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For the installation of sauna heaters, please
pay attention to the DIN VDE 0100 part 703 !
This standard makes the following statement
valid in your newest expenditure, since Februa-
ry 2006, paragraph 703.412.05; Quotation:
The additional must be planned for all electric
circuits of the Sauna by one or more fault current
protection device (RCDs) with a calculation diffe-
rence stream not more largely than 30 mA, exclu-
ded of it is Saunaheating.
The EN 60335-1 DIN VDE 0700 part 1 of Janu-
ary 2001 states the following in paragraph 13;
quote:
The leakage current may not exceed the following
values during operation:
- for stationary heaters of protection class I 0,75
mA; or 0,75 mA each kW input of the appliance,
depending on the higher value, at a maximum
value of 5 mA.
If the appliance is equipped with a protective
device for leakage current (ELCB), please pay at-
tention to the fact that no other electrical units
will be protected by this ELCB.
Under current manufacturing technology, it is
not reasonable to use heating elements for sau-
na heaters which do not collect moisture from
the surrounding air. It is therefore possible that
a little bit of moisture from the surrounding air
may reach the magnesium-oxide filling in the
heating elements during transport or storage
and may cause the ELCB to release.
In this case the oven must be heated up under
supervision of an expert, during which the PE
conductor is not connected. After about 10
minutes, when moisture has evaporated from
the heating elements, the oven must be recon-
nected to the PE conductor!
If the sauna heater is not in use for a significant
period of time, we recommend running it every
6 weeks, so as to avoid moisture concentrating
in the heating elements.
Therefore, should the ELCB be released during
start-up, the electrical installation must be che-
cked.
Installation of the sauna heater and control
unit must be undertaken only by an authorized
electrician.
Without a documented proof of
such installation a warranty is generally void.
