Installation / Operation Instruction Manual

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REMOVE CRATE
1. Remove all banding and pry off crate sides carefully so as not to damage the water heater.
2. Carefully roll/lift the water heater from the crate base.
MOVE WATER HEATER TO PERMANENT POSITION by sliding or walking. Place drain pan underneath water heater
INSTALL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE (if not already installed).
This water heater must be located in an area where the general public does not have access to set temperatures.
AIR REQUIREMENTS
1. Do not obstruct the flow of ventilating air.
2. For safe operation, adequate air is needed for combustion and ventilation. Sooting may result in serious damage
to the water heater and risk of fire or explosion. It can also create a risk of asphyxiation. Such a condition often
will result in a yellow, luminous burner flame, causing carboning or sooting of the combustion chamber, burner
and flue tubes.
CONFINED SPACES
If the water heater is installed in a confined space (volume is less than 50 ft.
3
/1000 BTU (15 m
3
/0.29 kW) per hour of the
total input rating of all gas appliances in that space), air must be supplied through two permanent openings. One opening
must be within 12 inches (30.5 cm) from the top of the enclosure and one within 12 inches (30.5 cm) of the bottom. The
openings must be protected by metal louvers or 1/4” (6.4 mm) min. mesh metal screen. The size of the openings are as
follows:
1. If the openings communicate directly with an additional room(s) of sufficient volume, each opening must have a
minimum free area opening of 1 in.
2
/1000 BTU (2.54cm
2
/0.29kW) per hour of the total input rating of all gas
appliances in the confined space, but not less than 100 in.
2
(254 cm
2
).
2. If the openings communicate with the outdoors through horizontal ducts, each opening must have a minimum free
area of 1 in.
2
/2000 BTU (2.54cm
2
/0.59kW) per hour of the total rating of all gas appliances in the enclosure.
3. If the openings communicate directly with the outdoors or through vertical ducts with the outdoors, each opening must
have a minimum free area of 1 in.
2
/4000 BTU (2.54cm
2
/1.18kW) per hour of the total rating of all gas appliances in
the enclosure.
IMPORTANT-The flow of combustion and ventilating air must not be obstructed.
MECHANICAL EXHAUSTING OF ROOM AIR - Where an exhaust fan is installed in the same room with this
water heater and combustion air is drawn from inside the room, sufficient openings for air must be provided in the
walls. UNDERSIZED OPENINGS WILL CAUSE AIR TO BE DRAWN INTO THE ROOM THROUGH THE WATER
HEATER’S VENTING SYSTEM, CAUSING POOR COMBUSTION THAT MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO LIFE.
SOOTING MAY RESULT IN SERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE WATER HEATER AND RISK OF FIRE OR EXPLOSION,
WHICH CAN ALSO CREATE A RISK OF ASPHYXIATION. Refer to local codes and /or National Fuel Gas Code
(ANSI Z223.1-Latest Edition), or in Canada CAN/CGA B149.1 Natural Gas Installation Code (Latest Edition) or
CAN/CGA B149.2 Propane Installation Code (Latest Edition) for proper air opening sizing.
WARNING
The draft diverter relief opening of the water heater and combustion air inlet must be in the same atmospheric
pressure zone. Large exhaust fans in kitchens and other locations can lower the air pressure inside an enclosure
and interfere with the proper operation and venting of the water heater. In these cases, the water heater should be
installed in a separate room with the combustion and ventilation air supplied directly from outdoors as previously
described.
CAUTION