Intertherm CMF95 Installation guide

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Installation guide

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Direct Vent (Sealed Combustion) Forced Air
CMF95 Series Downļ¬‚ow Condensing Gas Furnace
For Installation in:
ā€¢ī€€ Manufacturedī€€Homes
ā€¢ī€€ Recreationalī€€Vehicles,ī€€Parkī€€Models,ī€€&ī€€
Manufacturedī€€Buildings
ā€¢ī€€ Modularī€€Homes/Buildings
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
DO NOT DESTROY THIS MANUAL. KEEP IN A SAFE PLACE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARD
ā€¢ī€€Failureī€€ toī€€ followī€€ safetyī€€ warningsī€€ exactlyī€€
couldī€€ resultī€€ inī€€ seriousī€€ injuryī€€ orī€€ propertyī€€
damage.
ā€¢ī€€Installationī€€andī€€serviceī€€mustī€€beī€€performedī€€
byī€€aī€€qualiī¬edī€€installer,ī€€serviceī€€agencyī€€orī€€theī€€
gasī€€supplier.
ā€¢ī€€Doī€€ notī€€ storeī€€ orī€€ useī€€ gasolineī€€ orī€€ otherī€€
ī­ammableī€€vaporsī€€andī€€liquidsī€€inī€€theī€€vicinityī€€
ofī€€thisī€€orī€€anyī€€otherī€€appliance.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
ā€¢ī€€Doī€€notī€€tryī€€toī€€lightī€€anyī€€appliance.
ā€¢ī€€Doī€€notī€€touchī€€anyī€€electricalī€€switch;ī€€doī€€notī€€
useī€€anyī€€phoneī€€inī€€yourī€€building.
ā€¢ī€€Leaveī€€theī€€buildingī€€immediately.
ā€¢ī€€Immediatelyī€€callī€€ yourī€€gasī€€supplierī€€fromī€€aī€€
neighborā€™sī€€phone.ī€€Followī€€theī€€gasī€€supplierā€™sī€€
instructions.
ā€¢ī€€Ifī€€youī€€cannotī€€reachī€€yourī€€gasī€€supplier,ī€€callī€€
theī€€ī¬reī€€department.
WARNING:
RISQUEī€€Dā€™INCENDIEī€€OUī€€Dā€™ī€€EXPLOSION
ā€¢ī€€Leī€€ non-respectī€€ desī€€ avertissementsī€€ deī€€
sĆ©curitĆ©ī€€ pourraitī€€ entraĆ®nerī€€ desī€€ blessuresī€€
graves,ī€€laī€€mortī€€ouī€€desī€€dommagesī€€matĆ©riels.
ā€¢ī€€Lā€™installationī€€ etī€€ lā€™entretienī€€ doiventī€€ ĆŖtreī€€
effectuĆ©sī€€ parī€€ unī€€ installateurī€€ qualiī¬Ć©,ī€€ unī€€
organismeī€€deī€€serviceī€€ouī€€leī€€fournisseurī€€deī€€
gazstaller,ī€€serviceī€€agencyī€€orī€€theī€€gasī€€supplier.
ā€¢ī€€Neī€€pasī€€entreposerī€€niī€€utiliserī€€deī€€lā€™essenceī€€niī€€
dā€™autresī€€ vapeursī€€ ouī€€ liquidesī€€ inī­ammablesī€€
dansī€€leī€€voisinageī€€deī€€cetī€€appareil,ī€€niī€€deī€€toutī€€
autreī€€appareil.
QUEī€€FAIREī€€Sā€™ILī€€Yī€€Aī€€UNEī€€ODEURī€€DEī€€GAZ
ā€¢ī€€Neī€€pasī€€tenterī€€dā€™allumerī€€aucunī€€appareil.
ā€¢ī€€Neī€€toucherī€€Ć ī€€aucunī€€interrupteurī€€Ć©lectrique;ī€€
nā€™utiliserī€€aucunī€€tĆ©lĆ©phoneī€€dansī€€leī€€bĆ¢timent.
ā€¢ī€€Ć‰vacuerī€€lā€™immeubleī€€immĆ©diatement.
ā€¢ī€€Appelerī€€ immĆ©diatementī€€ leī€€ fournisseurī€€ deī€€
gazī€€enī€€employantī€€leī€€tĆ©lĆ©phoneī€€dā€™unī€€voisin.ī€€
Respecterī€€ Ć ī€€ laī€€ lettreī€€ lesī€€ instructionsī€€ duī€€
fournisseurī€€deī€€gaz.
ā€¢ī€€Siī€€personneī€€neī€€rĆ©pond,ī€€appelerī€€leī€€serviceī€€desī€€
incendies.
AVERTISSEMENT
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IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION .......................3
REQUIREMENTS & CODES .......................................3
ī€€ Clearancesī€€toī€€Combustibleī€€Materialsī€€.......................5
ī€€ Combustionī€€Airī€€Qualityī€€.............................................5
ī€€ Heatingī€€Loadī€€............................................................5
ī€€ Condensateī€€Disposalī€€...............................................5
COMBUSTION AIR & VENTING REQUIREMENTS ....6
ī€€ Importantī€€Informationī€€...............................................7
ī€€ Categoryī€€IVī€€Appliancesī€€............................................7
ī€€ Directī€€Ventī€€Installationī€€..............................................7
ī€€ Ventī€€Pipeī€€Lengthī€€&ī€€Diameterī€€................................. 7
ī€€ Ventī€€Pipeī€€Materialī€€.................................................. 8
ī€€ Ventī€€Pipeī€€Installationī€€.............................................. 8
ī€€ Outdoorī€€Terminationsī€€-ī€€Horizontalī€€Ventingī€€............. 8
ī€€ Outdoorī€€Terminationsī€€-ī€€Verticalī€€Ventingī€€.................. 9
ī€€ Ventī€€Freezingī€€Protectionī€€...................................... 10
ī€€ Existingī€€Installationsī€€............................................. 10
ī€€ Ventilaireī€€IIIī€€orī€€IVī€€Airī€€Qualityī€€Packageī€€................... 10
CIRCULATING AIR REQUIREMENTS ...................... 11
ī€€ Plenumsī€€&ī€€Airī€€Ductsī€€.............................................. 11
ī€€ Supplyī€€Airī€€Connectionsī€€.......................................... 11
ī€€ Dampersī€€................................................................. 11
ī€€ Unconditionedī€€Spacesī€€........................................... 11
ī€€ Closetī€€Installationsī€€................................................. 11
ī€€ Furnaceī€€Filterī€€......................................................... 12
ī€€ Acousticalī€€Treatmentsī€€............................................ 12
FURNACE INSTALLATION ....................................... 13
ī€€ Generalī€€Informationī€€................................................ 13
ī€€ Beforeī€€Youī€€Installī€€thisī€€Furnaceī€€............................... 13
ī€€ Locatingī€€theī€€Unitī€€.................................................... 13
ī€€ MA-200ī€€Baseī€€Installationī€€....................................... 13
ī€€ Installingī€€theī€€Furnaceī€€onī€€anī€€MA-200ī€€Baseī€€............ 13
ī€€ MA-100ī€€Universalī€€Baseī€€Installationī€€........................ 14
ī€€ Installingī€€theī€€Furnaceī€€onī€€anī€€MA-100ī€€Base............. 15
ī€€ Condensateī€€Drainageī€€............................................ 15
GAS SUPPLY & PIPING ............................................ 16
ī€€ Leakī€€Checkī€€ī€€........................................................... 16
ī€€ High-Altitudeī€€Applicationī€€........................................ 17
ī€€ Convertingī€€toī€€LPī€€/ī€€Propaneī€€Gasī€€............................ 18
ī€€ Removingī€€theī€€Burnerī€€Oriī¬cesī€€.............................. 19
ī€€ Gasī€€Pressureī€€Veriī¬cationī€€....................................... 19
ī€€ Measuringī€€theī€€Supplyī€€Gasī€€Pressureī€€.................... 19
ī€€ Lightingī€€&ī€€Adjustmentī€€ofī€€theī€€Applianceī€€................ 20
ī€€ Measuringī€€theī€€Manifoldī€€Pressureī€€......................... 20
ī€€ Removingī€€theī€€Manometerī€€/ī€€Pressureī€€Gaugeī€€ī€€...... 20
ī€€ Completingī€€theī€€Conversionī€€.................................... 20
ELECTRICAL WIRING ............................................... 21
ī€€ Lineī€€Voltageī€€Wiringī€€................................................ 21ī€€
ī€€ Groundingī€€............................................................... 21
ī€€ Thermostatī€€/ī€€Lowī€€Voltageī€€Connectionsī€€................. 21
ī€€ Heatī€€Anticipatorī€€.................................................... 22
START-UPī€€&ī€€ADJUSTMENTS ................................... 23
ī€€ Pre-Startī€€Checklistī€€................................................. 23
ī€€ Start-Upī€€Proceduresī€€.............................................. 23
ī€€ Verifyingī€€&ī€€Adjustingī€€Inputī€€Rateī€€............................. 23
ī€€ Verifyingī€€&ī€€Adjustingī€€Temperatureī€€Riseī€€................. 23
ī€€ Verifyingī€€Burnerī€€Operationī€€..................................... 24
ī€€ Verifyingī€€Operationī€€ofī€€theī€€Supplyī€€Air
ī€€ Limitī€€Switchī€€............................................................ 24
OPERATING SEQUENCE ......................................... 25
ī€€ Heatingī€€Cycleī€€......................................................... 25
ī€€ Coolingī€€Cycleī€€......................................................... 25
ī€€ Fanī€€Modeī€€............................................................... 25
MAINTENANCE ......................................................... 25
ī€€ Airī€€Filtersī€€................................................................ 26
ī€€ Blowerī€€Compartmentī€€.............................................. 26
ī€€ Cleaningī€€ofī€€Burnersī€€................................................ 26
ī€€ Ventī€€Systemī€€........................................................... 26ī€€
ī€€ Heatī€€Exchangerī€€&ī€€Burnerī€€Maintenanceī€€................. 26
ī€€ Lubricationī€€............................................................... 26ī€€
TROUBLESHOOTING ............................................... 27
DESCRIPTION OF COMPONENTS .......................... 27
TABLE OF CONTENTS
3
FIGURES & TABLES ................................................. 28
ī€€ Figureī€€18ī€€-ī€€Furnaceī€€Dimensionsī€€.......................... 28
ī€€ Wiringī€€Diagramī€€....................................................... 29
ī€€ Figureī€€19ī€€-ī€€CMF95ī€€Wiringī€€Diagramī€€...................... 29
ī€€ Gasī€€Informationī€€...................................................... 30
ī€€ Tableī€€7ī€€-ī€€Gasī€€Flowī€€Ratesī€€..................................... 30
ī€€ Tableī€€8ī€€-ī€€Gasī€€Pipeī€€Capacitiesī€€.............................. 30
ī€€ Tableī€€9ī€€-ī€€Highī€€Altitudeī€€Derationī€€Chartī€€for
ī€€ Propaneī€€Gasī€€......................................... 31
ī€€
Tableī€€10ī€€-ī€€Natural
ī€€Gasī€€Heatingī€€Valuesī€€................. 31
ī€€
Tableī€€11ī€€-ī€€Highī€€Altitudeī€€Derationī€€Chartī€€for
ī€€ Nat.ī€€Gasī€€-ī€€Highī€€Heatingī€€Valuesī€€........... 31
ī€€ Tableī€€12ī€€-ī€€Highī€€Altitudeī€€Derationī€€Chartī€€for
ī€€ Nat.ī€€Gasī€€-ī€€Lowī€€Heatingī€€Valuesī€€............ 31
ī€€ Ventingī€€Informationī€€................................................ 32
ī€€ Tableī€€13ī€€-ī€€Ventī€€Terminationī€€Clearancesī€€............... 32
ī€€ Figureī€€20ī€€-ī€€Horizontalī€€&ī€€Verticalī€€Ventingī€€.............. 33
INSTALLATION / PERFORMANCE CHECKLIST ..... 36
IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION
Pleaseī€€readī€€allī€€instructionsī€€beforeī€€servicingī€€thisī€€equipment.ī€€
Payī€€attentionī€€toī€€allī€€safetyī€€warningsī€€andī€€anyī€€otherī€€specialī€€
notesī€€ highlightedī€€ inī€€ theī€€ manual.ī€€ Safetyī€€ markingsī€€ areī€€
usedī€€frequentlyī€€ throughoutī€€thisī€€manualī€€toī€€designateī€€aī€€
degreeī€€orī€€levelī€€ofī€€seriousnessī€€andī€€shouldī€€notī€€beī€€ignored.ī€€
WARNINGī€€indicatesī€€aī€€potentiallyī€€hazardousī€€situationī€€thatī€€
ifī€€notī€€ avoided,ī€€couldī€€resultī€€ inī€€ personalī€€injuryī€€orī€€death.ī€€
CAUTIONī€€indicatesī€€aī€€potentiallyī€€hazardousī€€situationī€€thatī€€
ifī€€notī€€avoided,ī€€mayī€€resultī€€inī€€minorī€€orī€€moderateī€€injuryī€€orī€€
propertyī€€damage.
REQUIREMENTS & CODES
WARNING:
Theī€€informationī€€listedī€€belowī€€mustī€€beī€€followedī€€
duringī€€theī€€installation,ī€€service,ī€€andī€€operationī€€
ofī€€ thisī€€ furnace.ī€€ Failureī€€ toī€€ followī€€ safetyī€€
recommendationsī€€ couldī€€ resultī€€ inī€€ possibleī€€
damageī€€ toī€€ theī€€ equipment,ī€€ seriousī€€ personalī€€
injuryī€€orī€€death.
ā€¢ī€€ Thisī€€ furnaceī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ installedī€€ inī€€ accordanceī€€ withī€€
theseī€€instructions,ī€€allī€€applicableī€€localī€€buildingī€€codesī€€
andī€€theī€€currentī€€revisionī€€ofī€€theī€€Nationalī€€Fuelī€€Gasī€€Codeī€€
(ANSIī€€Z223.1ī€€/NFPAī€€54)ī€€orī€€theī€€Naturalī€€Gasī€€andī€€Propaneī€€
Installationī€€Code,ī€€CAN/CGAī€€B149.1.
ā€¢ī€€ Useī€€onlyī€€withī€€typeī€€ofī€€gasī€€approvedī€€forī€€thisī€€furnace.ī€€
Referī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€ratingī€€plate.
ā€¢ī€€ Installī€€thisī€€furnaceī€€onlyī€€inī€€aī€€locationī€€andī€€positionī€€asī€€
speciī¬edī€€onī€€pageī€€5.
ā€¢ī€€ Provideī€€adequateī€€combustionī€€andī€€ventilationī€€airī€€toī€€theī€€
furnaceī€€spaceī€€asī€€speciī¬edī€€onī€€pagesī€€6ī€€-ī€€10.
