Dri-Eaz Turbovent 48 Owner's Manual

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OWNER'S MANUAL

SAFETY • WARRANTY

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS • MAINTENANCE

TURBOVENT 48

INTERAIR DRYING SYSTEMS

For Walls, Floors, and Other Structural Areas

PURCHASE DATE: ___________________________________ SERIAL NO: ____________________________________________

DEALER: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

THIS MANUAL CONTAINS IMPORTANT SAFETY WARNINGS. PLEASE READ THESE WARNINGS

BEFORE USING THE TURBOVENT AND SAVE THIS MANUAL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

TURBOVENTS

DRI-EAZ PRODUCTS • 15180 Josh Wilson Road, Burlington, WA 98233 • www.dri-eaz.com • [phone]

TABLE OF CONTENTS

SAFETY INFORMATION......................................... 2

WARRANTY........................................................... 2

PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION ................................ 3

INSTALLING A TURBOVENT 48 ............................. 3

INSTALLING MINI-TURBOVENTS........................... 4

APPLICATION #1 –

DRYING WALL INTERIOR CAVITIES ................ 4

APPLICATION #2 –

DRYING WALL & CEILING SURFACES............. 5

APPLICATION #3 –

DRYING CEILING CAVITIES............................. 7

APPLICATION #4 –

DRYING WITH DUCTED AIR ............................ 7

APPLICATION #5 –

DRYING HARDWOOD FLOORS ....................... 7

MAINTENANCE.....................................................11

MOISTURE CONTENT MAP .................................11

Congratulations on your selection of the
TurboVent 48 or Mini-TurboVent system for drying
walls, floors and ceilings. It is our goal at Dri-Eaz
Products to offer you a product that will provide a
profitable return on your investment. We invite your
written appraisal and suggestions for improvements.
Reading this Owner's Manual will help you achieve
maximum results when drying structures. This manual
uses the word “TurboVent” to mean both the Turbo­Vent 48 and Mini-TurboVents.

SAFETY INFORMATION

We strongly advise that you read your TurboDryer
Owner’s Manual before operation. Please pay particu­lar attention to the safety information.

Failure to observe the safety warnings in your
manual can result in injury to persons, fire damage, or
damage to the TurboDryer. To reduce the risk of
electrical shock, fire, or personal injury, read and
follow each of the warnings in your manual before
using TurboDryers.

Keep TurboDryers Grounded: Always operate
TurboDryers with the three pronged grounding plug
and a grounded electrical outlet. Never remove the
three pronged plug, use an ungrounded extension cord,
or use an ungrounded adapter. The grounding pin on
the TurboDryer’s plug is an essential safety feature that

helps reduce the risk of shock or fire in the event of an
electrical hazard.

Keep Children Away: Do not allow children to

play with or around the TurboDryers. Be sure that
TurboDryer is inaccessible to children when left
unattended. Secure all areas in which TurboDryers are
left unattended while running.

CAUTION

Only TurboDryers from Dri-Eaz Products, Inc. can
be used with TurboVents. Other brands of airmovers
have not been tested by Dri-Eaz and may experience a
motor temperature rise that is unsafe in high pressure
applications. Dri-Eaz claims no responsibility if the
TurboVent is used with other than Dri-Eaz Turbo­Dryers. The Snout Adapter for Mini-TurboVents fits
only the Sahara TurboDryer.

WARRANTY

One Year Warranty: Within one year of purchase,
Dri-Eaz promises to the original purchaser to repair or

replace any TurboVent 48 or Mini-TurboVent that is
defective in material or workmanship. During this
warranty period, Dri-Eaz Products, Inc. is responsible
for the costs of labor, material and shipping, required
to repair or replace the TurboVent. After 90 days, the
customer is responsible for shipping costs to Dri-Eaz
Products and labor at the prevailing hourly rate.

This warranty does not include normal wear and
tear to ducting or other parts. This warranty shall not
extend to any products showing effects of misuse,
alteration, corrosive chemicals, accident damage, fire,
normal wear, or any other causes beyond Dri-Eaz
Products' control.

Dri-Eaz Products, Inc. is not responsible for any
work performed or repairs effected upon any of its
products, by other than Dri-Eaz Products, Inc. or
authorized dealer personnel.

To receive warranty service, you must call for a
Return Authorization. No replacement item will be
shipped without an Authorization Number. No credit
will be made until the defective item is received.

The foregoing constitutes the entire warranty and
no other warranty, liability, contingency or responsi­bility, direct, indirect, consequential or in any way
connected with the sale or operation of equipment
products is expressed or implied.

Direct warranty questions to an authorized dis-

tributor or Dri-Eaz Products, Inc. at [phone].

PRINCIPLES OF OPERATION

The TurboVent is a wall and floor drying accessory
for Dri-Eaz TurboDryers. It is designed to increase the
rate of evaporation from slow drying areas. Using it,
you can achieve faster, more complete structural drying
while reducing damage to finished materials like
hardwood flooring or painted and papered walls.

INSTALLING A TURBOVENT 48

Whether drying walls, ceiling surfaces or floors, the
TurboVent 48 is intended for use on the floor located
against a flat wall surface. Wall moldings and
baseboards must be removed to allow the vent opening
to fit flush against the wall. The TurboDryer must be
unplugged and turned off while attaching TurboVents.

