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5 installing the temperature sensor, Important – Ouellet OTR User Manual

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4.5 Installing the Temperature Sensor

Hot glue gun, hammer, wood chisel or concrete chisel

channel

temperature

sensor

Fig. 4.5 a

– To minimize floor height, chisel a 10 mm X 10 mm X 250 mm (

3

/

8

” X

3

/

8

” X 10”)

channel in the subfloor to receive the floor sensor. The junction has an insulation
sheath and a slightly larger diameter than the heating cable.

IMPORTANT!

The sensor must be embedded in cement or an equivalent binder (cement
glue, ceramic glue, self-levelling cement).

– Glue the sensors to the subfloor (Fig. 4.5a). The sensors must be solidly fastened

to the subfloor to ensure they stays in place when the cement or an equivalent
binder (cement glue, ceramic glue, self – levelling cement) is applied.