Desa GWN6 Installation Manual page 9

INSTALLING HEATER TO WALL
Marking Screw Locations
1. Determine where you will locate heater.
WARNING: Maintain minimum
clearances shown in Figure 5. If
you can, provide greater clearanc-
es from floor and joining wall.
2. Mark two mounting screw locations on
wall (see Figure 5).
8 / "
7
8
(22.5 cm)
Minimum To
Maintain 6"
(15.3 cm)
Clearance
From Wall
FLOOR
Figure 5 - Mounting Screw Locations
Installing Two Mounting Screws
Note: Wall anchors and mounting screws are
in hardware package. The hardware package
is provided with heater.
Attaching to wall stud method
For attaching mounting screw to wall stud
1. Drill hole at marked location using 9/64"
drill bit.
2. Insert mounting screw into wall stud.
3. Tighten screw until 1/16" (1.6 mm) space
(thickness of penny) is between screw-
head and wall.
Attaching to wall anchor method
Follow instructions below to attach mounting
screws to hollow walls (wall areas between
studs) or solid walls (concrete or masonry).
1. Drill holes at marked locations using 5/16"
drill bit. For solid walls (concrete or ma-
sonry), drill at least 1
2. Fold wall anchor (see Figure 6).
Figure 6 - Folding
Anchor
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INSTALLATION
7 / "
3
4
(14.7 cm)
20 /
1
4
(51.4 cm)
Mounting
Minimum To
Screw
Maintain 3"
Locations
(7.7 cm)
Clearance
From Floor
/ " (3.2 cm) deep.
1
4
Figure 7 - Popping
Open Anchor Wings
For Thin Walls
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3. Insert wall anchor (wings first) into hole.
Tap anchor flush to wall.
4. For thin walls [1/2" (1.3 cm) or less], insert
red key into wall anchor. Push red key to
"pop" open anchor wings (see Figure 7).
IMPORTANT: Do not hammer key! For
thick walls [over 1/2" (1.3 cm) thick] or
solid walls, do not pop open wings.
5. Tighten two screws until 1/16" (1.6 mm)
space (thickness of penny) is between
screwheads and wall (see Figure 8).
1/16"
"
(1.6 mm)
Space
Figure 8 - Tightening Anchors
Placing Heater On Mounting Screws
1. Locate two keyhole slots on back panel
of heater (see Figure 9).
2. Place large openings of slots over scre-
wheads. Slide heater down until screws
are in small portion of slots.
Figure 9 - Location Of Keyhole Slots On
Removing Front Panel Of Heater
1. Remove two screws near bottom corners
of front panel. See Figure 10.
2. Lift straight up on grill guard until it stops. Grill
guard will slide up about 1/4" (6.4 mm).
3. Pull bottom of front panel forward, then
down.
Figure 10 - Removing Front Panel Of Heater
Keyhole Slots
Back Panel Of Heater
Thin or
Thick Wall
(thick wall
shown)
Solid
Wall
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