Schluter Heated Floor Thermostat Troubleshooting

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Schluter heated floor thermostat troubleshooting. The thermostat features a 5 ma built in ground fault circuit interrupter gfci with indicator light and includes a floor temperature sensor. Floor protection might be set to laminate which prevents rapid heating of the floor. I d put the thermostat in manual mode set it at the desired temperature and let it run and see what happens. Raising the bathroom floor.

The wire has been run accordingly ohm tested with my multimeter before install before tiling and after tiling. Layer osb or plywood floor interior dry or wet areas limitations requires double layer wood floor regardless of joist spacing minimum 2 x 2 50 mm x 50 mm tile requirements maximum spacing of joists i joists or floor trusses is 24 610 mm o c. A personal example of a failed schluter ditra heated flooring system. Recessing the shower floor.

The heating element might have insu cient capacity to heat the floor. Product sheet user s guide. If they spaced it 4 or 5 pillars total heat output is lower but it may still warm up and it will take longer. Hot water and electrical.

Schluter recommends it be 3 pillars which provides 12 75 watts per sf. There are two basic types of radiant in floor heating systems. All times reading 000 on the leads and 1 on the lead ground. Using a prefabricated shower tray and ramp.

Schluter ditra heat membrane with heating cable. Troubleshooting 2 5 the floor is warming up but more slowly than expected. Oj manual thermostats 120v mtc 2991 ufh and 240 mtc 1991 ufh datasheet instructions synapse thermostats. If the wire nuts have not been sufficiently tightened your thermostat could overheat.

Ditra heat e rt is operated via lcd touchscreen controls and features a pre set schedule for convenience which may be programmed to fit any schedule. Finally the issue could be as simple as loose wire nuts. It all depends on the capacity of your home s breaker box. Installation manual heating cable.

To be safe warmlyyours recommends using a dedicated circuit for your floor heating system no matter the size of the heated area. Innovation workshop part 1. Installation manual thermostat manuals.