Instructionsforinstallationanduse|CornerandWallIKIwithbuilt‐incontrolunit Page3
Installationoftheheater
1. Choosetheplacefortheheateraccordingtotherequiredsafetydistances.Theinstallationmustbe
carriedoutintheplacewheretheheaterwillbesituated.Thesafetydistancesaremeasuredfrom
theheater'smeshframeoutwards.Minimumsafetydistancetoinflammablesurfacesis100mmon
thesidesandthebackoftheheaterand600‐800mmtotheceiling(refertopage8).Negligenceto
complywiththesafetydistancesmaycausefirehazard.
2. Removethebaseplatefromtheundersideoftheheaterbyunscrewingthefourscrews(pic1).
3. Connectthefivepoleelectriccabletotheconnectionstripinsidetheelementboxaccordingtothe
circuitconnectordiagram(page7).
4. Testthatalltheheatingelementsfunctionproperlybyswitchingthetimeronfor1–4hours'usage.
Ifalltheresistorsheatup,closetheelementboxpanel.(Ifoneormoreoftheheatingelements
failstoheatuporanotherproblemoccurs,contactthemanufacturer'stechnicalsupport.)Test
timerfunctionalityaswell,whilethethermostatissettozerotonotheattheresistorsduringthe
test.
5. Detachthetwostainlesssteelmeshframesfromoneanotherusingthekey(2,5mmhexagon
socket).(Pic2).
6. Lifttheuppermeshframewhilepiligthestonestothebottompart(pic3).Checkthattheheating
elementsstandupstraight.Iftheyhavebeenbent,carefullystraightenthem.
7. PILINGOFTHESTONES:Washthestonesbeforepiling.Detachthetwostainlesssteelmeshframes
fromoneanotherusingthekey(2,5mmhexagonsocket).Inthe9kWmodel,checkthattheguide
fortheresistorsisinplaceatthetopoftheheaterandkeepsthemupright.Pilestonestothelower
partoftheframeuntilthelevelreaches10cmfromthemiddlepart(pic4).Thishelpsinstallthe
upperpartwithinthelowerframe.Pilestonestothefilltheupperpart.Youmayloosenthe
resistorguidetopilethestonesinuntilhalfwaydone.Tocompletethepiling,reattachtheguide
properlyandleaveinplace.Theheatingelementsshouldbecarefullycovered.Pleasemakesure
thatelementsmakeNOTcontactwitheachotherorwiththeheaterframe.
8. Olivineandolivine‐doleritestonesarerecommended,insizessmallerthan10cmindiameter.The
stonesshouldnotbeplacedtootightlytogetherallowingforfreeairflowbetweenthestones.In
communallyorpubliclyusedsaunaswerecommendtheuseofceramicKerkesstonesaroundthe
heatingelements(www.kerkes.fi).Kerkesstonessupportandhelppreservetheresistorsandthey
donotdisintegrateprematurelyduetohightemperaturechanges.Notethattheuseofsoapstone
andnaturalstonesisallowedonlyontheouteredgesandonthetopoftheheater.
9. Affixtheheatertothewallusingthesteelsupporters(pic5).Checkthattheheaterstandssteady
beforeuse.Remembertoalsoreaffixtheframeattachers.
10. Affixwaterguidetotheupperpartoftheheater(pic6).
11. Werecommendtheuseofsafetyrailingsaroundtheheater.However,thestainlesssteelmesh
framedoesnotover‐heatthewayordinarysteel‐casedheatersdo.
12. Thesurfaceofthestonessinksinalittleaftertheheaterisinuse.Frequentlycheckthatthe
heatingelementsdonotbecomeexposed.Ifthisshouldhappen,pileinmorestones.The
disintegrationofthestonesdependsonthetypeofstonesandthefrequencyofuse.Thecondition
ofthestonesshouldbecheckedyearlyandbrokenstonesmustbereplacedwithnewones.
