General safety information – Sterling HS User Manual
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Failure to comply with the general
safety information may result in extensive
property damage, severe personal injury or death.
Do not alter the unit heater in any
way or damage to the unit and/or severe personal
injury or death may occur!
Disconnect all power supplies
before installing or servicing the heater. If the
power disconnect is out of sight, lock it in the
open position and tag it to prevent unexpected
application of power. Failure to do so could result
in fatal electric shock, or severe personal injury.
Insure that all power sources
conform to
the requirements of the unit heater
or damage to the unit will result!
Follow installation instructions CAREFULLY to avoid
creating unsafe conditions. All external wiring must
conform to applicable current local codes, and to the
latest edition of the National Electric Code ANSI/NFPA
No. 70. In Canada, all external wiring must conform
to the Canadian Electric Code, Part 1 CSA Standard
C22.1 All wiring should be done and checked by a
qualifi ed electrician using copper wire only. All steam
and hot water connections should be made and leak-
tested by a suitably qualifi ed individual, per instructions
in this manual. Also follow procedures listed on the “Unit
Equipment Start-Up Sheet” located in this manual.
Make certain that the power source conforms to the
electrical requirements of the heater.
Do not depend upon a thermostat
or other switch as sole means of disconnecting
power when installing or servicing heater. Always
disconnect power at main circuit breaker as
described above. Failure to do so could result in
fatal electric shock.
Special attention must be given to any grounding
information pertaining to this heater. To prevent the
risk of electrocution, the heater must be securely and
adequately grounded. This should be accomplished by
connecting a grounded conductor between the service
panel and the heater. To ensure a proper ground,
the grounding means must be tested by a qualifi ed
electrician.
GENERAL SAFETY INFORMATION
Do not insert fi ngers or foreign objects into the heater
or its air moving device. Do not block or tamper with the
heater in any manner while in operation or just after it
has been turned off, as some parts may be hot enough
to cause injury.
To meet ETL and OSHA requirements, units
mounted below 8 feet (2.4m) from the fl oor must be
equipped with an OSHA fan guard.
It is good practice to have a shutoff switch on the
electrical power lines controlling the heater. Whenever a
unit is serviced, shut power off to the unit.
Since these units are installed in most instances higher
than 8 feet (2.4m), proper type of ladders or scaffolding
should be used, as set up by OSHA requirements (see
Notice on page 2).
In industrial plants, professional maintenance crews
should service this equipment.
All Horizontal Unit Heaters are shipped fully assembled
and may be used for steam or hot water applications.
Coils are factory tested at 250 psig (1723.5 kg).
Each unit is packaged individually and marked for proper
identifi cation. Use normal care in handling and during
installation to prevent damage to the coils fi ns, fan and
casing.
Unless otherwise specifi ed, the following conversions
may be used for calculating SI unit measurements:
1 foot = 0.305 m
1 inch = 25.4 mm
1 psig = 6.894 kPa
1 pound = 0.453 kg
1 gallon = 3.785 L
1 inch water column = 0.249 kPa
meter/second = FPM ÷ 196.8
liter/second = CFM x 0.472
1000 Btu per hour = 0.293 kW
1000 Btu/Cu. Ft. = 37.5 MJ/m
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1 cubic foot = 0.028 m
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