Fitting The Atkinson Tanktop
Installing the Tanktop
Please read these clear instructions for fitting your Atkinson Tanktop, Top Off Take Valve.
Steel Tank:
- With the back nut still on, dress the Tanktop 1” BSP thread with PTFE tape. Thread the float and the suction pipe through the 1” BSPP nipple on the top of the tank and screw home.
- Position the Tanktop so the oil line fitting is pointing in the desired direction and nip the back nut down onto the tank nipple.
- Cut the 10mm oil line to be used with a pipe cutter NOT a hacksaw.
- Insert the 10mm pipe into the hydraulic 10mm fitting making sure the pipe is fully home.
- Having fitted all the ancillary equipment in the line to the Pressure Jet burner (including a De-aerator and the bypass screw in the burner pump) fire up the burner. The burner should be able to pull the fuel through but if the pipe line is long with a lift to the burner the prime button can be pressed whilst the burner is running to open all the Tanktop valves, this will bypass the anti-siphon valve making it easier for the burner to prime the line.
Plastic Tanks:
(If the plastic tank has a moulded 1” insert, use the Steel tank fitting instructions above).
- Drill a 35mm hole in a flat area on top of the primary tank close enough to be reached by putting ones hand through the tanks inspection hatch.
- Remove the back nut from the Tanktop’s 1” BSP thread.
- Thread the float and suction pipe through the 35mm hole.
- Reach through the tanks inspection hatch and retrieve the float and suction pipe.
- Pass the float and pipe through the back nut and engage the nut (flange upmost) onto the 1” thread.
- Orientate the 10mm hydraulic fitting to the desired pipe direction and nip the back nut up.
- Cut the 10mm oil line to be used with a pipe cutter NOT a hacksaw.
- Insert the 10mm pipe into the hydraulic 10mm fitting making sure the pipe is fully home.
- Having fitted all the ancillary equipment in the line to the Pressure Jet burner (including a De-aerator and the bypass screw in the burner pump) fire up the burner. The burner should be able to pull the fuel through but if the pipe line is long with a lift to the burner the prime button can be pressed whilst the burner is running to open all the Tanktop valves, this will bypass the anti-siphon valve making it easier for the burner to prime the line.
Note:
Always use support tubes TM4172 inside soft copper oil lines to ensure air tight joints
when using compression joints.