ā€¢ī€€ Provideī€€adequateī€€clearancesī€€aroundī€€theī€€ventī€€airī€€intakeī€€
terminalī€€asī€€speciī¬edī€€inī€€Figuresī€€1ī€€-ī€€4ī€€(pagesī€€9ī€€-ī€€10).
ā€¢ī€€ Combustionī€€productsī€€ mustī€€beī€€dischargedī€€ outdoors.ī€€
Connectī€€thisī€€furnaceī€€toī€€anī€€approvedī€€ventī€€systemī€€only,ī€€
asī€€speciī¬edī€€onī€€pagesī€€7ī€€-ī€€10.
ā€¢ī€€ Neverī€€testī€€ forī€€gasī€€ leaksī€€withī€€ anī€€ openī€€ī­ame.ī€€ Useī€€ aī€€
commerciallyī€€ availableī€€ soapī€€ solutionī€€ toī€€ checkī€€ allī€€
connections.ī€€Seeī€€pagesī€€16ī€€-ī€€17.
ā€¢ī€€ Thisī€€furnaceī€€isī€€designedī€€toī€€operateī€€withī€€aī€€maximumī€€
externalī€€pressureī€€riseī€€ofī€€0.3ī€€inchesī€€ofī€€waterī€€column.ī€€
Consultī€€Tableī€€5ī€€(pageī€€24)ī€€andī€€theī€€ratingī€€plateī€€forī€€theī€€
properī€€circulatingī€€airī€€ī­owī€€andī€€temperatureī€€rise.ī€€Itī€€isī€€
importantī€€thatī€€theī€€ductī€€systemī€€beī€€designedī€€toī€€provideī€€
theī€€correctī€€ī­owī€€ratesī€€andī€€externalī€€pressureī€€rise.ī€€Anī€€
improperlyī€€designedī€€ductī€€systemī€€canī€€resultī€€inī€€nuisanceī€€
shutdowns,ī€€andī€€comfortī€€orī€€noiseī€€issues.
ā€¢ī€€ Thisī€€furnaceī€€mustī€€notī€€beī€€usedī€€forī€€temporaryī€€heatingī€€
ofī€€buildingsī€€orī€€structuresī€€underī€€construction.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€ Commonwealthī€€ ofī€€ Massachusettsī€€ requiresī€€
complianceī€€withī€€regulationī€€248ī€€CMRī€€4.00ī€€andī€€5.00ī€€forī€€
installationī€€ofī€€throughī€€ā€“ī€€theī€€ā€“ī€€wallī€€ventedī€€gasī€€appliancesī€€
asī€€follows:
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1.ī€€Forī€€ direct-ventī€€ appliances,ī€€ mechanical-ventī€€ heatingī€€
appliancesī€€orī€€domesticī€€hotī€€waterī€€equipment,ī€€whereī€€theī€€
bottomī€€ofī€€theī€€ventī€€terminalī€€andī€€theī€€airī€€intakeī€€isī€€installedī€€
belowī€€fourī€€feetī€€aboveī€€gradeī€€theī€€followingī€€requirementsī€€
mustī€€beī€€satisī¬ed:
a.)ī€€Aī€€carbonī€€monoxideī€€(CO)ī€€detectorī€€andī€€alarmī€€shallī€€beī€€
placedī€€onī€€eachī€€ī­oorī€€levelī€€whereī€€thereī€€areī€€bedrooms.ī€€
Theī€€ detectorī€€shallī€€ complyī€€withī€€ NFPAī€€ 720ī€€ (2005ī€€
Edition)ī€€andī€€beī€€mountedī€€inī€€theī€€livingī€€areaī€€outsideī€€
theī€€bedroom(s).
b.)ī€€Aī€€(CO)ī€€detectorī€€shallī€€beī€€locatedī€€inī€€theī€€roomī€€thatī€€
housesī€€theī€€applianceī€€orī€€equipmentī€€andī€€shall:
ā€¢ī€€Beī€€poweredī€€byī€€theī€€sameī€€electricalī€€circuitī€€asī€€theī€€
applianceī€€orī€€equipment.ī€€Onlyī€€oneī€€serviceī€€switchī€€
shallī€€powerī€€theī€€applianceī€€andī€€theī€€(CO)ī€€detector;
ā€¢ī€€Haveī€€batteryī€€back-upī€€power;
ā€¢ī€€Meetī€€ANSI/ULī€€2034ī€€Standardsī€€andī€€complyī€€withī€€
NFPAī€€720ī€€(2005ī€€Edition);ī€€andī€€Approvedī€€andī€€listedī€€
byī€€aī€€Nationallyī€€Recognizedī€€Testingī€€Laboratoryī€€asī€€
recognizedī€€underī€€527ī€€CMR.
c.)ī€€Aī€€Product-approvedī€€ventī€€terminalī€€mustī€€beī€€used,ī€€
andī€€ifī€€applicable,ī€€aī€€product-approvedī€€airī€€intakeī€€mustī€€
beī€€used.ī€€Installationī€€shallī€€beī€€inī€€strictī€€complianceī€€
withī€€ theī€€ manufacturerā€™sī€€ instructions.ī€€ Aī€€ copyī€€ ofī€€
theī€€ installationī€€ instructionsī€€ shallī€€ remainī€€ withī€€ theī€€
applianceī€€ orī€€ equipmentī€€ atī€€ theī€€ completionī€€ ofī€€ theī€€
installation.
d.)ī€€Aī€€metalī€€orī€€plasticī€€identiī¬cationī€€plateī€€shallī€€beī€€mountedī€€
atī€€theī€€exteriorī€€ofī€€theī€€building,ī€€4ī€€feetī€€directlyī€€aboveī€€
theī€€locationī€€ofī€€ventī€€terminal.ī€€Theī€€plateī€€shallī€€beī€€ofī€€
sufī¬cientī€€size,ī€€easilyī€€readī€€fromī€€aī€€distanceī€€ofī€€eightī€€
feetī€€away,ī€€andī€€readī€€ā€œGasī€€Ventī€€Directlyī€€Belowā€.
2.ī€€Forī€€ direct-ventī€€ appliances,ī€€ mechanicalī€€ ventī€€ heatingī€€
appliancesī€€orī€€domesticī€€hotī€€waterī€€equipmentī€€whereī€€theī€€
bottomī€€ofī€€theī€€ventī€€terminalī€€andī€€theī€€airī€€intakeī€€isī€€installedī€€
aboveī€€fourī€€feetī€€aboveī€€gradeī€€theī€€followingī€€requirementsī€€
mustī€€beī€€satisī¬ed:
a.)ī€€Aī€€(CO)ī€€detectorī€€andī€€alarmī€€shallī€€beī€€placedī€€onī€€eachī€€
ī­oorī€€levelī€€whereī€€thereī€€areī€€bedrooms.ī€€Theī€€detectorī€€
shallī€€complyī€€withī€€NFPAī€€720ī€€(2005ī€€Edition)ī€€andī€€beī€€
mountedī€€inī€€theī€€livingī€€areaī€€outsideī€€theī€€bedroom(s).
b.)ī€€Theī€€(CO)ī€€detectorī€€shall:
ā€¢ī€€Beī€€locatedī€€inī€€theī€€roomī€€thatī€€housesī€€theī€€applianceī€€
orī€€equipment;
ā€¢ī€€Beī€€hard-wired,ī€€batteryī€€poweredī€€orī€€both.
ā€¢ī€€Shallī€€complyī€€withī€€NFPAī€€720ī€€(2005ī€€Edition).
c.)ī€€Aī€€ product-approvedī€€ventī€€terminalī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ used,ī€€
andī€€ifī€€applicable,ī€€aī€€product-approvedī€€airī€€intakeī€€mustī€€
beī€€used.ī€€Installationī€€shallī€€beī€€inī€€strictī€€complianceī€€
withī€€ theī€€ manufacturerā€™sī€€ instructions.ī€€ Aī€€ copyī€€ ofī€€
theī€€ installationī€€ instructionsī€€ shallī€€ remainī€€ withī€€ theī€€
applianceī€€ orī€€ equipmentī€€ atī€€ theī€€ completionī€€ ofī€€ theī€€
installation.
Theī€€informationī€€listedī€€belowī€€isī€€forī€€referenceī€€purposesī€€onlyī€€
andī€€doesī€€notī€€necessarilyī€€haveī€€jurisdictionī€€overī€€localī€€orī€€stateī€€
codes.ī€€Alwaysī€€consultī€€withī€€localī€€authoritiesī€€beforeī€€installingī€€
anyī€€gasī€€appliance.
Combustion & Ventilation Air
ā€¢ī€€ US:ī€€Nationalī€€Fuelī€€Gasī€€Codeī€€(NFGC/ī€€NFPA-54),ī€€Airī€€forī€€
Combustionī€€andī€€Ventilation
ā€¢ī€€ CANADA:ī€€Naturalī€€Gasī€€andī€€Propaneī€€Installationī€€Codesī€€
(NSCNGPIC),ī€€ Ventingī€€ Systemsī€€ andī€€ Airī€€ Supplyī€€ forī€€
Appliances
Ductī€€Systems
ā€¢ī€€ USī€€andī€€CANADA:ī€€Airī€€Conditioningī€€Contractorsī€€Associationī€€
(ACCA)ī€€Manualī€€D,ī€€ Sheetī€€Metalī€€andī€€ Airī€€Conditioningī€€-ī€€
Nationalī€€Associationī€€(SMACNA),ī€€orī€€Americanī€€Societyī€€ofī€€
Heating,ī€€Refrigeration,ī€€andī€€Airī€€Conditioningī€€Engineersī€€
(ASHRAE)ī€€Fundamentalsī€€Handbook
Electrical Connections
ā€¢ī€€ US:ī€€Nationalī€€Electricalī€€Codeī€€(NEC)ī€€ANSI/NFPAī€€70
ā€¢ī€€ CANADA:ī€€Canadianī€€Electricalī€€Codeī€€CSAī€€C22.1
Gasī€€Pipingī€€&ī€€Gasī€€Pipeī€€Pressureī€€Testing
ā€¢ī€€ US:ī€€NFGCī€€andī€€Nationalī€€Plumbingī€€Codes
ā€¢ī€€ CANADA:ī€€NSCNGPIC
ā€¢ī€€ Americanī€€Nationalī€€Standardī€€(NFPA-54)ī€€and/orī€€CAN/CSAī€€
B149ī€€forī€€allī€€gas-ī¬redī€€furnaceī€€models.
General Installation
ā€¢ī€€ US:ī€€Currentī€€editionī€€ofī€€theī€€NFGCī€€andī€€theī€€NFPAī€€90B.ī€€Forī€€
copies,ī€€contactī€€theī€€Nationalī€€Fireī€€Protectionī€€Associationī€€
Inc.,ī€€Batterymarchī€€Park,ī€€Quincy,ī€€MAī€€02269;ī€€orī€€Americanī€€
Gasī€€Association,ī€€400ī€€N.ī€€Capitol,ī€€N.W.,ī€€Washingtonī€€DCī€€
20001ī€€orī€€www.NFPA.org
ā€¢ī€€ CANADA:ī€€NSCNGPIC.ī€€Forī€€aī€€copy,ī€€contactī€€Standardī€€Sales,ī€€
CSAī€€ International,ī€€ 178ī€€ Rexdaleī€€ Boulevard,ī€€ Etobicokeī€€
(Toronto),ī€€Ontario,ī€€M9Wī€€1R3ī€€Canada
ā€¢ī€€ Federalī€€ Manufacturedī€€ Homeī€€ Constructionsī€€ &ī€€ Safetyī€€
Standardī€€(H.U.D.ī€€Titleī€€24,ī€€Partī€€3280.707[a][2])
ā€¢ī€€ Americanī€€Nationalī€€Standardī€€(ANSI-119.2/NFPA-501C)ī€€
forī€€allī€€recreationalī€€vehicleī€€installations.
Safety
ā€¢ī€€ US:ī€€(NFGC)ī€€ANSIī€€Z223.1ī€€/NFPAī€€54ī€€andī€€theī€€Installationī€€
Standards,ī€€ Warmī€€ Airī€€ Heatingī€€ andī€€ Airī€€ Conditioningī€€
Systemsī€€ANSI/NFPAī€€90B.
ā€¢ī€€ CANADA:ī€€ CAN/CGA-B149.1ī€€ andī€€ .2ā€“M00ī€€ Nationalī€€
Standardī€€ofī€€Canada.ī€€(NSCNGPIC)
5
Clearances to Combustible Materials
Thisī€€furnaceī€€isī€€Designī€€Certiī¬edī€€inī€€theī€€U.S.ī€€andī€€Canadaī€€
byī€€ CSAī€€ Internationalī€€ forī€€ theī€€ minimumī€€ clearancesī€€ toī€€
combustibleī€€materials.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Theī€€furnaceī€€isī€€ listedī€€ forī€€
installationī€€onī€€combustibleī€€orī€€non-combustibleī€€ī­ooring.ī€€
However,ī€€woodī€€isī€€theī€€onlyī€€combustibleī€€ī­ooringī€€allowedī€€
forī€€installation.ī€€Toī€€obtainī€€furnaceī€€baseī€€modelī€€numberī€€andī€€
speciī¬cī€€clearanceī€€information,ī€€referī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€ratingī€€
plate,ī€€locatedī€€insideī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€cabinet.
Accessī€€ forī€€ positioningī€€ andī€€ servicingī€€ theī€€ unitī€€ mustī€€ beī€€
consideredī€€ whenī€€ locatingī€€ unit.ī€€ Theī€€ needī€€ toī€€ provideī€€
clearanceī€€ forī€€ accessī€€ toī€€ panelsī€€ orī€€ doorsī€€ mayī€€ requireī€€
clearanceī€€distancesī€€ overī€€ andī€€ aboveī€€theī€€ requirements.ī€€ī€€
Allowī€€18ī€€inchesī€€minimumī€€clearanceī€€fromī€€theī€€frontī€€ofī€€
theī€€unit.ī€€Howeverī€€36ī€€inchesī€€isī€€stronglyī€€recommended.ī€€
Seeī€€Tableī€€1ī€€forī€€minimumī€€clearanceī€€requirements.
Tableī€€1.ī€€Minimumī€€Clearanceī€€Requirements
INSTALLATION CLEARANCES
CLOSET ALCOVE
Frontī€€* 1" 1"
Rear 0" 0"
Sides 0" 0"
To p 6" 6"
Ductī€€w/inī€€3ftī€€ofī€€furnace 1/4" 1/4"
Vent 0ā€ 0ā€
Plenumī€€Withoutī€€Coilī€€Box 1" 1"
Plenumī€€Withī€€Coilī€€Box 0ā€ 0ā€
NOTES:
Alcoveī€€Installationsī€€-ī€€Allowī€€18ī€€in.ī€€minimumī€€clearanceī€€
fromī€€frontī€€ofī€€unitī€€toī€€nearestī€€wallī€€orī€€partitionī€€forī€€servicing.
