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Water heater Safety Valve

Safety Valve Function:

Safety component used on electric water heaters with capacities from 10 to 300 Liters to protect
against over-pressure inside the water tank and prevent water from escaping (dry heating
case).The safety valve is also dedicated to avoid explosion of the water tank (Human safety). The
valve has to be watertight at the nominal water pressure, and particularly the area around the lever
-- no droplet. The valve should be composed of 3 main functions A, B & C and a lever(lever could
be optional in sometimes.):

1. Safety valve A: Normally closed, and when pressure increases in tank and overcomes the
opening pressure: it opens and allows the exit of hot water/vapor from the security outlet (direction
A). Then the pressure decreases and it moves back to closed state.

2. Non return B: Stops the water in the tank from exiting to inlet pipe network, this prevents
emptying the tank and have a dry heating case that destroys the water heater and may cause
excessive heating, and also fills the inlet network with hot water.

NOTE: The return valve C has to open and allow water to pass from water heater tank back to water
inlet and
network (direction B), only if pressure on the water heater side is above 1.8 to max 4 bar(to be
different depends on different water tank) the water pressure on the inlet side. Target of this
requirement is to avoid continuous water drops through the safety valve A.

3. Entry C: When the user opens the hot tap, this valve should open to let enter cold water inside
the tank equivalent of the exiting hot water (direction C). It should remain open as long as the hot
tap is open, and return closed immediately when the tap is closed. It should respond to low values
of the network pressure.
Installation :

General specifications:

1. Working pressure of valve: 3-12 Bar

2. Relief pressure: There is the option of 2 types of relief or discharge pressures, at 7 Bar or 10
Bar. These relief pressures
are marked on the valve body visibly and unequivocally. The tolerance range in the relief
pressure is determined around
± 0.5Bar.
3. Working medium: Mainly water for domestic use and for thermos or heating heaters.
4. Working temperature: 0-110ºC.
5. Guarantees the proper functioning of the thermos or water heater due to its double function,
relief valve and check valve.
6. Minimum inlet pressure: 1 Bar.
7. Maximum pressure of check valve system: 3 Bar
8. Materials made of stainless steel provide better valve performance, as well as long service
life.
9. The relief nipple is designed with harpoon-shaped machined grooves, facilitating attachment
of the relief tube or hose,
while preventing it from accidentally or unintentionally coming loose or coming out, causing
unwanted leaks.
10. Connection threads: Male-Female threads in accordance with Standard ISO228 (BS2779).
11. Body surface: Nickel plating for corrosion protection, also giving it a pleasant visual
appearance.
12. Manufacturing lot: In code format marked directly on the valve body surface.
13. Flow direction: It has an arrow on the body surface that indicates the direction of the
flow for its correct installation.