Troubleshooting the sauna heater
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Contact the dealer during the guarantee period in the event of faults.
See the instructions for the control panel for details of faults not covered in this user guide.
Table 1: Troubleshooting the sauna heater
Symptom
Possible cause
Heater element
1.
Temperature settings on control panel do not cor-
in heater stone
respond to operating status?
compartment does
2.
Some of the heater fuses on the main switchbo-
not warm up.
ard can have tripped out?
3.
Resistor coil in the heater element faulty?
4.
Internal heater PCB fault?
Lights in the sauna
1.
Internal glass fuse in heater faulty?
do not come on
2.
Is lighting connected via the heater?
when switched on
3.
Internal heater PCB fault?
at the control panel.
Heater does not
1.
The main power switch is off ?
work, control panel
2.
Or all heater fuses on the main switchboard can
does not light up.
have tripped out?
3.
Loose contact in cabling between heater and
control panel?
4.
The specifi c 12VDC output on one of the PCB's
RS485 modular jack to the control panel is faulty
due to short-circuit?
5.
Transformer on PCB in heater faulty?
6.
Control panel faulty?
The heater fuses/
1.
There is a short-circuit at the heater GND. Can
ground fault inter-
be due to a faulty heater element?
rupt device on the
2.
Lighting connected to and controlled via the
main switchboard
heater faulty?
trip as soon as the
3.
The heater has not been used for a long period,
heater is turned on.
causing an insulation fault in the heater ele-
ment?
4.
Heater has had too much water poured on it?
5.
Other internal heater fault?
Remedy
1.
Set temperature to correspond to heater element
operation in stone compartment.
2.
Check and replace/reset the fuses in the main
switchboard.
3.
An authorised electrician is required to fi nd the
fault.
4.
An authorised electrician is required to fi nd the
fault.
1.
Switch off at main power switch on heater and
replace glass fuse. See fi g 6.
2.
Verify with authorised electrician who performed
installation of heater/lighting.
3.
An authorised electrician is required to fi nd the
fault.
1.
Turn heater main power switch.
2.
Check and replace/reset the fuses in the main
switchboard.
3.
Switch off heater main power switch and connect
each/paired cable to the control panel. Switch on
heater main power switch again. If this does not
help, an authorised electrician is required to fi nd
the fault.
4.
Requires an authorised electrician to fi nd the
fault, faulty 12VDC output is indicated by LED out
next to the RS485 output. NB: if the fault is in the
RJ10 cable to the control panel, do not click into
a working vacant RS485 outlet to avoid causing a
fault in that outlet. RJ10 cable must be replaced/
contacts fi tted in the event of a fault.
5.
An authorised electrician is required to fi nd the
fault.
6.
An authorised electrician is required to fi nd the
fault.
1,2,3,4,5. Do not use the heater, switch off at main
heater main switchboard trip and disconnect hea-
ter fuses on the main switchboard. An authorised
electrician is required to fi nd the fault.
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