necessary to not oversize the unit as a result of the whole saved water shouldn’t exceed estimated utilization for a 24-hour interval.
When putting in TankBoost, installers have to take away all of the air from the system as a part of the commissioning course of.
To do that, installers want to make sure that they fill the tank earlier than connecting the outlet pipework. As soon as related, open all outlet isolation vales and water shops earlier than electronically switching on the unit.
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