Maintenance And Monitoring; Responsibilities Of The Plant Operator; Diaphragm; Changing Filters - tom logisch aquonic Benutzerhandbuch

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FULLY AUTOMATED WATER TREATMENT PLANT FOR YACHTS AND HOUSEBOATS

Maintenance and monitoring

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
PLANT OPERATOR
As user of this plant, you are automatically considered
the plant's operator and it is your responsibility that all
maintenance and monitoring tasks are being perfor-
med. You need to carefully inform all guests on board
about the plant's functions, uses and limits. If your
yacht is piloted by others (guests or employees, skip-
pers), you need to inform them about all functions and
required maintenance tasks of the plant.

DIAPHRAGM

The system uses special HighFlow-diaphragms that are
designed for the required flow-rate and pressure. Ot-
her diaphragms may not be used! The diaphragms
must be changed if they get too polluted and at least
once a year. Disconnect the two blue lock rings on the
upper intake hoses, push the inlets inward and pull out
the hoses to begin opening the diaphragm casing. Con-
tinue to open the casing with the diaphragm wrench or
any large pair of tongs and use it to pull out the old dia-
phragm through the white intake pipe and dispose of
it. The thread pitch must then be carefully cleaned with
a paper towel. Push in the new diaphragm (black sea-
ling ring up) as far as it will go and rub the lid's thread
with the included Vaseline both on the inside and out-
side. Then screw in the lid and push in the hoses and
secure them; wet the outside of the hoses for this.
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CHANGING FILTERS

The filter system contains (from right to left) a 20 mi-
cron-, 5 micron- and carbon-1-micron filter as well as a
remineralization cartridge. The filters need to be che-
cked regularly and changed if polluted. The 20 micron
filter needs to be changed most frequently, while the
carbon filter and the remineralization cartridge are to
be changed upon depletion. In front of the inlet pump
is a sediment filter that withholds large amounts of dirt
and must therefore be checked regularly and cleaned if
necessary.

UVC-STERILIZATION

The purified fresh water will be channeled through a
UVC-reactor for sterilisation to guarantee a high level
of protection against bacteria and legionella. The UVC-
reactor must be cleaned annually. To do this, turn off
the plant, pull the protective cap with the lamp cable
carefully up and remove the emitter with a soft piece
of cloth. Next step is opening the union nut and ex-
tracting the reactor pipe. Clean the glass tube with
the cloth if necessary. The emitter has a service life
of 10,000 hours (equals more than 10 years of service
with 2 hours of operation per day or roughly 900,000L
fresh water). However, the emitter needs to be repla-
ced if there are any dark spots visible to ensure full ef-
fectiveness.