Desa WMN10 - Manual (Page 9)

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INSTALLING HEATER TO WALL
Marking Screw Locations
1. Determine where you will locate heater.
WARNING: Maintain mini-
mum clearances shown in Figure
5. If you can, provide greater
clearances from floor and join-
ing wall.
2. Mark two mounting screw locations on
wall (see Figure 5).
INSTALLATION
Continued
Figure 5 - Mounting Screw Locations
Mounting
Screw
Locations
10 7 /
8
"
Minimum
7 3 /
4
"
20 1 /
4
"
Minimum To
Maintain 3"
Clearance
From Floor
FLOOR
JOINING W
ALL
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" 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
masonry), drill at least 1
1 /
4
" deep.
2. Fold wall anchor (see Figure 6).
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 7).
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 screw
heads and wall (see Figure 8).
Figure 6 - Folding Anchor
Figure 7 - Popping Open Anchor Wings
For Thin Walls
Figure 8 - Tightening Anchors
Thin or
Thick Wall
(thick wall
shown)
Solid
Wall
1/16"
Space
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 screw
heads. Slide heater down until screws are
in small portion of slots.
Figure 9 - Location Of Keyhole Slots On
Back Panel Of Heater
Keyhole Slots