BOILERMATE BOILERMATE - Gledhill Spare Parts

1.0 DESIGN1.3 SYSTEM DETAILS‘Switch’The BoilerMate 2000 can be ordered withthe option of ‘Switch’ which provides a 9kWelectrical emergency back up in the case offailure of the main heat source i.e. gas boiler.This must NOT be used to provide hotwater only in summer if the main system isworking correctly.If Switch is ordered the electrical supply willneed to take account of the increased load.Full details of the requirements are providedin Section 2.1 Site Requirements and 2.2Installation.Otherwise the design requirements are thesame as the standard appliance.Switch can operate on ‘hot water’ or ‘hot waterand heating’ modes. In the former only hotwater pump and electric heating element areenergized. In the latter the heating systempump is also energized. This means thatthe heating will be on permanently unlessmanually switched back to the ‘hot water’ onlyposition.It also means that wherever Switch isbeing used the normal domestic hot watertemperature controls are over-ridden. Initiallydependent on the flow rate/store temperaturehot water can be delivered at the tap attemperatures as high as 75°C. A warningnotice to this effect is provided in the frontof the appliance.However, once the initial store temperature hasbeen reduced the Switch element thermostatwill reduce the temperature at the tap to nomore than 65°C. Full details of how to operatethe system are provided on a label fixed to thefront of the appliance.Page 17BOILERMATE 2000