Owner`s manual

1. ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EFFICIENT WAYS TO HEAT WATER
Congratulations for purchasing a Siddons Solarstream Macon energy efficient Heat Pump Water
Heater, designed for Australian conditions, to produce low energy hot water for many years. In simple
terms, this water heater typically uses just one quarter of the energy of a conventional electric
element water heater by absorbing heat from the surrounding air of between -5 and 45 degrees C,
night and day. It works in hail, rain and shine and becomes more efficient as the air temperature and
humidity rise. It works very well in all types of weather, from a tropical monsoonal down pour to a Southerly
winter gale. You can expect 20-30% greater efficiency per 10 degree rise in the ambient air temperature.
Siddons Solarstream Pty Ltd, with its partners, designs and manufactures energy efficient Heat Pump
Water Heaters for global markets. The Siddons Solarstream Macon range are all-in-one heat pumps
in a compact design with heat pump and water storage tank integrated. A breakthrough technology is
used based upon a dynamic cycle flow heating system that uses just 1 kW/h of electrical energy to
produce up to 3.6 kW/h of heat energy into the water at 20 degrees C ambient air temperature.
By installing a Solarstream, you are assisting the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions because
a conventional electric element water heater typically consumes about one third of a household's power
usage. In fact, if you want your water heater to become completely carbon neutral, then also install a
3kW per day electricity generating system (for a typical family of 4 people).
As the name implies, an air to water Heat Pump Water Heater is a machine that pumps or transfers heat
absorbed from the ambient air into the water. Even at - 5 degrees C, there is enough heat in the air to
boil the liquid refrigerant into a gas. Once in the form of a gas, it is compressed to superheat the gas up
to 95 degrees C and this heat is then pumped into the water via the dynamic cycle heat exchanger to
deliver hot water very efficiently.
Solarstream is not just for domestic dwellings, it can also be used for factories, schools, hotels, motels,
restaurants, hospitals, laundries, etc.
2. FEATURES OF YOUR SOLARSTREAM
2.1 Storage tank
Solarstream uses a high quality, marine grade (316) stainless steel storage tank as standard.
2.2 Heat Exchanger
The heat exchanger is an efficient, double skinned, tube in tube design. A quality Grundfos
circulating pump is used to cycle all of the tank water through the heat exchanger. All components
of the heat pump come from the best global suppliers.
2.3 Centrifugal Fan
Solarstream uses a centrifugal fan instead of a traditional fan blade, making it one of the smoothest,
most efficient and quietest Heat Pump Water Heaters on the market. The centrifugal fan draws
greater air flow through the evaporator, improving the liquid to gas, phase change of the refrigerant.
This in turn helps raise the coefficient of performance reducing operating time and cost.
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AIR TO WATER ALL IN ONE HEAT PUMP