Water Heater - Gas Water Heater User Manual

FOR YOUR SAFETY READ BEFORE LIGHTING
WARNING
If you do not follow these instructions exactly, a fire or explosion
may result causing property damage, personal injury or loss of life.
A. Thisappliancehas a pilotwhichmust belightedby
hand,Whenlightingthepilot,follow theseinstructions
exactly.
B. BEFORELIGHTINGsmellall aroundtheappliancearea
for gas. Be sureto smellnext to the floor because
somegasis heavierthanairandwillsetUeonthefloor.
WHATTODOIFYOUSMELLGAS
Donottryto lightanyappliance.
Do not touchany electric switch;do not useany
phoneinyourbuilding.
, Immediatelycallyourgassupplierfrom a neighbor's
phone°Followthegassupplier'sinstructions_
C.
D_
• If you cannotreachyour gassupplier,call the fire
department.
Useonlyyourhandto pushin or turnthegascontrol
knob.Neverusetools.If theknobwillnot pushin or
turnbyhand,don'ttrytorepairit, calla qualified ser-
vicetechnician.Forceor attemptedrepairmayresult
in afireorexplosion.
Donotuse thisapplianceif anypart hasbeenunder
water.Immedtzitelycall a qualified servicetechnician
toinspecttheapplianceandto replaceanypartofthe
controlsystemandany gas controlwhichhasbeen
underwater.
LiGHTiNG iNSTRUCTIONS
1oSTOP!Readthesafetyinformationaboveonthislabel.
2.Removeouterdoor.
3. Set thethermostatto lowestsettinq by turningthe
watertemperaturedialclockwise,(( _,)toits lowest
temperaturesetting(witharrowondial)as shown.DO
NOT FORCE.
4oTurngas controlknobclockwlse_d'l to "OFF'*posi-
tion. Knobcannotbeturnedfrom "PILOT" to "OFF"
unlessknobis depressedslightly.DO NOT FORCE.
(Figure6,page15)
5_Waitfive (5) minutesto clearout anygas°If youthen
smellgas,STOP!Follow"B" in thesafetyinformation
aboveon this label.If youdon'tsmellgas,go to the
nextstep°
6oRemove(or open) innerdoorlocatedbelow the gas
controlunit,(Figure9,page15)
7.Findpilot-followmetaltubefromgascontrol.Thepilot
is locatedontherighthandsideoftheburner°
PILOT BURNER _THERMOCOUPLE
8. Ifyou don't smell gas,turn knobon gascontrolcounter
c!ockwise_@ to"PILOT"position. (Figure7, page15)
9oPush in control knob all the way and hold down.
Immediatelylightthepilotwitha match.Continueto
holdcontrolknobin for aboutone (1) minuteafter
thepilotis lit. Releaseknoband it willpop backup.
Pilotshouldremainlit.If it goesout, repeatsteps 3
through8.
• If knobdoesnotpopupwhenreleased,stopand
immediatelycall your servicetechnicianor gas
supplier.
' If the pilot will not stay lit after several tries,
depressandturnthegascontrolknobclockwise
@ _ to "OFF'' andcallyourservicetechnician
or gassupplier.(Figure6,page15)
10.Replace(or close)innerdoor°Replaceouter doorif
doordoesnotcovergas controlon/offknob or tem-
peratureadjustmentknob.(Figure9, page15)
1!. Atarmslength away,turngascontrolknobcounter-
clockwise _ to the full "ON" position.
WARNING Do not use gas control knob to reg-
ulate gas flow. (Figure8,page15)
124At armslengthaway,set thethermostatto desired
setting.Themark( '_') HOTindicativeofapproximate
120°Fis preferredstartingpoint, Somelocallaws
mayrequirea lowerstartingpoint.If hotterwateris
desired,seeinstructionmanualand"warning" below_
13oReplacetheouterdoorifnotreplacedinstep10.
WARNING
Hotterwaterincreases the riskofscald injury°Beforechangingtemperaturesettingsee instructionmanual
TO TURN OFF GAS TO APPLIANCE
1oSetthe thermostatto lowestsettingby turningthe 2.Turngascontrolknobclockwise_ 1 to"OFF"posi.
watertemperaturedialclockwise(F-'_) to itslowest tion.Knobcannotbe turnedfrom"PILOT" to "OFF"
temperaturesetting(witharrowondial)as shown.DO unlessknobis depressedslightly_DO NOT FORCE.
NOT FORCE, _ (Figure6, page15)
3_Replaceouterdoor(if removed)_
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