NOTE

piece of foam pad under the base of the TurboDryer.

Attaching the TurboVent 48 to a TurboDryer

1. Remove baseboards and moldings, and drill holes
(see Application #3.) In most cases, it is not necessary
to remove carpeting.

2. Place TurboVent firmly against the wall so that oval
snout points away from the wall.

3. Attach the TurboVent to the TurboDryer by sliding
the TurboVent oval opening into the TurboDryer
snout. The TurboVent opening should fit snugly.

: To avoid marring hard surface floors, place a

Three primary methods of installing the TurboVent 48.
Mini-TurboVents can be used in the same ways.

1. Airflow can be directed under hardwood flooring
for subsurface drying.

2. Airflow can be directed across wall surfaces; it will
travel up the walls and across ceilings to dry both.

3. Airflow can be used to dry the interior cavities of
walls by directing airflow up the inside of walls via
openings cut at the baseboard level.

The principle of operation is to direct high volume
airflow from a TurboDryer across, under, or into wet
areas or surfaces. This airflow speeds evaporation as it
removes the cushion of moisture-laden air that hangs
near any wet surface.

This moist air is whisked away and dry (lower
humidity) air replaces it. This constant process of
removing moist air and replacing it with dry air draws
moisture out of permeable materials and significantly
speeds drying time. This reduces water damage to
floors, walls, and ceilings.

It is highly recommended that Dri-Eaz commercial
grade dehumidifiers be used in the area being dried.
The moisture that is moved away from the wet
materials should also be removed from the air. Dri-Eaz
dehumidifiers do this as they rapidly lower humidity.
Reducing the humidity is an important factor in
speeding up the drying process.

Attaching TurboVent 48 to TurboDryer.

4. There are two positions to use TurboVents. Make
certain that the TurboVent is in the correct position
with the air opening facing up or down as appropriate.

Floor Drying: When drying floor or wall cavities, the

TurboVent label should be facing up.

Wall Drying: When drying exterior wall surfaces, the

TurboVent should be inverted so that the label is facing
down toward the floor.

5. When using the TurboVent in a room with an
unfinished floor, a 2" block of wood nailed to the floor
will help maintain the TurboDryer in position.

6. Or, when on a finished floor, secure the TurboDryer
and TurboVent to the wall using two 1/2" eye screws
and a stretch bungee cord. The eye-screws should be
attached to the wall below baseboard level.

INSTALLING

MINI-TURBOVENTS

Installation procedures for Mini-TurboVents are
similar to those for the TurboVent 48. Remove mold­ings and baseboards as needed to allow the vent
openings to fit flush against the installation surface.
The TurboDryer must be unplugged and turned off
while attaching Mini-TurboVents.

Attaching to a Sahara TurboDryer

Place Mini-TurboVent firmly into position. Be sure
each Mini-TurboVent is in the correct position with the
air opening facing up to dry walls with a sheet of air, or
down when forcing air into wall cavities or under
hardwood floors.

Typical Mini-TurboVent installation.

Each Mini-TurboVent can be fastened to a wall,
ceiling, or built-in using drywall or other type screws.
When attaching to a wall, angle the screws downward
so they enter the sill plate. The holes will be covered
when you replace the baseboard or cove base.

Clip hooks to the grill. When not using an outlet, cover with
vinyl cap and a duct clamp.

The Adapter is fastened to the snout of any Sahara

TurboDryer by two hooks with springs.

If the TurboDryer has a wire grill (#1), position the
hooks so they are pointed horizontally, or side-to-side.
Fit the Adapter over the snout. Press the black knobs so
the hooks go slightly inward and hook onto the ring of
the grill for strongest attachment.

If the TurboDryer has a plastic grill (#2), position
the hooks so they are pointed vertically, or up-and­down. Fit the Adapter over the snout. Press the black
knbs so the hooks fasten to any part of the grill.

The Adapter fits very snugly over the snout of the
TurboDryer to minimize air leakage.

Cut ducting to fit the job situation. 50 feet of
standard 4-inch residential dryer ducting (also available
locally at hardware stores) is included. For example,
the 50-ft. piece could make two 20-ft. plus one 10-ft.
sections, or two 15-ft. plus one 20-ft. sections. Attach
ducting with regular duct clamps (six provided) that
adjust with a screwdriver or nutdriver.

Using Mini-TurboVents in Series

Up to 9 Mini-TurboVents may be connected in
series from one TurboDryer – 3 from each outlet from
the snout adapter. (In the drawing above, two are
connected to one outlet.)

When properly hooked up, the actual airflow into
wall cavities or under hardwood floors is not great,
since the holes into which the air must flow are small.
This is the reason why up to 9 may be connected at one
time.

However, a higher static pressure TurboDryer (such
as the 1-hp. Sahara Pro, generating 3.0") will give
better results than one with lower static pressure (such
as the .4-hp Sahara, generating 1.5").

If using just one or two pieces of ducting, cover the
unused outlet(s) of the snout adapter with a vinyl cap
and duct clamp to prevent the escape of air.