Closetī€€installationsī€€-ī€€Requireī€€aī€€returnī€€airī€€grillī€€installedī€€
inī€€ theī€€ doorī€€ orī€€ aī€€ partiallyī€€ louveredī€€ doorī€€ acrossī€€ theī€€
openingī€€forī€€properī€€airī€€circulation.ī€€Forī€€clearancesī€€6ā€ī€€orī€€
greater,ī€€theī€€closetī€€mustī€€haveī€€anī€€openī€€freeī€€areaī€€ofī€€235ī€€
in
2
ī€€minimum.ī€€Forī€€specialī€€clearancesī€€betweenī€€1ā€ī€€-ī€€5ā€,ī€€
requirementsī€€areī€€aī€€louveredī€€doorī€€withī€€aī€€minimumī€€ofī€€
250ī€€in
2
ī€€(1613ī€€cm
2
)ī€€freeī€€area.ī€€Aī€€fullyī€€louveredī€€closetī€€doorī€€
isī€€stronglyī€€recommendedī€€forī€€bothī€€installationī€€types.
LEFT
SIDE
FRONT
RIGHT
SIDE
REAR
VENT
Theī€€ductworkī€€shouldī€€beī€€appropriatelyī€€sizedī€€toī€€theī€€capacityī€€
ofī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ toī€€ ensureī€€ itsī€€ properī€€ airī­owī€€ rating.ī€€ Forī€€
installationsī€€aboveī€€2,000ī€€ft.,ī€€theī€€furnaceī€€shouldī€€haveī€€aī€€
seaī€€levelī€€inputī€€ratingī€€largeī€€enoughī€€thatī€€itī€€willī€€meetī€€theī€€
heatingī€€loadī€€afterī€€derationī€€forī€€altitude.
Combustionī€€Airī€€Quality
CAUTION:
Combustionī€€ airī€€ mustī€€ notī€€ beī€€ drawnī€€ fromī€€ aī€€
corrosiveī€€atmosphere.
Toī€€ maximizeī€€ heatī€€ exchangerī€€ life,ī€€ theī€€ combustionī€€ airī€€
mustī€€beī€€freeī€€ofī€€chemicalsī€€thatī€€canī€€formī€€corrosiveī€€acidicī€€
compoundsī€€inī€€theī€€combustionī€€gases.ī€€Theī€€requiredī€€sourceī€€
ofī€€combustionī€€airī€€isī€€toī€€useī€€outdoorī€€air.
Exposureī€€toī€€theī€€followingī€€substancesī€€inī€€theī€€combustionī€€
airī€€supplyī€€willī€€resultī€€inī€€safetyī€€andī€€performanceī€€relatedī€€
problems.ī€€Theī€€listī€€belowī€€containsī€€examplesī€€ofī€€chemicalī€€
containmentsī€€ foundī€€ inī€€ aī€€ wideī€€ varietyī€€ ofī€€ commonī€€
commercialī€€householdī€€products:
ā€¢ī€€Permanentī€€waveī€€solutions
ā€¢ī€€Chlorinatedī€€waxesī€€andī€€cleaners
ā€¢ī€€Chlorineī€€basedī€€swimmingī€€poolī€€chemicals
ā€¢ī€€Waterī€€softeningī€€chemicals
ā€¢ī€€De-icingī€€saltsī€€orī€€chemicals
ā€¢ī€€Carbonī€€Tetrachloride
ā€¢ī€€Halogenī€€typeī€€refrigerants
ā€¢ī€€Cleaningī€€solventsī€€(perchloroethylene)
ā€¢ī€€Printingī€€inks,ī€€paintī€€removers,ī€€varnishes,ī€€etc.
ā€¢ī€€Hydrochloricī€€Acid
ā€¢ī€€Cementsī€€andī€€glues
ā€¢ī€€Antistaticī€€fabricī€€softeners
ā€¢ī€€Masonryī€€acidī€€washingī€€materials
Heating Load
Thisī€€furnaceī€€shouldī€€beī€€sizedī€€toī€€provideī€€theī€€designī€€heatingī€€
loadī€€requirement.ī€€Heatingī€€loadī€€estimatesī€€canī€€beī€€madeī€€
usingī€€approvedī€€methodsī€€availableī€€fromī€€Airī€€Conditioningī€€
Contractorsī€€ofī€€Americaī€€(Manualī€€J);ī€€Americanī€€Societyī€€ofī€€
Heating,ī€€Refrigerating,ī€€andī€€Airī€€Conditioningī€€Engineers;ī€€
orī€€ otherī€€ approvedī€€ engineeringī€€ methods.ī€€ Excessiveī€€
oversizingī€€ofī€€theī€€ furnaceī€€couldī€€causeī€€ theī€€furnaceī€€
and/orī€€ventī€€toī€€failī€€prematurely.
Condensateī€€Disposal
Theī€€methodī€€forī€€disposingī€€ofī€€condensateī€€variesī€€accordingī€€
toī€€localī€€codes.ī€€Consultī€€yourī€€localī€€codeī€€orī€€authorityī€€havingī€€
jurisdiction.ī€€ Neutralizerī€€ kitī€€ P/Nī€€ 902377ī€€ isī€€ availableī€€ forī€€
useī€€ withī€€ thisī€€furnace.ī€€ Pleaseī€€followī€€theī€€instructionsī€€
providedī€€withī€€theī€€kit.
6
COMBUSTION AIR & VENTING REQUIREMENTS
WARNING:
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING HAZARD
Failureī€€ toī€€ followī€€ theī€€ stepsī€€ outlinedī€€ belowī€€ forī€€
eachī€€applianceī€€connectedī€€toī€€theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€
beingī€€placedī€€intoī€€operationī€€couldī€€resultī€€inī€€carbonī€€
monoxideī€€poisoningī€€orī€€death.ī€€Theī€€followingī€€stepsī€€
shallī€€beī€€followedī€€withī€€eachī€€individualī€€applianceī€€
connectedī€€toī€€theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€beingī€€placedī€€inī€€
operation,ī€€whileī€€allī€€otherī€€appliancesī€€connectedī€€toī€€
theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€areī€€notī€€inī€€operation:
1.ī€€Sealī€€ anyī€€ unusedī€€ openingsī€€ inī€€ theī€€ ventingī€€
system.
2.ī€€Inspectī€€theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€forī€€properī€€sizeī€€andī€€
horizontalī€€pitch,ī€€asī€€requiredī€€inī€€theī€€Nationalī€€Fuelī€€
Gasī€€Code,ī€€ANSIī€€Z223.1/NFPAī€€54ī€€orī€€theī€€CSAī€€
B149.1,ī€€Naturalī€€Gasī€€andī€€Propaneī€€Installationī€€
Codesī€€andī€€theseī€€instructions.ī€€Determineī€€thatī€€
thereī€€ isī€€ noī€€ blockageī€€ orī€€ restriction,ī€€ leakage,ī€€
corrosionī€€andī€€otherī€€deī¬cienciesī€€whichī€€couldī€€
causeī€€anī€€unsafeī€€condition.
3.ī€€Asī€€farī€€asī€€practical,ī€€closeī€€allī€€buildingī€€doorsī€€andī€€
windowsī€€andī€€allī€€doorsī€€betweenī€€theī€€spaceī€€inī€€
whichī€€theī€€appliance(s)ī€€connectedī€€toī€€theī€€ventingī€€
systemī€€ areī€€ locatedī€€ andī€€ otherī€€spacesī€€ofī€€theī€€
building.
4.ī€€Closeī€€ī¬replaceī€€dampers.
5.ī€€Turnī€€ onī€€ clothesī€€ dryersī€€ andī€€ anyī€€ applianceī€€
notī€€connectedī€€toī€€theī€€ventingī€€system.ī€€Turnī€€onī€€
anyī€€exhaustī€€fans,ī€€suchī€€asī€€ rangeī€€hoodsī€€andī€€
bathroomī€€exhausts,ī€€soī€€theyī€€areī€€operatingī€€atī€€
maximumī€€ speed.ī€€ Doī€€ notī€€ operateī€€ aī€€ summerī€€
exhaustī€€fan.
6.ī€€Followī€€ theī€€ lightingī€€ instructions.ī€€ Placeī€€ theī€€
applianceī€€ beingī€€ inspectedī€€ intoī€€ operation.ī€€
Adjustī€€theī€€thermostatī€€soī€€applianceī€€isī€€operatingī€€
continuously.
7.ī€€Testī€€ forī€€ spillageī€€ fromī€€ draftī€€ hoodī€€ equippedī€€
appliancesī€€ atī€€ theī€€ draftī€€ hoodī€€ reliefī€€ openingī€€
afterī€€5ī€€minutesī€€ofī€€mainī€€burnerī€€operation.ī€€Useī€€
theī€€ī­ameī€€ofī€€aī€€matchī€€orī€€candle.
8.ī€€Ifī€€improperī€€ventingī€€isī€€observedī€€duringī€€anyī€€ofī€€
theī€€aboveī€€tests,ī€€theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€mustī€€beī€€
correctedī€€inī€€accordanceī€€withī€€theī€€Nationalī€€Fuelī€€
Gasī€€Code,ī€€ANSIī€€Z223.1/NFPAī€€54ī€€and/orī€€CSAī€€
B149.1,ī€€Naturalī€€Gasī€€andī€€Propaneī€€Installationī€€
Codes.
9.ī€€Afterī€€itī€€hasī€€beenī€€determinedī€€thatī€€eachī€€applianceī€€
connectedī€€toī€€theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€properlyī€€ventsī€€
whenī€€testedī€€asī€€outlinedī€€above,ī€€returnī€€doors,ī€€
windows,ī€€exhaustī€€fans,ī€€ī¬replaceī€€dampersī€€andī€€
anyī€€otherī€€gas-ī¬redī€€burningī€€applianceī€€toī€€theirī€€
previousī€€conditionsī€€ofī€€use.
AVERTISSEMENT:
RISQUEī€€Dā€™EMPOISONNEMENTī€€AUī€€
MONOXYDE DE CARBONED
Leī€€ non-respectī€€ desī€€ consignesī€€ suivantesī€€ portantī€€
surī€€ chacunī€€ desī€€ appareilsī€€ raccordĆ©sī€€ auī€€ systĆØmeī€€
dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€ misī€€ enī€€ serviceī€€ pourraitī€€ entraĆ®nerī€€
lā€™empoisennementī€€ auī€€ monoxydeī€€ deī€€ carboneī€€ ouī€€
laī€€ mort.ī€€ Lesī€€ consignesī€€ suivantesī€€ doiventī€€ ĆŖtreī€€
observĆ©esī€€pourī€€chaqueī€€appareilī€€raccordĆ©ī€€auī€€systĆØmeī€€
dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€misī€€enī€€serviceī€€siī€€lesī€€autresī€€appareilsī€€
raccordĆ©sī€€auī€€systĆØmeī€€neī€€sontī€€pasī€€enī€€service:
1.ī€€Scellerī€€touteī€€ouvertureī€€nonī€€utilisĆ©eī€€deī€€laī€€systĆ©meī€€
dā€™Ć©vacuation;
2.ī€€Sā€™assurerī€€queī€€laī€€systĆ©meī€€dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€prĆ©senteī€€
desī€€ dimensionsī€€ etī€€ uneī€€ penteī€€ horizontaleī€€
conformesī€€ Ć ī€€ laī€€ normeī€€ ANSIī€€ Z223.1/NFPAī€€
54,ī€€ intitulĆ©eī€€ Nationalī€€ Fuelī€€ Gasī€€ Codeī€€ ouī€€ auxī€€
codesī€€ dā€™installationī€€ CSA-B149.1,ī€€ ainsiī€€ quā€™auxī€€
prĆ©sentesī€€instructions.ī€€Sā€™assurerī€€queī€€laī€€systĆ©meī€€
dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€ nā€™estī€€ pasī€€ bloquĆ©e,ī€€ restreinte,ī€€
corrodĆ©e,ī€€quā€™elleī€€neī€€fuitī€€pasī€€etī€€quā€™elleī€€neī€€prĆ©senteī€€
aucunī€€autreī€€dĆ©fautī€€potentiellementī€€dangereux;
3.ī€€Dansī€€laī€€mesureī€€duī€€possible,ī€€fermerī€€toutesī€€lesī€€
portesī€€etī€€fenĆŖtresī€€duī€€bĆ¢timent,ī€€etī€€toutesī€€lesī€€portesī€€
entreī€€laī€€piĆØceī€€oĆ¹ī€€seī€€trouveī€€lā€™appareilī€€raccordĆ©ī€€Ć ī€€
laī€€systĆ©meī€€dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€etī€€lesī€€autresī€€piĆØcesī€€duī€€
bĆ¢timent.
4.ī€€Fermerī€€lesī€€registresī€€desī€€foyers;
5.ī€€Mettreī€€ enī€€ serviceī€€ lesī€€ sĆ©cheusesī€€ etī€€ toutī€€ autreī€€
appareilī€€ quiī€€ nā€™estī€€ pasī€€ raccordĆ©ī€€ Ć ī€€ laī€€ systĆ©meī€€
dā€™Ć©vacuation.ī€€Faireī€€fonctionnerī€€Ć ī€€rĆ©gimeī€€maximalī€€
toutī€€ventilateurī€€dā€™Ć©vacuation,ī€€telī€€queī€€lesī€€hottesī€€deī€€
cuisiniĆØreī€€etī€€lesī€€ventilateursī€€deī€€sallesī€€deī€€bains.ī€€
Neī€€pasī€€mettreī€€enī€€serviceī€€lesī€€ventilateursī€€dā€™Ć©tĆ©.
6.ī€€Respecterī€€lesī€€instructionsī€€dā€™allumage.ī€€Mettreī€€enī€€
serviceī€€lā€™appareilī€€Ć ī€€lā€™essai.ī€€RĆ©glerī€€leī€€thermostatī€€
deī€€maniĆØreī€€Ć ī€€ceī€€queī€€lā€™appareilī€€fonctionneī€€sansī€€
interruption;
7.ī€€VĆ©rifierī€€ sā€™ilī€€ yī€€ aī€€ dĆ©bordementī€€ Ć ī€€ lā€™orificeī€€
dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€duī€€coupeī€€tirageī€€desī€€appareilsī€€dotĆ©sī€€
dā€™unī€€ coupeī€€ tirageī€€ 5ī€€ minutesī€€ aprĆØsī€€ lā€™allumageī€€
duī€€ brĆ»leurī€€ principal.ī€€ Utiliserī€€ laī€€ ī­ammeī€€ dā€™uneī€€
allumetteī€€ouī€€dā€™uneī€€chandelle.
8.ī€€Siī€€ lā€™onī€€ constate,ī€€ auī€€ coursī€€ deī€€ lā€™unī€€ desī€€ essaisī€€
quiī€€prĆ©cĆØdent,ī€€ queī€€lā€™Ć©vacuationī€€estī€€ dĆ©ī¬ciente,ī€€
corrigerī€€leī€€systĆØmeī€€dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€conformĆ©mentī€€
Ć ī€€laī€€ normī€€ANSIī€€Z223.1/NFPAī€€ 54,ī€€ Nationalī€€Fuelī€€
Gasī€€Code,ī€€etī€€(ou)ī€€auxī€€codesī€€dā€™installationī€€CSAī€€
B149.1.
