CO ² Armatur Plus
Thank you for choosing to purchase the CO ² Armatur Plus. With the CO ² Armatur Plus you have obtained a product of the highest quality and reliability.
Strict and continual quality checks and manufacture according to ISO 9001 ensure a product with a long service life. These operating instructions are part of the
product. They include important information on commissioning and operation. Keep the operating instructions for future reference.
Special features of the CO ² Armatur Plus:
· high control accuracy through precision pressure reducer
· finely adjustable operating pressure setting
· pressuretight fine precision needle valve
· large, easily readable working
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· integrated overpressure safety valve
· wearfree seal to the cylinder valve
· incl. integrated check valve to protect the CO ² fitting
· corrosionresistant thanks to material finishing
· fine filter in cylinder connection and fine needle valve
· for all CO ² cylinders with external cylinder valve
· low pressure has factory setting of 0 bar
· optimum operating pressure setting at 1 – 1.5 bar
· incl. quiet energyefficient solenoid valve
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The CO ² Armatur Pro with preassembled solenoid valve can be used for semiautomatic control by means of a timer switch or for fully automatic control by means
of a pH value regulation, e.g. via pHControl (item no.: 80286) or TwinControl (item no.: 80289). Controlled via a timer switch, the Solenoid Valve Pro will interrupt
the supply of CO ² by closing when it is switched currentless and in this way can save up to 50 % of the CO ² consumption. Since plants do not consume CO ² at night,
the solenoid valve should here be synchronised with the light control for the aquarium. Combined with a pH value regulation, the CO ² supply is optimised because
only the exact amount consumed is added to the aquarium. Thanks to its innovative electronic diode circuit, the CO ² solenoid valve operates very quietly, is energy
efficient and generates very little heat.
Special instructions: Replacing the depot and work on the CO ² Armatur Pro must only be carried out when the device is pressureless.
Starting up: Make sure that the stainless steel needle valve
into the opening of the cylinder valve and tighten the union nut
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spout
of the CO ² Armatur Pro to the CO ² Reactor or CO ² Atomiser using a CO ² tight hose. Completely open the cylinder valve and check the CO ² cylinder pressure
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on the cylinder pressure gauge
. This is around 60 bar at room temperature. The preset operating pressure (operating pressure gauge
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Note: The solenoid valve must be open, thus supplied with power, for the following steps to be carried out, because otherwise an exact setting of the
operating pressure is not possible.
For initial use, use the pressure adjustment screw 8 to set a operating pressure of around 1 – 1.5 bar. You can read off the set pressure at the operating pressure
gauge
. Then use the adjustment screw on the stainless steel needle valve
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you can use pressure adjustment screw
you have set a bubble count of around 10 bubbles per minute at a operating pressure of 1 bar, you can double the bubble count simply by increasing the operating
pressure to 2 bar and halve the bubble count by reducing the operating pressure by half. This allows a convenient and precise bubble count setting. Turn the
pressure adjustment screw
anticlockwise to reduce the operating pressure.
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for highprecision bubble count setting
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and cylinder pressure gauge
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for optimum CO ² regulation
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is closed before connecting the CO ² Armatur Pro to the CO ² Depot. Insert the cylinder connection
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handtight, possible using a 30 mm openended spanner. Connect the hose connection
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for further fine adjustment of the bubble count. The bubble count is proportional to the defined operating pressure. If
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to roughly define the desired bubble count. After approx. 1 day (runningin period)
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) set by the factory is 0 bar.
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