Warmup underlaminate Installation Manual - Warning:

Manual is about: Underlaminate Foil

Summary of underlaminate

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    Installation manual: underlaminate foil heater chnical helpline 0845 345 2288 important read this manual before attempting to install your foil heater. Incorrect installation could damage the heater and will invalidate your warranty. By filling in your guarantee information online at warmup.Com by f...

  • Page 2: Getting Started

    2 your warmup® underlaminate foil heater has been designed so that installation is quick and straight forward, but with all electrical systems, certain procedures must be strictly followed. Please check the sizing guide at the back of this manual to ensure that you have the correct heater(s) for the...

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    2 4 6 7 9 13 16 getting started important! About the product/ modifying your heating mats step 1: planning your installation step 2: laying out your foil heating mats step 3: making the electrical connections installation examples standard sizes of foil heating mats and their values contents notice:...

  • Page 4: Important!

    Important! Warning once the foil heating mat has been installed avoid all traffic over the mat until the floor has been laid. Do not install the foil heating mat until the floor is ready to be laid. If the floor is not being laid immediately, all heating mats must be protected with two layers of car...

  • Page 5: Important!

    Important! 5 always ensure all earth leads are connected to the earth ring. Always ensure that the electric circuit that supplies electricity to the warmup ® underlaminate heating system is equipped with a 30ma residual current device (rcd). Always connect all cold wire leads from the warmup ® under...

  • Page 6: About The Product

    About the product specifications: construction: aluminium foil heater with fluoropolymer insulated twin-conductor, sandwiched between 2 layers of specially reinforced aluminium foil. Standard wattage: 80 w/sqm and 140 w/sqm (see page 16 for individual mat specifications) mat width: 500mm heating cab...

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    Before installing, draw an installation plan showing the placement of the mats, floor sensor, and junction box or boxes. The warmup ® underlaminate foil heating mats should cover at least 80% of the floor area of your room to be used as a primary heat source*. Warmup’s foil heating mats are availabl...

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    Step 2: laying out your heating mats 8 5 your mats come with aluminium tape. Stretch the mats and secure the mats to the floor with the tape. Where required, additional duct tape can be used. Iiff a an ny y w wiirre e h ha ass b be ee en n d de etta acch he ed d ffrro om m tth he e ffo oiill m ma at...

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    Step 2: laying out your heating mats 9 7 since the joint is slightly thicker than the rest of the mat, create a slight groove in the insulation board under the joint to ensure that the heating mat lays flat. Create a groove for the cold leads at the point at which they cross. 8 mark each pair of col...

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    Step 3: making the electrical connections 10 3 install an electric conduit to the junction box and thermostat as in the following diagram. 4 connect the floor temperature safety sensor to the thermostat through a conduit, and install between two heating wire runs on the mat, at least 500mm from the ...

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    Step 3: making the electrical connections 11 6 all earth connections from the heaters must be connected to the earth from the power supply of the house. 7 in parallel, feed each mat to the electrical junction box. Make sure that you can see the sticker with the numbers of the leads. If necessary, sh...

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    Earth wires (green/yellow) from heating mats step 3: making the electrical connections 12 12 connect the wires to the control thermostat according to the wiring instructions found in the thermostat box. 13 switch on the foil heating system (see the directions in your thermostat manual)for half an ho...

  • Page 13: Installation Examples

    Installation examples wood flooring material heating mat insulation material floor slab (wood or concrete) 2 3 4 1 2 1 3 4 13 under wood or laminate flooring hard insulation materials – used as heat insulator under the foil heating mats in installations with concrete subfloors to provide more effici...

  • Page 14: Notes:

    Notes: 14.

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    If the heater fails due to damage caused during installation, this guarantee does not apply. It is therefore important to check that the heater is working (as specified in the installation manual) prior to laying the floor covering. Underlaminate heater, and follow all 2. If you make a mistake and d...

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    16 standard sizes of foil heating mats and their values 220-240 volts: models 80 and 140 watts per m 2 model area sqm length (m) width (m) total watts watts / sqm amps total resistance wlfh-140w/210 1.5 3 0.5 210 140 0.91 251.90 wlfh-140w/280 2 4 0.5 280 140 1.22 188.93 wlfh-140w/420 3 6 0.5 420 140...

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