9.ī€€AprĆØsī€€ avoirī€€ dĆ©terminĆ©ī€€ queī€€ tousī€€ lesī€€ appareilsī€€
raccordĆ©sī€€Ć ī€€laī€€systĆ©meī€€dā€™Ć©vacuationī€€Ć©vacuentī€€
correctementī€€ telī€€ queī€€ prescritī€€ ci-dessus,ī€€
rouvrirī€€lesī€€portesī€€etī€€lesī€€fenĆŖtresī€€etī€€remettreī€€lesī€€
ventilateursī€€dā€™Ć©vacuation,ī€€lesī€€registresī€€deī€€foyersī€€
etī€€toutī€€autreī€€appareilī€€fonctionnantī€€auī€€gazī€€Ć ī€€leurī€€
Ć©tatī€€deī€€fonctionnementī€€initial.
7
Direct Vent Installation
Thisī€€condensingī€€furnaceī€€isī€€certiī¬edī€€forī€€installationī€€asī€€aī€€
Directī€€Ventī€€(2-pipe)ī€€appliance.ī€€Directī€€Ventī€€(2-pipe)ī€€furnacesī€€
drawī€€combustionī€€airī€€directlyī€€fromī€€theī€€outdoorsī€€andī€€thenī€€
ventī€€theī€€combustionī€€productsī€€backī€€outside,ī€€isolatingī€€theī€€
entireī€€systemī€€fromī€€theī€€indoorī€€space.ī€€Itī€€isī€€importantī€€toī€€makeī€€
sureī€€thatī€€theī€€wholeī€€systemī€€isī€€sealedī€€andī€€clearancesī€€toī€€
combustiblesī€€areī€€maintainedī€€regardlessī€€ofī€€theī€€installationī€€
beingī€€ inī€€ aī€€ conī¬nedī€€ orī€€ unconī¬nedī€€ space.ī€€Thisī€€ sectionī€€
speciī¬esī€€installationī€€requirementsī€€forī€€Directī€€Ventī€€(2-pipe)ī€€
piping.ī€€Tableī€€2ī€€(pageī€€8)ī€€containsī€€theī€€lengthī€€ofī€€ventī€€andī€€
combustionī€€airī€€pipingī€€forī€€thisī€€typeī€€ofī€€installation.
Provisionsī€€mustī€€beī€€madeī€€duringī€€theī€€installationī€€ofī€€thisī€€
furnaceī€€thatī€€provideī€€anī€€adequateī€€supplyī€€ofī€€freshī€€airī€€forī€€
combustionī€€andī€€ventilation.ī€€Theī€€combustionī€€airī€€fromī€€theī€€
outsideī€€needsī€€toī€€beī€€clearī€€ofī€€chemicalsī€€thatī€€canī€€causeī€€
corrosion.ī€€ Theī€€ inletī€€ pipeī€€ shouldī€€ notī€€ beī€€ placedī€€ nearī€€
corrosiveī€€chemicalsī€€suchī€€asī€€thoseī€€listedī€€onī€€pageī€€5.ī€€
Airī€€openingsī€€onī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€andī€€openingsī€€inī€€closetī€€
doorsī€€orī€€wallsī€€mustī€€neverī€€beī€€restricted.ī€€Ifī€€theī€€furnaceī€€isī€€
operatedī€€withoutī€€adequateī€€airī€€forī€€combustion,ī€€theī€€ī­ameī€€
roll-outī€€switchī€€willī€€open,ī€€turningī€€offī€€theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€toī€€theī€€
burners.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Thisī€€safetyī€€deviceī€€isī€€aī€€manuallyī€€resetī€€
switch.ī€€ DOī€€ NOTī€€ installī€€ jumperī€€ wiresī€€ acrossī€€ theseī€€
switchesī€€toī€€ defeatī€€theirī€€ functionī€€ orī€€resetī€€ aī€€ switchī€€
withoutī€€identifyingī€€andī€€correctingī€€theī€€faultī€€condition.ī€€I f ī€€
aī€€switchī€€mustī€€beī€€replaced,ī€€useī€€onlyī€€theī€€correctī€€sizedī€€partī€€
speciī¬edī€€inī€€theī€€Replacementī€€Partsī€€Listī€€providedī€€online.
Ventī€€Pipeī€€Lengthī€€&ī€€Diameter
Forī€€properī€€furnaceī€€operation,ī€€theī€€combustionī€€airī€€andī€€ventī€€
pipingī€€mustī€€notī€€beī€€excessivelyī€€restrictive.ī€€
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€ventingī€€systemī€€shouldī€€beī€€designedī€€toī€€haveī€€theī€€
minimumī€€numberī€€ofī€€elbowsī€€orī€€turns.
ā€¢ī€€ Allī€€horizontalī€€runsī€€mustī€€slopeī€€upwardsī€€fromī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
atī€€1/4ī€€inchī€€minimumī€€perī€€runningī€€footī€€ofī€€vent.
ā€¢ī€€ Transitionī€€toī€€theī€€ī¬nalī€€ventī€€diameterī€€shouldī€€beī€€doneī€€asī€€
closeī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€outletī€€asī€€practical.
ā€¢ī€€ Alwaysī€€useī€€theī€€sameī€€sizeī€€orī€€aī€€largerī€€pipeī€€forī€€combustionī€€
airī€€thatī€€isī€€usedī€€forī€€theī€€exhaustī€€vent.
Tableī€€2ī€€(pageī€€8)ī€€indicatesī€€theī€€maximumī€€allowableī€€pipeī€€
lengthī€€forī€€aī€€furnaceī€€ofī€€knownī€€inputī€€rate,ī€€whenī€€installedī€€
withī€€pipingī€€ofī€€selectedī€€diameterī€€andī€€numberī€€ofī€€elbows.ī€€Toī€€
useī€€theī€€table,ī€€theī€€furnaceī€€inputī€€rate,ī€€theī€€centerlineī€€lengthī€€
andī€€theī€€numberī€€ofī€€elbowsī€€onī€€eachī€€pipeī€€mustī€€beī€€known.
Whenī€€estimatingī€€theī€€lengthī€€ofī€€ventī€€runs,ī€€considerationī€€
mustī€€beī€€madeī€€toī€€theī€€effectī€€ofī€€elbowsī€€andī€€otherī€€ī¬ttings.ī€€
Thisī€€isī€€convenientlyī€€handledī€€usingī€€theī€€ideaī€€ofī€€ā€œequivalentī€€
lengthā€.ī€€Thisī€€meansī€€theī€€ī¬ttingsī€€areī€€assignedī€€aī€€linearī€€lengthī€€
thatī€€accountsī€€forī€€theī€€pressureī€€dropī€€theyī€€willī€€cause.ī€€Forī€€
example:ī€€aī€€3ā€ī€€diameter,ī€€longī€€radiusī€€elbowī€€isī€€worthī€€theī€€
equivalentī€€ofī€€3.5ī€€feetī€€ofī€€linearī€€run.
Theī€€equivalentī€€lenghtsī€€ofī€€teesī€€andī€€variousī€€elbowsī€€areī€€
listedī€€inī€€Tableī€€2.ī€€Measureī€€theī€€linearī€€lengthī€€ofī€€yourī€€ventī€€runī€€
andī€€thenī€€addī€€inī€€theī€€equivalentī€€lengthī€€ofī€€eachī€€ī¬tting.ī€€Theī€€
Importantī€€Information
WARNING:
Furnaceī€€installationī€€usingī€€methodsī€€otherī€€thanī€€
thoseī€€describedī€€inī€€theī€€followingī€€sectionsī€€mustī€€
complyī€€withī€€theī€€Nationalī€€Fuelī€€Gasī€€Codeī€€(NFGC)ī€€
andī€€allī€€applicableī€€localī€€codes.
WARNING:
Uponī€€ completionī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ installation,ī€€
carefullyī€€inspectī€€theī€€ entireī€€ ī­ueī€€systemī€€bothī€€
insideī€€andī€€outsideī€€theī€€furnaceī€€toī€€assureī€€itī€€isī€€
properlyī€€sealed.ī€€Leaksī€€inī€€theī€€ī­ueī€€systemī€€canī€€
resultī€€inī€€seriousī€€personalī€€injuryī€€orī€€deathī€€dueī€€
toī€€exposureī€€ofī€€ī­ueī€€products,ī€€includingī€€carbonī€€
monoxide.
WARNING:
Thisī€€ furnaceī€€ mustī€€ notī€€ beī€€ ventedī€€ withī€€ otherī€€
appliances,ī€€ evenī€€ ifī€€ thatī€€ applianceī€€ isī€€ ofī€€ theī€€
condensingī€€type.ī€€Thisī€€includesī€€waterī€€heatersī€€
ofī€€anyī€€efī¬ciency.ī€€Commonī€€ventingī€€canī€€resultī€€
inī€€severeī€€corrosionī€€ofī€€otherī€€appliancesī€€orī€€theirī€€
ventingī€€ andī€€ canī€€ allowī€€ combustionī€€ gasesī€€ toī€€
escapeī€€throughī€€suchī€€appliancesī€€orī€€vents.ī€€Doī€€
notī€€ventī€€theī€€furnaceī€€toī€€aī€€ī¬replaceī€€chimneyī€€orī€€
buildingī€€chase.
ā€¢ī€€ Thisī€€ furnaceī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ ventedī€€ inī€€ complianceī€€ withī€€
theī€€ currentī€€ revisionī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ Nationalī€€ Fuelī€€ Gasī€€ Codeī€€
(ANSI-Z223.1/NFPA54).ī€€ Instructionsī€€ forī€€ determiningī€€
theī€€ adequacyī€€ ofī€€ combustionī€€ airī€€ forī€€ anī€€ installationī€€
canī€€ beī€€ foundī€€ inī€€ theī€€ currentī€€ revisionī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ NFGCī€€
(ANSIī€€ Z223.1ī€€ /ī€€ NFPA54).ī€€ Consultī€€localī€€codesī€€ forī€€
specialī€€ requirements.ī€€ Theseī€€ requirementsī€€ areī€€ forī€€
USī€€installationsī€€asī€€foundī€€inī€€theī€€NFGC.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€requirementsī€€inī€€Canadaī€€(B149.1)ī€€areī€€structuredī€€
differently.ī€€ Inī€€ Canada,ī€€ ventingī€€ shallī€€ conformī€€ toī€€ theī€€
requirementsī€€ofī€€theī€€currentī€€(CAN/CGAī€€B149.1ī€€orī€€.2)ī€€
installationī€€codes.ī€€Consultī€€localī€€codesī€€forī€€specialī€€
requirements.
Categoryī€€IVī€€Appliances
Thisī€€furnaceī€€isī€€classiī¬edī€€asī€€aī€€ā€œCategoryī€€IVā€ī€€appliance,ī€€
whichī€€requiresī€€specialī€€ventingī€€materialsī€€andī€€installationī€€
procedures.ī€€ī€€Categoryī€€IVī€€appliancesī€€operateī€€withī€€positiveī€€
ventī€€pressureī€€andī€€requiresī€€thoroughlyī€€sealedī€€ventī€€systems.ī€€
Theyī€€alsoī€€ produceī€€ liquidī€€condensate,ī€€ whichī€€ isī€€slightlyī€€
acidicī€€andī€€canī€€causeī€€severeī€€corrosionī€€ofī€€ordinaryī€€ventingī€€
materials.ī€€Furnaceī€€operationī€€canī€€beī€€adverselyī€€affectedī€€
byī€€restrictiveī€€ventī€€andī€€combustionī€€airī€€piping.
8
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€qualityī€€ofī€€outdoorī€€airī€€mustī€€alsoī€€beī€€considered.ī€€Beī€€
sureī€€thatī€€theī€€combustionī€€airī€€intakeī€€isī€€notī€€locatedī€€nearī€€aī€€
sourceī€€ofī€€solventī€€fumesī€€orī€€otherī€€chemicalsī€€whichī€€canī€€
causeī€€ corrosionī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ combustionī€€ system.ī€€
(Seeī€€pageī€€5ī€€forī€€aī€€sampleī€€listī€€ofī€€substances).
ā€¢ī€€ Routeī€€pipingī€€asī€€directī€€asī€€possibleī€€betweenī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
andī€€ theī€€ outdoors.ī€€ Longerī€€ ventī€€ runsī€€ requireī€€ largerī€€
diameters.ī€€Ventī€€pipingī€€mustī€€beī€€slopedī€€upwardsī€€1/4ā€ī€€
perī€€footī€€inī€€theī€€directionī€€fromī€€theī€€furnaceī€€toī€€theī€€terminal.ī€€
Thisī€€ensuresī€€thatī€€anyī€€condensateī€€ī­owsī€€backī€€toī€€theī€€
condensateī€€disposalī€€system.
ā€¢ī€€ Whenī€€ aī€€ Directī€€ Ventī€€ (2-pipe)ī€€ systemī€€ isī€€ used,ī€€ theī€€
combustionī€€airī€€intakeī€€andī€€theī€€ventī€€exhaustī€€mustī€€beī€€
locatedī€€inī€€theī€€sameī€€atmosphericī€€pressureī€€zone.ī€€Thisī€€
meansī€€bothī€€pipesī€€mustī€€exitī€€theī€€buildingī€€throughī€€theī€€
sameī€€portionī€€ofī€€exteriorī€€wallī€€orī€€roofī€€asī€€shownī€€inī€€Figureī€€
20,ī€€pageī€€33.
ā€¢ī€€ Pipingī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ mechanicallyī€€ supportedī€€ soī€€ thatī€€ itsī€€
weightī€€doesī€€notī€€bearī€€onī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€Pipeī€€ supportsī€€
mustī€€beī€€installedī€€aī€€minimumī€€ofī€€everyī€€5ī€€feetī€€alongī€€theī€€
ventī€€runī€€toī€€ensureī€€noī€€displacementī€€afterī€€installation.ī€€
Supportsī€€mayī€€beī€€atī€€shorterī€€intervalsī€€ifī€€necessaryī€€toī€€
ensureī€€thatī€€thereī€€areī€€noī€€saggingī€€sectionsī€€thatī€€canī€€trapī€€
condensate.ī€€ Itī€€ isī€€ recommendedī€€ toī€€ installī€€ couplingsī€€
alongī€€theī€€ventī€€pipe,ī€€onī€€eitherī€€sideī€€ofī€€theī€€exteriorī€€wallī€€
(Figureī€€20).ī€€Theseī€€couplingsī€€mayī€€beī€€requiredī€€byī€€localī€€
code.
