Install Manual
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MNL-TSS 4
A THERMACO® Technology
Trapzilla
®
Grease Interceptor
Installation and Operations Manual
Trapzilla Solid Separators
AFE
MNL-TSS 3
1.0 System Overview
Thermaco, Inc. also offers the TSS Trapzilla Solids Separator that traps incidental kitchen solids
upstream of the Trapzilla Grease Interceptor.
The proper installation of a Trapzilla®
Supercapacity Solids Separators can reduce
or eliminate solids problems and costly
sewer surcharges and nes through efcient
separation and retention of incidental solids.
The unique compact design of the Trapzilla
allows for installation into most facilities.
Options are available that enable a Trapzilla
unit to be installed on the oor, suspended
from the ceiling or in-ground outside the
facility.
Trapzilla Solids Interceptor units are designed
to treat high flows of kitchen drainwater
with large solids storage capacity within a
small footprint unit. These units are easy to
maneuver into position and just as easy to
plumb.
Grease interceptors, grease traps, automatic recovery units, grease removal devices, solids separators
and other similar plumbing devices receiving kitchen ows from sinks, oor drains, woks and other
food bearing sources may generate odors. There are many factors inuencing odor evolution and
dissemination. These include room ventilation, kitchen menu, ambient temperatures, ware washing
practices, grease/oil input, daily input uid volume, sanitizers, installation plumbing design and product
maintenance/upkeep. Odors are usually prevented by good area ventilation, frequent uid inputs, good
product maintenance practices and proper product installation. Additional steps, including aeration,
chlorination, improved area ventilation and additional maintenance control, may be needed at some sites.
Contents
1.0 System Overview.................................................................................................................................. 4
2.0 Models and Options.............................................................................................................................. 5
2.1 In-Ground Models .......................................................................................................................... 5
2.2 Above-Ground Models .................................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Basic Models .................................................................................................................................. 7
2.4 Options ........................................................................................................................................... 8
3.0 Plumbing Installation ............................................................................................................................ 9
3.1 Plumbing Considerations Prior to Installation ................................................................................ 9
3.1.1 Locating the Unit .................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.2 Inlet/Outlet Piping .................................................................................................................. 9
3.1.3 Flow Controls ......................................................................................................................... 9
3.1.4 Venting the Outlet .................................................................................................................. 9
3.1.5 For High Head Height Applications Over Six (6) Feet (1.95 m) ............................................. 9
3.2 Vessel Vent Connection ................................................................................................................. 10
3.3 Plumbing Congurations ............................................................................................................... 11
3.3.1 Plumbing Installation for One Solids Separator ..................................................................... 11
3.3.2 Plumbing Installation Two Solids Separators ......................................................................... 12
3.3.3 One Solids Separator and One Trapzilla ............................................................................... 13
3.3.4 One Solids Separator and Two Trapzilla Units ...................................................................... 14
3.3.5 Two Solids Separators and Two Trapzilla Units ..................................................................... 15
4.0 Above-Ground Installation ................................................................................................................... 16
4.1 Components for Above-Ground Installations .................................................................................. 16
4.2 Instructions for Installing Multiple Trapzilla Units Above-Ground .................................................... 17
5.0 In-Ground Installation Instructions ........................................................................................................ 18
5.1 Plumbing Instructions for a Single Solids Separator Installed In-Ground ....................................... 18
5.2 One Solids Separator and One Trapzilla ........................................................................................ 19
5.3 Trimming and Setting the ECA-TSS-18 Single-Piece Extension Collar ......................................... 20
5.4 Concrete Calculations for Solids Separators Models ..................................................................... 22
6.0 Hanging Installation .............................................................................................................................. 23
7.0 Unit Maintenance ................................................................................................................................. 24
7.1 Measuring Solids Levels ................................................................................................................ 24
7.2 Pumping/Servicing Unit .................................................................................................................. 25
8.0 Limited Warranty & Remedy ................................................................................................................ 26