Desa REM10PT RH10PT Owner's Operation And Installation Manual page 5

INSTALLATION
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THERMOSTAT SENSING BULB
The thermostat sensing bulb is located inside the heater. Do not
move this bulb during installation or operation of the heater.
INSTALLING HEATER TO WALL
Marking Screw Locations
1. Determine where you will locate heater.
WARNING: Maintain minimum clearances shown
in Figure 3. If you can, provide greater clearances
from floor and joining wall.
2. Mark two mounting screw locations on wall (see Figure 3).
Installing Two Mounting Screws
Note: Wall anchors and mounting screws are in hardware package.
The hardware package is provided with heater.
8 7 / "
8
Minimum To
Maintain 6"
Clearance
From Wall
Figure 3 - Mounting Screw Locations
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" space (thickness of penny) is be-
tween screwhead 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 masonry), drill at least 1
2. Fold wall anchor (see Figure 4).
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7 3 / "
4
Mounting
20 1 / "
4
Screw
Minimum To
Locations
Maintain 3"
Clearance
From Floor
FLOOR
1
/ " deep.
4
Thermostat Sensing Bulb
Installing Heater To Wall
3. Insert wall anchor (wings first) into hole. Tap anchor flush to wall.
4. For thin walls (1/2" or less), insert red key into wall anchor.
Push red key to "pop" open anchor wings (see Figure 5).
IMPORTANT : Do not hammer key! For thick walls (over 1/2"
thick) or solid walls, do not pop open wings.
5. Tighten two screws until 1/16" space (thickness of penny) is
between screwheads and wall (see Figure 6).
Figure 4 - Folding Anchor
1/16"
Space
Figure 6 - Tightening Anchors
Placing Heater On Mounting Screws
1. Locate two keyhole slots on back panel of heater (see Figure 7).
2. Place large openings of slots over screwheads. Slide heater
down until screws are in small portion of slots.
Figure 7 - Location Of Keyhole Slots On Back Panel Of Heater
Removing Front Panel Of
Heater
1. Remove two screws near bot-
tom corners of front panel.
2. Lift straight up on grill guard
until it stops. Grill guard will
slide up about 1/4".
3. Pull bottom of front panel for-
ward, then down.
INSTALLATION
Thin Walls
(1/4" to
1/2" thick)
Figure 5 - Popping Open Anchor
Wings For Thin Walls
Thin or Thick
Wall (thick
wall shown)
Solid
Wall
Keyhole Slots
Figure 8 - Removing Front Panel
Of Heater
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