ā€¢ī€€ Ifī€€breakableī€€connectionsī€€areī€€requiredī€€inī€€theī€€combustionī€€
airī€€inletī€€pipeī€€(ifī€€present)ī€€andī€€exhaustī€€ventī€€piping,ī€€thenī€€
straightī€€ neopreneī€€ couplingsī€€ forī€€ 2ā€ī€€ orī€€ 3ā€ī€€ pipingī€€ withī€€
hoseī€€ clampsī€€ canī€€ beī€€ used.ī€€Theseī€€ couplingsī€€ canī€€ beī€€
orderedī€€throughī€€yourī€€localī€€furnaceī€€distributor.ī€€Toī€€installī€€
aī€€coupling:
1.ī€€ Slideī€€theī€€rubberī€€couplingī€€overī€€theī€€endī€€ofī€€theī€€pipeī€€
thatī€€isī€€attachedī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€andī€€secureī€€itī€€withī€€
oneī€€ofī€€theī€€hoseī€€clamps.
2.ī€€ Slideī€€theī€€otherī€€endī€€ofī€€theī€€rubberī€€couplingī€€ontoī€€theī€€
otherī€€pipeī€€fromī€€theī€€vent.
3.ī€€ Secureī€€theī€€couplingī€€withī€€theī€€secondī€€hoseī€€clamp,ī€€
ensuringī€€thatī€€theī€€connectionī€€isī€€tightī€€andī€€leakī€€free.
Outdoorī€€Terminationsī€€-ī€€Horizontalī€€Venting
ā€¢ī€€ Ventī€€andī€€combustionī€€airī€€intakeī€€terminationsī€€shallī€€beī€€
installedī€€asī€€shownī€€inī€€Figuresī€€1ī€€&ī€€2ī€€(pageī€€9)ī€€andī€€inī€€
accordanceī€€withī€€theseī€€instructions:
ā€¢ī€€ Ventī€€terminationī€€clearancesī€€mustī€€beī€€consistentī€€withī€€theī€€
NFGC,ī€€ANSIī€€2223.1/NFPAī€€54ī€€and/orī€€theī€€CSAī€€B149.1,ī€€
Naturalī€€Gasī€€andī€€Propaneī€€Installationī€€Code.ī€€Tableī€€12ī€€
(pageī€€32)ī€€listsī€€theī€€necessaryī€€distancesī€€fromī€€theī€€ventī€€
terminationī€€toī€€windowsī€€andī€€buildingī€€airī€€intakes.
ā€¢ī€€ Ventī€€ andī€€ combustionī€€ airī€€ intakeī€€ terminationsī€€ mustī€€
beī€€ locatedī€€ toī€€ ensureī€€ properī€€ furnaceī€€ operationī€€ andī€€
conformanceī€€ toī€€ applicableī€€ codes.ī€€ Aī€€ ventī€€ terminalī€€
mustī€€beī€€locatedī€€atī€€leastī€€3ī€€feetī€€aboveī€€anyī€€forcedī€€airī€€
inletī€€locatedī€€withinī€€10ī€€feet.ī€€Thisī€€doesī€€notī€€applyī€€toī€€theī€€
combustionī€€airī€€inletī€€ofī€€aī€€directī€€ventī€€(twoī€€pipe)ī€€appliance.ī€€
Inī€€Canada,ī€€CSAī€€B149.1ī€€takesī€€precedenceī€€overī€€theseī€€
instructions.ī€€Seeī€€Tableī€€12ī€€(pageī€€32).
totalī€€length,ī€€includingī€€theī€€equivalentī€€ī¬ttingī€€lengths,ī€€mustī€€
beī€€lessī€€thanī€€theī€€maximumī€€lengthī€€speciī¬edī€€inī€€theī€€table.
Condensingī€€furnaceī€€combustionī€€productsī€€haveī€€veryī€€littleī€€
buoyancy,ī€€soī€€Tableī€€2ī€€isī€€toī€€beī€€usedī€€withoutī€€considerationī€€
ofī€€anyī€€verticalī€€riseī€€inī€€theī€€piping.
Ventī€€Pipeī€€Material
Ventī€€andī€€combustionī€€airī€€pipeī€€andī€€ī¬ttingsī€€mustī€€beī€€oneī€€ofī€€
theī€€followingī€€materialsī€€inī€€theī€€listī€€andī€€mustī€€conformī€€toī€€theī€€
indicatedī€€ANSI/ASTMī€€standards.ī€€Cementī€€mustī€€conformī€€
toī€€ASTMī€€Standardī€€D2564ī€€forī€€PVCī€€andī€€Standardī€€D2235ī€€
forī€€ABS.ī€€PVCī€€primerī€€mustī€€meetī€€standardī€€ASTMī€€F656.ī€€
Whenī€€joiningī€€PVCī€€pipingī€€toī€€ABS,ī€€useī€€PVCī€€solventī€€cement.ī€€
(Seeī€€procedureī€€speciī¬edī€€inī€€ASTMī€€Standardī€€D3138).
Inī€€ Canada,ī€€ allī€€ plasticī€€ ventī€€ pipesī€€ andī€€ ī¬ttingsī€€ includingī€€
anyī€€cement,ī€€cleaners,ī€€orī€€primersī€€mustī€€beī€€certiī¬edī€€asī€€aī€€
systemī€€toī€€ULCī€€S636.ī€€Howeverī€€thisī€€requirementī€€doesī€€notī€€
applyī€€toī€€pipingī€€internalī€€toī€€theī€€furnace.
Materials Standards
SCHEDULEī€€40PVCī€€............................................... D1785
PVC-DWVī€€.............................................................. D2665
SDR-21ī€€&ī€€SDR-26ī€€................................................. D2241
ABS-DWVī€€.............................................................. D2661
SCHEDULEī€€40ī€€ABSī€€.............................................. F628
FOAMī€€/ī€€CELLULARī€€COREī€€PVCī€€........................... F891
Ventī€€Pipeī€€Installation
CAUTION:
Combustionī€€ airī€€ mustī€€ notī€€ beī€€ drawnī€€ fromī€€ aī€€
corrosiveī€€atmosphere.
Thisī€€furnaceī€€hasī€€beenī€€certiī¬edī€€forī€€installationī€€withī€€zeroī€€
clearanceī€€betweenī€€ventī€€pipingī€€andī€€combustibleī€€surfaces.ī€€
However,ī€€itī€€isī€€goodī€€practiceī€€toī€€allowī€€spaceī€€forī€€convenienceī€€
inī€€installationī€€andī€€service.
ā€¢ī€€ Inī€€ theī€€ absenceī€€ ofī€€ localī€€ codes,ī€€ theī€€ locationī€€ ofī€€ anyī€€
combustionī€€airī€€inletī€€relativeī€€toī€€anyī€€ventī€€terminalī€€mustī€€
beī€€atī€€leastī€€8ī€€inches.ī€€Thisī€€includesī€€installationsī€€involvingī€€
moreī€€thanī€€oneī€€furnace.
Maximumī€€Directī€€Vent,ī€€Dualī€€Pipeī€€Lengthī€€(FT.)
CMF95 INPUTS
(BTU)
INLET / OUTLET
2ā€ Diameter
INLET / OUTLET
3ā€ Diameter
45,000 30 60
72,000 30 60
ā€ 
NOTES:
1.ī€€ Subtractī€€2.5ī€€ft.ī€€forī€€eachī€€additionalī€€2ī€€inchī€€longī€€radiusī€€elbow,ī€€subtractī€€
5ftī€€forī€€eachī€€additionalī€€2ā€ī€€shortī€€radiiousī€€elbow,ī€€subtractī€€3.5ī€€ft.ī€€forī€€
eachī€€additionalī€€3ī€€inchī€€longī€€radiusī€€elbow,ī€€andī€€7ī€€ft.ī€€forī€€eachī€€additionalī€€
3ī€€inchī€€shortī€€radiusī€€elbow.
2.ī€€ Twoī€€45ī€€degreeī€€elbowsī€€areī€€equivalentī€€toī€€oneī€€90ī€€degreeī€€elbow.
3.ī€€ Thisī€€tableī€€appliesī€€forī€€elevationsī€€fromī€€seaī€€levelī€€toī€€2,000ī€€ft.ī€€Forī€€higherī€€
elevations,ī€€decreaseī€€pipeī€€lengthsī€€byī€€8%ī€€perī€€1,000ī€€ftī€€ofī€€altitude.
Tableī€€2.ī€€Ventī€€Pipeī€€Lengths
9
ā€¢ī€€ Allī€€minimumī€€clearancesī€€(Figureī€€2)ī€€mustī€€beī€€maintainedī€€
toī€€protectī€€buildingī€€materialsī€€fromī€€degradationī€€byī€€ī­ueī€€
gases.
ā€¢ī€€ Forī€€ optimalī€€ performance,ī€€ ventī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ throughī€€
aī€€wallī€€thatī€€experiencesī€€theī€€leastī€€ exposureī€€toī€€winterī€€
winds.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€ ventī€€ terminationī€€ shallī€€ beī€€ locatedī€€ atī€€ leastī€€ 3ī€€ ft.ī€€
horizontallyī€€fromī€€anyī€€electricī€€meter,ī€€gasī€€meter,ī€€regulatorī€€
andī€€anyī€€reliefī€€equipment.ī€€Theseī€€distancesī€€applyī€€ONLYī€€
toī€€ U.S.ī€€ installations.ī€€ Inī€€ Canada,ī€€ CSAī€€ B149.1ī€€ takesī€€
precedenceī€€overī€€theseī€€instructions.
ā€¢ī€€ Doī€€notī€€installī€€theī€€ventī€€terminalī€€suchī€€thatī€€exhaustī€€isī€€
directedī€€ intoī€€ windowī€€ wells,ī€€ stairwells,ī€€ underī€€ decksī€€
orī€€intoī€€alcovesī€€orī€€similarī€€recessedī€€areas,ī€€andī€€doī€€notī€€
terminateī€€aboveī€€anyī€€publicī€€walkways.
ā€¢ī€€ Ifī€€ventingī€€horizontally,ī€€sideī€€wallī€€ventī€€kitsī€€areī€€availableī€€
accordingī€€toī€€theī€€pipeī€€diameterī€€sizeī€€ofī€€theī€€installation.ī€€
Forī€€3ī€€inchī€€pipeī€€useī€€kitī€€#904347.ī€€Faceplateī€€kitī€€#902375ī€€
isī€€alsoī€€availableī€€forī€€3ī€€inchī€€horizontalī€€venting.ī€€Please
followī€€theī€€instructionsī€€providedī€€withī€€theī€€kits.
ā€¢ī€€ Concentricī€€ventī€€terminationī€€kitsī€€areī€€availableī€€forī€€useī€€
withī€€theseī€€furnaces.ī€€Forī€€3ī€€inchī€€pipeī€€useī€€kitī€€#ī€€904953.ī€€
Pleaseī€€followī€€theī€€instructionsī€€providedī€€withī€€theī€€kit.
ā€¢ī€€ Whenī€€theī€€ventī€€pipeī€€mustī€€exitī€€anī€€exteriorī€€wallī€€closeī€€toī€€
theī€€gradeī€€orī€€expectedī€€snowī€€levelī€€whereī€€itī€€isī€€notī€€possibleī€€
toī€€obtainī€€clearancesī€€shownī€€inī€€Figureī€€1,ī€€aī€€riserī€€mayī€€beī€€
providedī€€asī€€shownī€€inī€€Figureī€€3.ī€€Insulationī€€isī€€requiredī€€
toī€€preventī€€freezingī€€ofī€€thisī€€sectionī€€ofī€€pipe.ī€€Seeī€€Tableī€€3ī€€
(pageī€€10)ī€€forī€€ventī€€freezingī€€protection.
Outdoorī€€Terminationsī€€-ī€€Verticalī€€Venting
Terminationī€€spacingī€€requirementsī€€fromī€€theī€€roofī€€andī€€fromī€€
eachī€€otherī€€areī€€shownī€€inī€€Figureī€€4.ī€€Theī€€roofī€€penetrationī€€
mustī€€beī€€properlyī€€ī­ashedī€€andī€€waterproofedī€€withī€€aī€€plumbingī€€
roofī€€bootī€€orī€€equivalentī€€ī­ashing.ī€€Ventī€€andī€€combustionī€€airī€€
pipingī€€mayī€€beī€€installedī€€inī€€anī€€existingī€€chimneyī€€whichī€€isī€€
notī€€inī€€useī€€providedī€€that:
ā€¢ī€€ Bothī€€theī€€exhaustī€€ventī€€andī€€airī€€intakeī€€runī€€theī€€lengthī€€ofī€€
theī€€chimney.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€chimneyī€€isī€€sealedī€€andī€€weatherproofed.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€ terminationī€€ clearancesī€€ shownī€€ inī€€ Figureī€€ 4ī€€ areī€€
maintained.
ā€¢ī€€ Noī€€otherī€€gasī€€ī¬redī€€orī€€fuel-burningī€€equipmentī€€isī€€ventedī€€
throughī€€theī€€chimney.
12ā€ min. to maximum
expected snow level
(both pipes)
90Ā° Elbow
Exhaust vent
option B
Exhaust vent
option A
Mounting kit faceplate
secured to wall with screws
(both pipes)
Combustion
air inlet
Exhaust vent
option C
18ā€ Min.
36ā€ Max.
8ā€ Min.
36ā€ Max.
(all positions)
Figureī€€1.ī€€Inletī€€&ī€€Exhaustī€€Pipeī€€Clearances
Note 2
Mechanical draft
vent terminal
Direct vent
terminal
50,000 Btuh
or less
Forced air inlet
Direct vent
terminal - more
than 50,000 Btuh
Mechanical
draft vent
terminal
Mechanical
draft vent
terminal
Less
than
10 ft.
3 ft.
NOTES:
1. All dimensions shown are
minimum requirements.
2. Exterior vent terminations must
be located at least 12ā€ above the
maximum expected snow level.
Note 2
4 ft
4 ft
12 in.
12 in.
9 in.
Note 2
Figure 2. Vent Locations
Support
NOTE: Vent Configuration to Provide
12" Minimum height above Snow Level.
1/2"
Armaflex
Insulation or
Equivalent
(if required)
12" Above
Maximum
Expected
Snow Level
19" Max.
(See Note)
Outside
Wall
Figure 3. Alternate Horizontal Vent Installation
Figureī€€4.ī€€Verticalī€€Ventī€€Termination
Combustion Air
Exhaust Vent
12ā€ Above Maximum
Expected Snow Level
(Both pipes)
Elbows on the combustion air
inlet must be positioned pointing
away from the exhaust vent.
8" Min.
36" Max.
Plumbing Vent Roof Boot
(Both Pipes)
10
Existingī€€Installations
ī€€Whenī€€anī€€existingī€€furnaceī€€isī€€removedī€€fromī€€aī€€ventī€€systemī€€
servingī€€otherī€€appliances,ī€€theī€€existingī€€ventī€€systemī€€mayī€€
notī€€beī€€sizedī€€properlyī€€toī€€ventī€€theī€€remainingī€€appliancesī€€
(Forī€€example:ī€€waterī€€heater).ī€€Anī€€improperlyī€€sizedī€€ventingī€€
systemī€€canī€€resultī€€inī€€theī€€formationī€€ofī€€condensate,ī€€leakage,ī€€
orī€€spillage.ī€€Theī€€existingī€€ventī€€systemī€€shouldī€€beī€€checkedī€€
toī€€makeī€€sureī€€itī€€isī€€inī€€ complianceī€€ withī€€ NFGCī€€ andī€€ mustī€€
beī€€broughtī€€intoī€€complianceī€€beforeī€€installingī€€theī€€furnace.
