Installation Instructions

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ART 1 - DESIGN CRITERIA
The Calorique Warm Floors System is made up of 4 major compo-
nents: the heating panels, the wiring, the control device and the build-
ing structure. These components work together to create a system that
will provide comfortable, trouble-free heat. The selection and installa-
tion of each component is very important to the system’s overall safe
operation.
Designing a Calorique Warm Floors System is straightforward — the
following instructions must be complied with to ensure a trouble-free
design and to comply with the warranty requirements.
HEAT LOSS CALCULATION
If the Warm Floors System is to be used as a primary heating system
for a room, a heat loss calculation must be completed to determine
the energy required to adequately heat the space under foreseeable
circumstances. The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)
Manual J includes worksheets for manually calculating the heat loss of
a structure. Other, comparable, heat loss methods and/or documents
may be used. Make sure that all sources of heat loss (transmission,
infiltration and radiant) are taken into account.
Most bathrooms and some kitchens have small available floor areas
relative to the volumes of the rooms, the maximum possible amount of
installed heat is often insufficient to supply the demand. Bathrooms
and other areas where there is not enough available floor space to
allow installation of sufficient Calorique heating panels to act as a sole
source of primary heat must use a supplementary or alternative heat
source, such as high power radiant panels, baseboard heaters, etc.
DESIGN CRITERIA
NOTE
A Planning Guide is available to assist in determining the type and
quantity of components that are required.
NOTE
ACCA may be contacted at
202-483-9370, 1712 New
Hampshire Ave. NW,
Washington DC 20009.
NOTE
Some heat loss methods, particularly those designed for gas and oil
based systems, provide their answers in Btus per hour. To convert Btus
per hour to watts, multiply each area total by 0.293 (or divide by
3.41).
NOTE
Always include a recovery factor of at least 20% more than the mini-
mum calculated heat requirement to cover unforeseen circumstances.
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A separate heat loss
calculation must be
done for each
enclosed area (room,
etc.). A separate con-
trol device must be
included for each
enclosed area.
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Do not install
Calorique as a pri-
mary heating system
in any bathroom,
room or other area
which does not have
at least as much heat
installed as is called
for by the heat loss
calculation, plus the
recovery factor.
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