Suburban Mfg 12019-01-NGFREP manual Heating the Compartment Floor

Chapter 4 - Operation and Care

Heating the Compartment Floor

To stop the oxygen flow, press the oxygen on/off switch. The light in the switch goes out and oxygen flow to the animal compartment ceases. If it was On, the system light goes out.

To control the oxygen flow rate to the animal compartment, refer to Controlling Oxygen Flow Rate on Page 56. To control oxygen pressure, refer to Controlling Oxygen Pressure on Page 56.

With the clear acrylic divider panel in place, it takes about 20- minutes to bring the right animal compartment to an oxygen concen- tration of 40%. Without the clear divider panel, it takes about 30- minutes to bring the full compartment to 40%.

CAUTION: When using oxygen, all four access knobs on the filter/fans compartment must be firmly locked to prevent oxygen leakage from the animal compartment.

The floor of the animal compartment contains separate heaters for the left and right sides to provide localized heat control when the compart- ment is divided into two half-compartments.Two sets of floor heat controls are provided for the left and right heating units. Each set consists of an on/off button, a system light, a temperature controller, and a digital display.To heat the entire compartment floor, turn both left and right heaters On.To provide heat to the compartment:

Temperature

Control Knob

Digital Display

System	On/Off
Light	Button

Left Side Controls

Right Side Controls

Figure 55. Floor Temperature Contols (Left Shown, Right Identical)

1.Make sure the main on/off switch is On. The amber light in the switch should be on (refer to Page 48).

2.Press the appropriate heated floor on/off button (Figure 55). The amber light in the button comes on.

3.With the temperature control knob, set the compartment floor temperature to the desired level. If the actual floor temperature is below the set temperature, the heater starts and the red system light comes on. View the digital display for a readout of the current floor temperature.

To turn heat Off, press the heated floor on/off button. The amber light in the button goes out. If the heater was operating, it stops, and the red system light goes out.

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