NOTE: Ifī€€replacingī€€anī€€existingī€€furnace,ī€€itī€€isī€€possibleī€€youī€€willī€€
encounterī€€anī€€existingī€€plasticī€€ventingī€€systemī€€thatī€€isī€€subjectī€€
toī€€aī€€Consumerī€€Productī€€Safetyī€€Commissionī€€recall.ī€€Theī€€
pipesī€€involvedī€€inī€€theī€€recallī€€areī€€Highī€€Temperatureī€€Plasticī€€
Ventī€€(HTPV).ī€€Ifī€€yourī€€ventingī€€systemī€€containsī€€theseī€€
pipesī€€DOī€€NOTī€€reuseī€€thisī€€ventingī€€system!ī€€Thisī€€recallī€€
doesī€€notī€€applyī€€toī€€otherī€€plasticī€€ventī€€pipes,ī€€suchī€€asī€€whiteī€€
PVCī€€orī€€CPVC.ī€€Checkī€€forī€€detailsī€€onī€€theī€€CPSCī€€websiteī€€orī€€
callī€€theirī€€toll-freeī€€numberī€€(800)ī€€758-3688.
Ventilaireī€€IIIī€€orī€€IVī€€Airī€€Qualityī€€Packageī€€
(Accessory)
Theī€€Ventilaireī€€airī€€qualityī€€packagesī€€areī€€availableī€€toī€€meetī€€
theī€€ventilationī€€requirementsī€€asī€€outlinedī€€inī€€H.U.D.ī€€Standardī€€
Partī€€3280.103ī€€(b)ī€€(2).ī€€Theseī€€packagesī€€introduceī€€outdoorī€€
airī€€intoī€€theī€€livingī€€spaceī€€duringī€€furnaceī€€blowerī€€operation.ī€€
Theī€€VentilAireī€€IVī€€alsoī€€servesī€€toī€€exhaustī€€moistī€€and/orī€€hotī€€
airī€€fromī€€theī€€atticī€€space.ī€€Seeī€€Figureī€€5ī€€forī€€typicalī€€installation.ī€€
Completeī€€installationī€€instructionsī€€areī€€suppliedī€€withī€€eachī€€
airī€€qualityī€€package.
VentilAireī€€III
VentilAireī€€IV
Figure 5. VentilAire III & IV
Ventī€€Freezingī€€Protection
CAUTION:
Whenī€€theī€€ventī€€pipeī€€isī€€exposedī€€toī€€temperaturesī€€
belowī€€ freezingī€€ (i.e.,ī€€ whenī€€ itī€€ passesī€€ throughī€€
unheatedī€€ spaces,ī€€ chimneys,ī€€ etc.)ī€€ theī€€ pipeī€€
mustī€€beī€€insulatedī€€withī€€1/2ī€€inchī€€thickī€€spongeī€€
rubberī€€insulation,ī€€Armaī­ex-typeī€€insulationī€€orī€€
equivalent.ī€€Insulatingī€€pipeī€€isī€€importantī€€toī€€avoidī€€
condensate icing.
ā€¢ī€€ Tableī€€3ī€€listsī€€theī€€maximumī€€lengthī€€ofī€€ī­ueī€€pipeī€€thatī€€canī€€
travelī€€throughī€€anī€€unconditionedī€€spaceī€€orī€€anī€€exteriorī€€
space.ī€€ Theī€€ totalī€€ ventī€€ lengthī€€ mustī€€ notī€€ exceedī€€ theī€€
lengthsī€€notedī€€inī€€theī€€Table.ī€€Forī€€Canadianī€€installations,ī€€
pleaseī€€referī€€toī€€theī€€Canadianī€€Installationī€€Codeī€€(CAN/
CGA-B149.1ī€€orī€€2)ī€€and/orī€€localī€€codes.
ā€¢ī€€ Forī€€extremelyī€€coldī€€climatesī€€orī€€forī€€conditionsī€€ofī€€shortī€€
furnaceī€€ cyclesī€€ (i.e.ī€€ setī€€ backī€€ thermostatī€€ conditions)ī€€
theī€€lastī€€18ī€€inchesī€€ofī€€ventī€€pipeī€€canī€€beī€€reduced.ī€€Itī€€isī€€
acceptableī€€toī€€reduceī€€fromī€€3ā€ī€€toī€€2-1/2ā€ī€€or,ī€€3ā€ī€€toī€€2ā€ī€€ifī€€theī€€
totalī€€ventī€€lengthī€€isī€€atī€€leastī€€15ī€€feetī€€inī€€length,ī€€andī€€theī€€
ventī€€lengthī€€isī€€withinī€€theī€€parametersī€€speciī¬edī€€inī€€Tableī€€
2ī€€ (pageī€€ 8).ī€€Theī€€ restrictionī€€ shouldī€€ beī€€ countedī€€ asī€€ 3ī€€
equivalentī€€feet.ī€€Smallerī€€ventī€€pipesī€€areī€€lessī€€susceptibleī€€
toī€€freezing,ī€€butī€€mustī€€notī€€beī€€excessivelyī€€restrictive.ī€€.
ā€¢ī€€ Toī€€ preventī€€ debrisī€€ orī€€ creaturesī€€ fromī€€ enteringī€€ theī€€
combustionī€€system,ī€€aī€€protectiveī€€screenī€€mayī€€beī€€installedī€€
overī€€theī€€combustionī€€airī€€intakeī€€opening.ī€€Theī€€screensī€€
holeī€€sizeī€€mustī€€beī€€largeī€€enoughī€€toī€€preventī€€airī€€restriction.
Winter Design
Temperature
Maximumī€€Flueī€€Pipeī€€Lengthī€€(FEET)
ī€€inī€€Unconditionedī€€&ī€€Exteriorī€€Spaces
Withoutī€€Insulation Withī€€Insulation*
20 45 70
0 20 70
-20 10 60
*NOTE:ī€€Insulationī€€thicknessī€€greaterī€€thanī€€3/8ī€€inch,ī€€basedī€€onī€€anī€€ī€€
Rī€€valueī€€ofī€€3.5ī€€(ftī€€xī€€Fī€€xī€€hr)ī€€/ī€€(BTUī€€xī€€in.)
Table 3. Vent Protection
11
CIRCULATING AIR REQUIREMENTS
WARNING:
Doī€€notī€€allowī€€combustionī€€productsī€€toī€€enterī€€theī€€
circulatingī€€ airī€€ supply.ī€€ Failureī€€ toī€€ preventī€€ theī€€
circulationī€€ ofī€€ combustionī€€ productsī€€ intoī€€ theī€€
livingī€€spaceī€€canī€€createī€€potentiallyī€€hazardousī€€
conditionsī€€ includingī€€ carbonī€€ monoxideī€€
poisoningī€€thatī€€couldī€€resultī€€inī€€personalī€€injuryī€€
orī€€death.
Allī€€supplyī€€ductsī€€mustī€€beī€€securedī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
withī€€sheetī€€metalī€€screwsī€€andī€€adequatelyī€€sealed.ī€€
Whenī€€supplyī€€airī€€isī€€providedī€€throughī€€theī€€bottomī€€
ofī€€theī€€unit,ī€€theī€€jointī€€betweenī€€theī€€furnaceī€€andī€€
theī€€plenumī€€mustī€€beī€€airī€€tight.
Theī€€surfaceī€€thatī€€theī€€furnaceī€€isī€€mountedī€€onī€€mustī€€
provideī€€soundī€€physicalī€€supportī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
withī€€noī€€gaps,ī€€cracksī€€orī€€saggingī€€betweenī€€theī€€
furnaceī€€andī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€orī€€platform.
Supplyī€€ airī€€ ductsī€€ mustī€€ notī€€ beī€€ connectedī€€ toī€€
anyī€€ otherī€€ heatī€€ producingī€€ deviceī€€ suchī€€ asī€€ aī€€
ī¬replaceī€€insert,ī€€stove,ī€€etc.ī€€Thisī€€mayī€€resultī€€inī€€
ī¬re,ī€€ explosion,ī€€ carbonī€€ monoxideī€€ poisoning,ī€€
personalī€€injury,ī€€orī€€propertyī€€damage.
Plenums & Air Ducts
Thisī€€unitī€€isī€€designedī€€onlyī€€forī€€useī€€withī€€aī€€bottomī€€supplyī€€
ductī€€ andī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ installedī€€ inī€€ accordanceī€€ withī€€ theī€€
standardsī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ Nationalī€€ Fireī€€ Protectionī€€ Associationī€€
Standardī€€ forī€€ Installationī€€ ofī€€ Airī€€ Conditioningī€€ Systemsī€€
(NFPAī€€90A),ī€€Standardī€€forī€€Installationī€€ofī€€Residenceī€€Typeī€€
Warmī€€Airī€€Heatingī€€andī€€Airī€€Conditioningī€€Systemsī€€(NFPAī€€
90B),ī€€andī€€allī€€applicableī€€localī€€codes.ī€€NFPAī€€publicationsī€€
areī€€ availableī€€ byī€€ writingī€€ to:ī€€ Nationalī€€ Fireī€€ Protectionī€€
Association,ī€€Batterymarchī€€Park,ī€€Quincy,ī€€MEī€€02269ī€€orī€€visitī€€ī€€
www.NFPA.orgī€€onī€€theī€€web.
ā€¢ī€€ Designī€€theī€€airī€€ductsī€€accordingī€€toī€€methodsī€€describedī€€
byī€€theī€€Airī€€Conditioningī€€Contractorsī€€ofī€€Americaī€€(ACCA).
ā€¢ī€€ Airī€€ ductsī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ aluminum,ī€€ tinī€€ plate,ī€€ galvanizedī€€
sheetī€€steel,ī€€orī€€otherī€€approvedī€€materialsī€€forī€€outletī€€orī€€
returnī€€airī€€ducts.ī€€Snap-Lockī€€orī€€Pittsburgh-Lockī€€seamsī€€
areī€€preferred.ī€€Allī€€otherī€€typesī€€ofī€€seamsī€€mustī€€beī€€madeī€€
tightī€€toī€€preventī€€leakage.
ā€¢ī€€ Itī€€isī€€goodī€€practiceī€€toī€€sealī€€allī€€connectionsī€€andī€€jointsī€€
withī€€ industrialī€€ gradeī€€ sealingī€€ tapeī€€ orī€€ liquidī€€ sealant.ī€€
Requirementsī€€ forī€€ sealingī€€ ductsī€€ varyī€€ fromī€€ regionī€€ toī€€
region.ī€€ Consultī€€ withī€€ localī€€ codesī€€ forī€€ requirementsī€€
speciī¬cī€€toī€€yourī€€area.
ā€¢ī€€ Gasī€€pipingī€€mustī€€notī€€runī€€inī€€orī€€throughī€€anyī€€ofī€€theī€€airī€€
ductī€€system.
Supplyī€€Airī€€Connections
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€supplyī€€ductī€€systemī€€mustī€€beī€€designedī€€soī€€thatī€€theī€€
staticī€€pressureī€€measuredī€€externalī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€doesī€€
notī€€ exceedī€€ theī€€ listedī€€ staticī€€ pressureī€€ shownī€€ onī€€ theī€€
furnaceī€€ratingī€€plate.ī€€Theī€€supplyī€€airī€€mustī€€beī€€deliveredī€€
toī€€theī€€heatedī€€spaceī€€byī€€duct(s)ī€€securedī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
casing,ī€€runningī€€fullī€€lengthī€€andī€€withoutī€€interruption.
ā€¢ī€€ Ductī€€ systemī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ designedī€€ soī€€ thatī€€ noī€€ supplyī€€
registersī€€areī€€locatedī€€inī€€ductī€€systemī€€directlyī€€belowī€€theī€€
furnace.
Dampers
Anī€€automatedī€€shutī€€offī€€damperī€€isī€€requiredī€€whenī€€theī€€homeī€€
isī€€ airī€€ conditionedī€€ byī€€ aī€€ self-containedī€€ unit.ī€€ Aī€€ damperī€€
isī€€ requiredī€€ toī€€ preventī€€ chilledī€€ airī€€ fromī€€ ī­owingī€€ overī€€ theī€€
furnaceī€€heatī€€exchanger.ī€€Thisī€€damperī€€isī€€designedī€€toī€€ī¬tī€€
inī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€cavity,ī€€directlyī€€underī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€Forī€€
properī€€installation,ī€€referī€€toī€€theī€€instructionsī€€providedī€€withī€€
theī€€damper.ī€€Seeī€€replacementī€€partsī€€listī€€providedī€€online.
Unconditionedī€€Spaces
Allī€€ductī€€workī€€passingī€€throughī€€unconditionedī€€spaceī€€mustī€€
beī€€properlyī€€insulatedī€€toī€€minimizeī€€ductī€€lossesī€€andī€€preventī€€
condensation.ī€€Useī€€insulationī€€withī€€anī€€outerī€€vaporī€€barrier.ī€€
Referī€€toī€€localī€€codesī€€forī€€insulationī€€materialī€€requirements
Closet Installations
WARNING:
Failureī€€ toī€€ complyī€€ withī€€ theī€€ theī€€ followingī€€
instructionsī€€mayī€€resultī€€inī€€ī¬re,ī€€asphyxiationī€€orī€€
carbonī€€monoxideī€€poisoning.
Forī€€ properī€€ airī€€ circulation,ī€€ closetī€€ installationsī€€ requireī€€
aī€€ returnī€€ airī€€ grillī€€ installedī€€ inī€€ theī€€ doorī€€ orī€€ sideī€€ wallī€€ thatī€€
exchangesī€€withī€€theī€€livingī€€areaī€€ofī€€theī€€homeī€€asī€€shownī€€inī€€
Figureī€€6.ī€€Aī€€partiallyī€€louveredī€€doorī€€mayī€€alsoī€€beī€€usedī€€acrossī€€
theī€€opening.ī€€Returnī€€airī€€openingsī€€shouldī€€notī€€beī€€locatedī€€toī€€
drawī€€airī€€directlyī€€fromī€€aī€€bathroom.ī€€Grillesī€€placedī€€inī€€aī€€sideī€€
Figure 6. Closet Installation
12
wallī€€requireī€€aī€€6ā€ī€€clearanceī€€fromī€€theī€€wallī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
soī€€thatī€€theī€€airī€€mayī€€enterī€€theī€€frontī€€grilleī€€ofī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€
Inī€€addition,ī€€allī€€returnī€€airī€€systems,ī€€includingī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€andī€€
ceilingī€€systems,ī€€mustī€€meetī€€theī€€followingī€€conditions:
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€returnī€€airī€€opening,ī€€regardlessī€€ofī€€itsī€€locationī€€inī€€theī€€
closet,ī€€mustī€€notī€€beī€€smallerī€€thanī€€sizeī€€speciī¬edī€€onī€€unitī€€
dataī€€label.ī€€Ifī€€locatedī€€inī€€theī€€ī­oor,ī€€theī€€openingī€€mustī€€beī€€
providedī€€withī€€ aī€€ meansī€€ ofī€€ preventingī€€ itsī€€ inadvertentī€€
closureī€€byī€€ī­atī€€object(s)ī€€placedī€€overī€€theī€€opening.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€return-airī€€openingī€€intoī€€theī€€closet,ī€€regardlessī€€ofī€€itsī€€
location,ī€€mustī€€haveī€€anī€€openī€€freeī€€areaī€€ofī€€200ī€€in
2
ī€€(1290ī€€
cm
2
ī€€)ī€€minimum.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€cross-sectionalī€€areaī€€ofī€€theī€€returnī€€ductī€€systemī€€(inī€€
ī­oorī€€orī€€ceiling)ī€€leadingī€€intoī€€theī€€closetī€€mustī€€notī€€beī€€lessī€€
thanī€€200ī€€in
2
ī€€(1290ī€€cm
2
ī€€).
