Heating elements shall be open coil, 80% nickel, 20% chromium, Grade A resistance wire. Type C alloys containing iron or other alloys are not acceptable. Coils shall be machine crimped into stainless steel terminals extending at least 1″ into the air stream and all terminal hardware shall be stainless steel. Coils shall be supported by ceramic bushings staked into supporting brackets.
Heater frames and terminal boxes shall be corrosion resistant steel. Unless otherwise indicated, the terminal box shall be NEMA 1 construction and shall be provided with a hinged, latching cover and multiple concentric knockouts for field wiring.
All heaters shall be furnished with a disc type, automatic reset thermal cutout for primary over temperature protection. All heaters shall also be furnished with disc type, load-carrying manual reset thermal cutouts, factory wired in series with heater stages for secondary protection. Heat limiters or other fusible over temperature devices are not acceptable.
Heaters shall be rated for the voltage, phase and number of heating stages indicated in the schedule. All three-phase heaters shall have equal, balanced, three-phase stages. All internal wiring shall be stranded copper with 105°C insulation and shall be terminated in crimped connectors or box lugs.
Terminal blocks shall be provided for all field wiring and shall be sized for installation of 75°C copper wire rated in accordance with NEC requirements.
Heaters shall be furnished either with the Control Option specified in the schedule and described below or with the specific components listed in the schedule.
- Type KUB Custom Slip-in Open Coil Heater
- Type PUB Custom Flanged Open Coil Heater
- Type TFKU Custom Slip-in Finned Tubular Heater
- Type TFPU Custom Flanged Finned Tubular Heater
Heaters and panel boards (if required) shall meet the requirements of the National Electrical Code and shall be listed by Under writers Laboratories for zero clearance to combustible surfaces and for use with heat pumps and air conditioning equipment.
Approvals
- Non UL listed
- UL listed
Type
- KUB (custom slip-in)
- PUB (custom flange)
- TFKU (custom finned tubular slip-in)
- TFPU (custom finned tubular flange)
Control Options
- Control G (contactor control)
- Control J (pneumatic control)
- Control K (SCR control)
Custom Options
- “Heater On” pilot light
- “Low Airflow” pilot light
- Airflow switch for negative pressure operation
- Bottom mounted terminal box
- Built-in PE transducer
- Controls mounted in remote panelboard
- Custom terminal box NEMA 12 type
- Custom terminal box NEMA 4 type
- Custom terminal box UL3R type
- Deletion of disconnect switch
- Deletion of transformer
- Deletion of transformer and contactor
- Disconnecting contactors
- Dust-tight Terminal Box
- Each “Stage On” pilot light(s)
- Fan Relay (in addition to Airflow Switch)
- Fan relay (instead of airflow switch)
- Fuses for heaters rated 48 amps or less
- Insulated Terminal Box
- Mercury controlling contactors (not available in all areas)
- Pilot duty single stage duct thermostat
- Pilot duty single stage room thermostat
- Pilot duty two stage duct thermostat
- Pilot duty two stage room thermostat
- Proportional electronic duct thermostat with set point adjuster
- Proportional electronic room thermostat
- Protective screens
- Special inputs (135 ohms, 2200 ohms, 4-20 mA, 0-10 VDC)
- Step Controller
- Transformer primary fusing