American Dryer DR-NSS Architect’s Specifications, Mounting Heights, Dimensions, Operating Costs

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Architect’s Specifications

The dryer shall be manufactured by American Dryer to include a 16 gauge reinforced steel cover with a white enamel finish or 18 gage reinforced stainless steel cover with satin finish. Recessed units will include a 16 gauge steel wall mounting box. Motor shall be a shaded pole, maintenance-free, brushless type. Motor requires no brushes, oiling or fuses. This motor shall be thermally over- load protected, 1/10 HP, 3200 RPM. Dryer shall deliver 160 CFM at 5500 LFM. Push button dryers shall be activated by a cam-operated mechanical timer.

Mounting Heights:

Suggested mounting heights from floor to bottom of dryer:

 

MEN

WOMEN

CHILDREN

HANDICAPPED

“DR-N” Hand Dryer...

42” (107cm)

40” (102cm) 30-40” (76-102cm)

34” (86cm)

“DR-NH” Hair Dryer...

72” (183cm)

68” (173cm)

46-68” (117-173cm) 52” (132cm)

Dimensions:

WIDTH

HEIGHT

DEPTH

NET WEIGHT

Surface Mounted

11”

9-1/4”

6-5/8”

16 lbs. (7kg)

Recessed Mounted

14-1/8”

14-1/8”

3-3/8”

23 lbs. (10kg)

Cover shall be attached with one tamper-resistant bolt and a 3” steel latch which locks it securely to base. Tamper- resistant air intake vents, internal shield and side mounted heating element are for additional safety. Heating ele- ment is protected by an automatic resetting circuit breaker. Nozzle and push button shall be zinc die castings with a chrome plated finish. Nozzle shall revolve 360˚ unless specified as fixed position. UL and C-UL listed. Made in the U.S.A.

Installation (Surface Mount)

(Refer to recessed instructions for recessed mounting)

WARNING: DISCONNECT POWER BEFORE INSTALLING

1.To remove cover, remove special Allen screw using wrench supplied. Place a hand on each side of cover and pull bottom toward you about 1/4 inch, then push cover up toward top of dryer, releasing cover from mounting plate latch. Lift cover off mounting plate by pulling forward at the bottom and upward at the same time. DO NOT FORCE COVER OFF.

2.Dryers should be placed at least 2 feet (61cm) apart and at least 12” (30cm) from washbasin. Do not install dryers over washbasin. Hold the backplate to the wall at the suggested mounting height. Measure from bottom edge of backplate to the floor.

3.Mark the locations of the four mounting holes and the con- duit entrance location on the wall. (The conduit entrance is the proper hole diameter for 1/2 inch (13mm) conduit.)

4.Fasten the backplate to the wall where previously marked.

RECOMMENDATION:

Wood wall - No. 16 (M8) wood screws, 2 3/4”(70mm) long

Cement or brick - 1/4” (M6) stud expansion bolts, 3” (76mm) long

Hollow wall - 1/4” (M6) toggle bolts, length depends on wall thickness

5.Run service wire to dryer location and connect to terminal block. IMPORTANT: All units must be supplied with a 3 wire service. Use No. 12 wire or larger as required by local electrical code. The ground wire must be connected to the dryer back- plate. Unit must be installed by a qualified licensed electrician.

Do not connect any unit to a branch circuit over 20 amps.

Dryers located in shower rooms or other wet locations should be equipped with ground fault interrupter(s).

6.Carefully replace the cover using tamper-proof bolts sup- plied.

DR Series Surface Mounted

 

 

10 13/16

 

(70 mm)

2 3/4

(274 mm)

 

 

 

5/8 (17 mm)

 

1 5/16 (33 mm)

 

 

 

 

 

7/8 (22mm) DIA. IN-WALL

 

7 7/16

CONDUIT ENTRANCE

9 1/16

(189 mm)

 

 

 

7/8 (22mm) DIA. SURFACE (230 mm)

 

 

CONDUIT ENTRANCE

 

 

(4) MTG HOLES

5/8

 

5/16 DIA. (8 mm)

 

1 (25 mm)

 

1 1/4

 

 

 

(32 mm)

 

 

9 1/2

5/8

 

 

(17 mm)

 

 

(241 mm)

 

 

 

DR Series Recess Mounted

ROUGH

OPENING

11 3/4” W (30cm)

X

12 3/4” H 932cm)

Operating Costs

The only operating cost for the DR series hand dryer is electricity. Based on a cost of $0.10 per KWH:

Cost per 1,000 hand dryings

DR series

= $1.92

Paper Towels = $20.56

Warranty

10-year limited warranty includes same day factory repair or part replacement. Sensor 3 years. See owner’s manual for details.

CUS

American Dryer • 12932 Farmington Road • Livonia • MI • 48150 •U.S.A. • www.americandryer.com

phone (734) 421-2400 • toll free (800) 485-7003 U.S. only • fax (734) 421-5580

© 1999-2006 American Dryer, Inc. All rights reserved. Specifications subject to change without notice. Revised August 2005

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DR-TN, DR-NHSS, DR-NSS, DR-NH, DR-TNSSR specifications

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