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€totalī€€freeī€€areaī€€ofī€€theī€€openingsī€€inī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€orī€€theī€€
ceilingī€€registersī€€servingī€€theī€€returnī€€airī€€ductī€€systemī€€mustī€€
notī€€beī€€notī€€lessī€€thanī€€300ī€€in
2
ī€€(1935ī€€cm
2
ī€€).
ā€¢ī€€ Materialsī€€locatedī€€inī€€theī€€returnī€€ductī€€systemī€€shallī€€haveī€€
aī€€ī­ameī€€spreadī€€classiī¬cationī€€ofī€€200ī€€orī€€less.
ā€¢ī€€ Noncombustibleī€€pansī€€havingī€€oneī€€inchī€€upturnedī€€ī­angesī€€
areī€€ locatedī€€ beneathī€€ openingsī€€ inī€€ aī€€ ī­oorī€€ returnī€€ ductī€€
system.
ā€¢ī€€ Hollowī€€ spacesī€€ usedī€€ asī€€ ductsī€€ orī€€ plenumsī€€ forī€€
environmentalī€€airī€€mayī€€containī€€mineral-insulatedī€€metalī€€
sheathedī€€cable,ī€€aluminumī€€sheathedī€€cable,ī€€electricalī€€
metallicī€€ tubing,ī€€ rigidī€€ metalī€€ conduit,ī€€ ī­exibleī€€ metalī€€
conduitī€€(notī€€toī€€exceedī€€4ī€€ft),ī€€orī€€metal-cladī€€cables.ī€€Wiringī€€
materials,ī€€ī¬xtures,ī€€areī€€toī€€beī€€suitableī€€forī€€theī€€expectedī€€
ambientī€€temperaturesī€€toī€€whichī€€theyī€€willī€€beī€€subjected.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€negativeī€€pressureī€€inī€€theī€€closetī€€mustī€€notī€€beī€€lessī€€
thanī€€minusī€€0.05ī€€inchesī€€waterī€€columnī€€withī€€theī€€closetī€€
doorī€€ closedī€€ andī€€ theī€€ fanī€€ operatingī€€ atī€€ highī€€ speed.ī€€Aī€€
readingī€€belowī€€minusī€€0.05ā€ī€€indicatesī€€aī€€dirtyī€€ī¬lterī€€orī€€aī€€
restrictedī€€returnī€€airī€€system.
ā€¢ī€€ Forī€€ ī­oorī€€ returnī€€ systems,ī€€ theī€€ manufacturedī€€ housingī€€
manufacturerī€€ orī€€ installerī€€ shallī€€ afī¬xī€€ aī€€ prominentī€€
markingī€€ onī€€ orī€€ nearī€€ theī€€ applianceī€€ whereī€€ itī€€ isī€€ easilyī€€
readī€€whenī€€theī€€closetī€€doorī€€isī€€open.ī€€Theī€€markingī€€shallī€€
read:ī€€ā€œCAUTION,ī€€HAZARDī€€OFī€€ASPHYXIATION.ī€€DOī€€
NOTī€€COVERī€€ORī€€RESTRICTī€€FLOORī€€RETURNī€€AIRī€€
OPENING.ā€ī€€orī€€equivalent.
ā€¢ī€€ Forī€€closetī€€installationī€€withī€€lessī€€thanī€€6ā€ī€€frontī€€clearance,ī€€
butī€€notī€€ lessī€€ thanī€€ 1ā€,ī€€ aī€€ louveredī€€doorī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ usedī€€
havingī€€aī€€minimumī€€200ī€€in
2
ī€€(1290ī€€cm
2
ī€€)ī€€freeī€€areaī€€openingī€€
directlyī€€inī€€lineī€€withī€€openingsī€€inī€€theī€€furnaceī€€door.ī€€Aī€€fullyī€€
louveredī€€doorī€€havingī€€theī€€minimumī€€freeī€€areaī€€isī€€alsoī€€
permittedī€€ifī€€theī€€frontī€€toleranceī€€isī€€notī€€lessī€€thanī€€4ā€.
Furnace Filter
WARNING:
Neverī€€operateī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ withoutī€€ aī€€ ī¬lterī€€ inī€€
place.ī€€Accumulatingī€€dustī€€inī€€theī€€returnī€€airī€€canī€€
buildī€€ upī€€ onī€€ internalī€€ components,ī€€ resultingī€€
inī€€lossī€€ofī€€efī¬ciency,ī€€equipmentī€€damage,ī€€andī€€
possibleī€€ī¬re.
ā€¢ī€€ CMF95ī€€furnacesī€€areī€€ suppliedī€€ withī€€ aī€€ singleī€€ airī€€ ī¬lterī€€
whenī€€shippedī€€fromī€€theī€€factory.ī€€Accessingī€€theī€€ī¬lterī€€doesī€€
notī€€requireī€€toolsī€€andī€€canī€€beī€€easilyī€€removedī€€fromī€€theī€€
insideī€€ofī€€theī€€accessī€€door.ī€€Theī€€ī¬lterī€€isī€€securedī€€toī€€theī€€
doorī€€withī€€aī€€retainingī€€bracket.ī€€Itī€€isī€€recommendedī€€thatī€€
theī€€ī¬lterī€€beī€€cleanedī€€orī€€replacedī€€monthly.ī€€Newlyī€€builtī€€orī€€
recentlyī€€renovatedī€€homesī€€mayī€€requireī€€moreī€€frequentī€€
changingī€€untilī€€theī€€constructionī€€dustī€€hasī€€minimized.
ā€¢ī€€ Replacementī€€ī¬ltersī€€areī€€availableī€€atī€€mostī€€localī€€retailers.ī€€
Inspectī€€ī¬ltersī€€frequentlyī€€andī€€replaceī€€whenī€€necessaryī€€
withī€€ī¬lterī€€ofī€€sameī€€dimensionalī€€size.ī€€Filtersī€€designedī€€toī€€
removeī€€smallerī€€particlesī€€suchī€€asī€€pollen,ī€€mayī€€requireī€€
additionalī€€maintenance.
Acoustical Treatments
Dampingī€€ ducts,ī€€ ī­exibleī€€ vibrationī€€ isolators,ī€€ orī€€ pleatedī€€
media-styleī€€ī¬ltersī€€onī€€theī€€returnī€€airī€€inletī€€ofī€€ theī€€furnaceī€€
mayī€€beī€€usedī€€toī€€reduceī€€theī€€transmissionī€€ofī€€equipmentī€€
noiseī€€eminatingī€€fromī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€Theseī€€treatmentsī€€canī€€
produceī€€aī€€quieterī€€installation,ī€€particularlyī€€inī€€theī€€heatedī€€
space.ī€€However,ī€€theyī€€canī€€increaseī€€theī€€pressureī€€dropī€€inī€€
theī€€ductī€€system.ī€€Careī€€mustī€€beī€€takenī€€toī€€maintainī€€theī€€properī€€
maximumī€€pressureī€€riseī€€acrossī€€theī€€furnace,ī€€temperatureī€€
riseī€€andī€€ī­owī€€rate.ī€€Thisī€€mayī€€meanī€€increasingī€€theī€€ductī€€sizeī€€
and/orī€€reducingī€€theī€€blowerī€€speed.ī€€Theseī€€treatmentsī€€mustī€€
beī€€constructedī€€andī€€installedī€€inī€€accordanceī€€withī€€NFPAī€€andī€€
SMACNAī€€constructionī€€standards.ī€€Consultī€€withī€€localī€€codesī€€
forī€€specialī€€ requirements.ī€€ Forī€€bestī€€soundī€€performance,ī€€
installī€€ allī€€ theī€€ neededī€€ gasketsī€€ andī€€ grommetsī€€ aroundī€€
penetrationsī€€intoī€€theī€€furnace,ī€€suchī€€asī€€forī€€electricalī€€wiring.
13
MA-200ī€€Baseī€€Installation
Theī€€MA-200ī€€baseī€€isī€€designedī€€forī€€O.E.M.ī€€andī€€replacementī€€
installationī€€ofī€€theī€€CMF95ī€€seriesī€€furnace.ī€€Theī€€warmī€€airī€€ductī€€
systemī€€shouldī€€beī€€designedī€€soī€€theī€€ductī€€staticī€€pressureī€€
externalī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€doesī€€notī€€exceedī€€theī€€staticī€€pressureī€€
listedī€€onī€€theī€€furnaceī€€dataī€€label.ī€€Floorī€€cut-outsī€€mustī€€beī€€
carefullyī€€ locatedī€€ toī€€ avoidī€€ misalignmentī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€
andī€€airī€€duct.
1.ī€€Usingī€€theī€€baseī€€panī€€(Figureī€€7)ī€€asī€€aī€€guide,ī€€locateī€€andī€€
markī€€theī€€12ī€€1/8ā€ī€€xī€€12ī€€1/8ā€ī€€openingī€€forī€€theī€€Feederī€€Duct.ī€€
2.ī€€Cutī€€allī€€4ī€€sidesī€€ofī€€theī€€ Feederī€€Ductī€€openingī€€1ā€ī€€largerī€€
thanī€€theī€€drawnī€€cutout.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Cuttingī€€theī€€openingī€€toī€€
14-1/8ā€ī€€xī€€14-1/8ā€ī€€willī€€allowī€€theī€€ī­angesī€€onī€€theī€€undersideī€€
ofī€€theī€€baseī€€panī€€toī€€ī¬tī€€inī€€theī€€opening.
3.ī€€Drillī€€aī€€1ā€ī€€diameterī€€holeī€€forī€€theī€€gasī€€lineī€€throughī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€
andī€€bottomī€€boardī€€toī€€theī€€outside.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Fuelī€€linesī€€areī€€
notī€€suppliedī€€withī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€Theyī€€shouldī€€beī€€installedī€€
toī€€complyī€€withī€€allī€€applicableī€€codes.
4.ī€€Dropī€€transitionī€€ductī€€(Figureī€€8)ī€€upsideī€€downī€€throughī€€theī€€
ī­oorī€€openingī€€andī€€centerī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€inī€€
14-1/8ā€ī€€xī€€14-1/8ā€ī€€ī­oorī€€opening.ī€€Usingī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€
asī€€aī€€guide,ī€€markī€€andī€€cutī€€aī€€12ā€ī€€xī€€12ā€ī€€openingī€€inī€€theī€€
supplyī€€duct.
5.ī€€Insertī€€theī€€feederī€€tabsī€€intoī€€theī€€mainī€€ductī€€andī€€bendī€€themī€€
overī€€tightlyī€€soī€€thatī€€theī€€mainī€€ductī€€edgesī€€areī€€trappedī€€
betweenī€€ī­angesī€€andī€€tabs.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Metalī€€tapeī€€mayī€€beī€€
beī€€usedī€€toī€€ensureī€€anī€€airī€€tightī€€connection.
6.ī€€Installī€€theī€€baseī€€panī€€aroundī€€theī€€feederī€€duct.ī€€Secureī€€withī€€
2ī€€screwsī€€inī€€theī€€holesī€€nearī€€theī€€rearī€€ofī€€theī€€baseī€€pan.
7.ī€€Slitī€€theī€€cornersī€€ofī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€downī€€toī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€
theī€€baseī€€panī€€(Figureī€€9).ī€€Whileī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€distributionī€€
ductī€€isī€€pulledī€€upī€€withī€€oneī€€hand,ī€€bendī€€downī€€eachī€€sideī€€ofī€€
theī€€feederī€€ductī€€tightlyī€€toī€€theī€€baseī€€withī€€theī€€otherī€€hand.ī€€
Trimī€€theī€€metalī€€toī€€allowī€€aī€€oneī€€inchī€€ī­angeī€€overī€€theī€€topī€€
ofī€€theī€€baseī€€panī€€andī€€sealī€€thatī€€ī­angeī€€withī€€metalī€€tape.ī€€
NOTE:ī€€Ifī€€usingī€€aī€€ā€œVā€ī€€orī€€ā€œUā€-boxī€€crossoverī€€system,ī€€useī€€
manufacturersī€€instructionsī€€forī€€installationī€€details.
Installingī€€theī€€Furnaceī€€onī€€anī€€MA-200ī€€Base
1.ī€€Carefullyī€€liftī€€theī€€furnaceī€€overī€€theī€€baseī€€panī€€andī€€setī€€intoī€€
position.ī€€Theī€€ī­angeī€€onī€€theī€€backī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€shouldī€€
restī€€onī€€theī€€insideī€€railsī€€ofī€€theī€€base.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Installationī€€
onī€€aī€€MA-200ī€€ baseī€€ mayī€€requireī€€ removalī€€ofī€€ theī€€frontī€€
portionī€€ofī€€theī€€rails.
2.ī€€Raiseī€€theī€€frontī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€toī€€clearī€€theī€€gasketī€€onī€€theī€€
bottomī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€andī€€slideī€€theī€€backī€€untilī€€theī€€rearī€€
ī­angeī€€dropsī€€intoī€€theī€€channelī€€atī€€theī€€rearī€€ofī€€theī€€base.ī€€
Makeī€€sureī€€theī€€furnaceī€€engagesī€€theī€€tabsī€€onī€€theī€€rearī€€
ī­angeī€€ofī€€theī€€base.
3.ī€€Openī€€theī€€accessī€€doorī€€andī€€fastenī€€theī€€frontī€€ofī€€theī€€furnaceī€€
andī€€theī€€ baseī€€ toī€€ theī€€ī­oorī€€withī€€#8ī€€xī€€ 1/2ā€ī€€sheetī€€metalī€€
screws.
FURNACE INSTALLATION
NOTE: Sinceī€€allī€€installationsī€€areī€€different,ī€€theī€€sequenceī€€ofī€€
theseī€€stepsī€€mayī€€differī€€fromī€€theī€€actualī€€installation.ī€€Theseī€€
installationī€€proceduresī€€areī€€suggestedī€€forī€€typicalī€€furnaceī€€
installations.ī€€Onlyī€€qualiī¬edī€€HVACī€€techniciansī€€shouldī€€
installī€€thisī€€furnace.
