Technical data
Installation, user and maintenance manual – GAHP-A
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2 OVERVIEW AND TECHNICAL CHARACTERISTICS
In this section, for all users, you will nd general warnings, the operating principle of the
appliance and its manufacturing characteristics. This section also contains technical data
and dimensional drawings of the appliance.
2.1 WARNINGS
This manual constitutes an integral and essential part of the product and must be deliv-
ered to the user together with the appliance.
Conformity to CE standards
The absorption heat pumps of the GAHP series are certied as conforming to standard EN
12309-1 and -2 and comply with the essential requirements of the following Directives:
Gas Directive 90/396/EEC and subsequent modications and additions.•
Eciency Directive 92/42/EEC and subsequent modications and additions.•
Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive 89/336/EEC and subsequent modica-•
tions and additions.
Low Voltage Directive 89/336/EEC and subsequent modications and additions.•
“Machinery Directive” 2006/42/EC.•
Pressurised Equipment Directive 97/23/EEC and subsequent modications and •
additions.
UNI EN 677 Specic requisites for condensation boilers with nominal thermal ca-•
pacity no greater than 70 kW.
The absorption heat pumps of the GAHP series emit values of nitrogen oxide (NOx) less
than 60 mg/kWh in line with the prescriptions of the RAL UZ 118 "Blauer Engel".
Information regarding the above EC certications is given in Paragraph 2.4 TECHNICAL
DATA → 11, as well as on the Nameplate of the appliance itself.
Safety
The appliance must only be used for the purposes for which it has been designed. Any
other use is considered inappropriate and therefore dangerous. The manufacturer does
not accept any contractual or extra-contractual liability for any damage caused by im-
proper use of the appliance.
Do not operate the appliance if, at the moment it is to be used, dangerous conditions
arise: odour of gas in the circuit or near to the appliance; problems with the electrical/gas
mains or hydraulic circuit; parts of the appliance submerged in water or otherwise dam-
aged; control and safety components bypassed or defective. Ask professionally qualied
personnel for assistance.
If you smell gas:
do not operate electrical devices in the vicinity of the appliance, such as telephones, •
multimeters or other equipment that can cause sparks;
shut o the gas supply by means of the appropriate gas tap;•
cut o electrical power to the appliance by means of the external disconnecting •
switch that the electrical system installation technician has provided in the appro-
priate panel;