Generalī€€Information
Theī€€CMF95ī€€furnaceī€€isī€€designedī€€onlyī€€forī€€indoorī€€installationsī€€
andī€€ canī€€ beī€€ readilyī€€ connectedī€€ toī€€ theī€€ highī€€ staticī€€ ductī€€
systemī€€ofī€€aī€€home.ī€€Unitsī€€areī€€approvedī€€forī€€single/multistoryī€€
residentialī€€orī€€mobile/modular/manufacturedī€€structuresī€€inī€€
freestanding/closet/alcoveī€€downī­owī€€onlyī€€conī¬gurations.
Thisī€€ applianceī€€ willī€€ provideī€€ manyī€€ yearsī€€ ofī€€ safeī€€ andī€€
dependableī€€ comfort,ī€€ providingī€€ itī€€ isī€€ properlyī€€ installedī€€
andī€€maintained.ī€€Abuse,ī€€improperī€€use,ī€€and/orī€€improperī€€
maintenanceī€€canī€€shortenī€€theī€€lifeī€€ofī€€theī€€applianceī€€ andī€€
createī€€unsafeī€€hazards.ī€€Pleaseī€€readī€€allī€€instructionsī€€beforeī€€
installingī€€theī€€unit.
Approvedī€€ installation,ī€€ operation,ī€€ andī€€ maintenanceī€€ ofī€€
thisī€€ applianceī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ inī€€ accordanceī€€ withī€€ theī€€ listedī€€
speciī¬cationsī€€containedī€€inī€€theseī€€instructionsī€€andī€€otherī€€
documentsī€€suppliedī€€withī€€theī€€furnaceī€€and/orī€€optionalī€€airī€€
conditioningī€€equipment.ī€€Unlessī€€itī€€isī€€notedī€€differentlyī€€inī€€thisī€€
manual,ī€€onlyī€€useī€€factoryī€€authorizedī€€kitsī€€andī€€accessoriesī€€
whenī€€modifyingī€€thisī€€appliance.ī€€Referī€€toī€€localī€€authoritiesī€€
havingī€€jurisdictionī€€forī€€furtherī€€information.
Beforeī€€Youī€€Installī€€thisī€€Furnace
āˆšī€€ Thisī€€equipmentī€€isī€€ securelyī€€ packagedī€€atī€€theī€€ timeī€€ ofī€€
shipmentī€€andī€€uponī€€arrivalī€€shouldī€€beī€€carefullyī€€inspectedī€€
forī€€damageī€€priorī€€toī€€installingī€€theī€€equipmentī€€atī€€theī€€jobī€€
site.ī€€Claimsī€€forī€€damageī€€(apparentī€€orī€€concealed)ī€€shouldī€€
beī€€ī¬ledī€€immediatelyī€€withī€€theī€€carrier.
āˆšī€€ Checkī€€theī€€electricalī€€supplyī€€andī€€verifyī€€theī€€powerī€€supplyī€€
isī€€adequateī€€forī€€unitī€€operation.ī€€Theī€€systemī€€mustī€€beī€€wiredī€€
andī€€providedī€€withī€€circuitī€€protectionī€€inī€€accordanceī€€withī€€
localī€€buildingī€€codes.ī€€Ifī€€thereī€€isī€€anyī€€questionī€€concerningī€€
theī€€powerī€€supply,ī€€contactī€€theī€€localī€€powerī€€company.
āˆšī€€ Verifyī€€ theī€€ airī€€ deliveryī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ isī€€ adequateī€€ toī€€
handleī€€theī€€staticī€€pressureī€€dropī€€ofī€€theī€€coil,ī€€ī¬lter,ī€€andī€€
ductī€€work.
Locatingī€€theī€€Unit
ā€¢ī€€ Surveyī€€theī€€jobī€€siteī€€toī€€determineī€€theī€€bestī€€locationī€€forī€€
installingī€€ theī€€ unit.ī€€ Considerationī€€ shouldī€€ beī€€ givenī€€toī€€
availabilityī€€ofī€€electricī€€power,ī€€serviceī€€access,ī€€andī€€noise.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€dimensionsī€€ofī€€theī€€roomī€€orī€€alcoveī€€mustī€€beī€€ableī€€
toī€€accommodateī€€theī€€overallī€€sizeī€€ofī€€theī€€unitī€€andī€€theī€€
installationī€€ clearancesī€€ inī€€Tableī€€ 1ī€€ (pageī€€ 5).ī€€ Physicalī€€
dimensionsī€€ forī€€thisī€€ furnaceī€€ areī€€ shownī€€inī€€ Figureī€€ 17ī€€
(pageī€€28).
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€unitī€€mustī€€beī€€leveledī€€atī€€installationī€€andī€€attachedī€€
toī€€aī€€properlyī€€installedī€€ductī€€system.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€surfaceī€€thatī€€theī€€furnaceī€€isī€€mountedī€€onī€€mustī€€provideī€€
soundī€€physicalī€€supportī€€ofī€€theī€€unit.
14
MA-100ī€€Universalī€€Baseī€€Installation
Theī€€MA-100ī€€baseī€€isī€€designedī€€primarilyī€€forī€€replacementī€€
installationī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ CMF95ī€€ seriesī€€ furnaceī€€ whereī€€ theī€€
manufacturedī€€ homeī€€ ductī€€ systemī€€ mayī€€ beī€€ tooī€€ smallī€€ orī€€
restrictiveī€€forī€€properī€€airī€€ī­ow.ī€€Theī€€MA-100ī€€baseī€€providesī€€
approximatelyī€€4ī€€inchesī€€ofī€€additionalī€€plenumī€€spaceī€€beforeī€€
theī€€dischargeī€€airī€€entersī€€theī€€ductī€€system.ī€€Seeī€€Figureī€€10.
1.ī€€Usingī€€theī€€universalī€€baseī€€asī€€aī€€guide,ī€€locateī€€andī€€markī€€
theī€€12-1/8ā€ī€€xī€€12-1/8ā€ī€€openingī€€forī€€theī€€Feederī€€Duct.ī€€
2.ī€€Cutī€€allī€€4ī€€sidesī€€ofī€€theī€€Feederī€€Ductī€€openingī€€1ā€ī€€largerī€€thanī€€
theī€€drawnī€€cutout.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Cuttingī€€theī€€openingī€€toī€€14-1/8ā€ī€€
xī€€14-1/8ā€ī€€willī€€allowī€€theī€€fourī€€ī­angesī€€onī€€theī€€undersideī€€ofī€€
theī€€panelī€€toī€€ī¬tī€€intoī€€theī€€opening.
3.ī€€Drillī€€aī€€1ā€ī€€diameterī€€holeī€€forī€€theī€€gasī€€lineī€€throughī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€
andī€€bottomī€€boardī€€toī€€theī€€outside.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Fuelī€€linesī€€areī€€
notī€€suppliedī€€withī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€Theyī€€shouldī€€beī€€installedī€€
toī€€complyī€€withī€€allī€€applicableī€€codes.
4.ī€€Setī€€theī€€universalī€€baseī€€inī€€place.ī€€Dropī€€transitionī€€orī€€offsetī€€
feederī€€ductī€€(Figureī€€8)ī€€upsideī€€downī€€throughī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€
openingī€€andī€€centerī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€inī€€14-1/8ā€ī€€
xī€€14-1/8ā€ī€€ī­oorī€€opening.
5.ī€€Usingī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€asī€€aī€€guide,ī€€markī€€andī€€cutī€€aī€€12ā€ī€€xī€€
12ā€ī€€openingī€€inī€€theī€€supplyī€€duct.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€baseī€€andī€€
transitionī€€ feederī€€ duct;ī€€ thenī€€ cutī€€ theī€€ openingī€€ intoī€€ theī€€
distributionī€€duct.
6.ī€€Insertī€€ theī€€ feederī€€ tabsī€€ intoī€€ theī€€ mainī€€ ductī€€ andī€€ bendī€€
themī€€overī€€untilī€€theī€€mainī€€ductī€€edgesī€€areī€€trappedī€€tightlyī€€
betweenī€€ī­angesī€€andī€€tabs.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Metalī€€tapeī€€mayī€€beī€€
usedī€€toī€€ensureī€€anī€€airī€€tightī€€connection.
7.ī€€Setī€€theī€€ bottomī€€baseī€€panelī€€overī€€theī€€ feederī€€duct.ī€€ Slitī€€
theī€€cornersī€€ofī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€downī€€toī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€
base.ī€€Whileī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€distributionī€€ductī€€isī€€pulledī€€upī€€
withī€€oneī€€hand,ī€€bendī€€downī€€eachī€€sideī€€ofī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€
Figureī€€10.ī€€MA-100ī€€Universalī€€Base,ī€€Bottomī€€Panel
12 1/8
Feeder Duct
Opening
18 1/4
24 1/2
12 1/8
FRONT
Combustion Air
Knock-outs
(7-1/4ā€ X 2-1/4ā€)
Figureī€€7.ī€€MA-200ī€€Baseī€€Pan
FRONT
Feeder Duct
Opening
Flue
Location
24 1/8
8 3/8
12 1/8
12 1/8
9 1/8
18 1/4
Figure 8. Transition Duct
Heater Duct Below Joists
Flange
Bend
Over Tabs
Base
Floor
Joists
Slit 4 Corners
Bend Down 4 Sides
TRANSITION
DUCT
Figure 9. Feeder Duct Installation
Heat Duct Below Joists
Base
Feeder Duct
Floor
Joists
Cut This Line
Bend Over
Along This Line
1"
15
tightlyī€€toī€€theī€€baseī€€withī€€theī€€otherī€€hand.ī€€Trimī€€theī€€metalī€€
toī€€allowī€€oneī€€inchī€€ī­angeī€€overī€€theī€€topī€€ofī€€theī€€baseī€€andī€€
sealī€€thatī€€ī­angeī€€withī€€metalī€€tape.
8.ī€€Secureī€€theī€€topī€€panelī€€toī€€theī€€ī­oorī€€withī€€2ī€€screwsī€€throughī€€
theī€€frontī€€ī­ange.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Ifī€€usingī€€aī€€ā€œVā€ī€€orī€€ā€œUā€-boxī€€crossoverī€€
system,ī€€useī€€manufacturersī€€instructionsī€€forī€€installationī€€
details.
Installingī€€theī€€Furnaceī€€onī€€anī€€MA-100ī€€Base
1.ī€€Carefullyī€€liftī€€theī€€furnaceī€€overī€€theī€€universalī€€baseī€€panī€€
andī€€setī€€intoī€€position.ī€€Avoidī€€damagingī€€theī€€feederī€€ductī€€
assembly.ī€€NOTE: Makeī€€sureī€€theī€€furnaceī€€isī€€positionedī€€
againstī€€theī€€backī€€endī€€ofī€€theī€€base.
2.ī€€Openī€€theī€€furnaceī€€doorī€€andī€€fastenī€€theī€€furnaceī€€toī€€theī€€
baseī€€usingī€€#8ī€€xī€€1/2ā€ī€€sheetī€€metalī€€screws.
Condensate Drainage
WARNING:
Theī€€condensateī€€producedī€€byī€€theī€€furnaceī€€mustī€€
beī€€drained.ī€€Doī€€notī€€connectī€€aī€€waterī€€supplyī€€toī€€
theī€€drainageī€€hoseī€€ofī€€theī€€furnace.
Figure 11. Condensate Drainage
J-Trap
Drain Pipe Routed
thru Slot in Cabinet
To External Drain
Inline Drain
Assembly
Collector
Box Drain
Collector
Box Drain
CAUTION:
Doī€€notī€€installī€€additionalī€€trapsī€€inī€€theī€€condensateī€€
drain.
ā€¢ī€€ Ifī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ isī€€ installedī€€ inī€€ anī€€ areaī€€ whereī€€
temperaturesī€€fallī€€belowī€€freezing,ī€€specialī€€precautionsī€€
mustī€€beī€€madeī€€forī€€insulatingī€€condensateī€€drainī€€linesī€€
thatī€€drainī€€toī€€theī€€outdoors.ī€€Ifī€€condensateī€€freezesī€€
inī€€theī€€lines,ī€€thisī€€willī€€causeī€€improperī€€operationī€€orī€€
damageī€€ toī€€ theī€€ furnace.ī€€ Itī€€ isī€€ recommendedī€€ thatī€€
allī€€drainī€€linesī€€onī€€theī€€outsideī€€ofī€€theī€€residenceī€€beī€€
wrappedī€€withī€€anī€€industryī€€approvedī€€insulationī€€orī€€
materialī€€allowedī€€byī€€localī€€code.
ā€¢ī€€ Beforeī€€routingī€€theī€€drainī€€tubeī€€outī€€ofī€€theī€€furnace,ī€€loosenī€€
theī€€tubeī€€clampī€€andī€€turnī€€theī€€tubeī€€soī€€theī€€presetī€€90Ā°ī€€turnī€€
facesī€€theī€€intendedī€€directionī€€ofī€€exitī€€fromī€€theī€€cabinet.ī€€Doī€€
notī€€routeī€€theī€€drainī€€tubeī€€withoutī€€rotatingī€€theī€€tubeī€€ī¬rst.ī€€
Thisī€€willī€€kinkī€€theī€€tubeī€€andī€€preventī€€condensateī€€fromī€€
draining.
ā€¢ī€€ Careī€€shouldī€€beī€€takenī€€toī€€routeī€€theī€€drainī€€lineī€€awayī€€fromī€€
theī€€burnerī€€box.ī€€Drainī€€linesī€€restingī€€onī€€theī€€burnerī€€boxī€€
canī€€becomeī€€kinkedī€€orī€€collapsedī€€dueī€€toī€€theī€€heatī€€fromī€€
theī€€burnerī€€box.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€condensateī€€drainī€€mayī€€exitī€€throughī€€theī€€leftī€€orī€€rightī€€
slotsī€€inī€€theī€€bottomī€€ofī€€theī€€furnace(Figureī€€11).ī€€Makeī€€sureī€€
theī€€ī­exibleī€€drainī€€hoseī€€isī€€notī€€kinked.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€condensateī€€shouldī€€drainī€€fromī€€theī€€plasticī€€collectorī€€
boxī€€asī€€ dropletsī€€ orī€€ aī€€ smallī€€ stream.ī€€Ifī€€ youī€€noticeī€€ theī€€
furnaceī€€hasī€€operatedī€€forī€€moreī€€thanī€€5ī€€minutesī€€withoutī€€
drainingī€€orī€€theī€€statusī€€lightsī€€onī€€theī€€controlī€€boardī€€indicatesī€€
anī€€openī€€pressureī€€switchī€€(Tableī€€6,ī€€pageī€€27)ī€€followī€€theī€€
stepsī€€below.
1.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€collectorī€€boxī€€softī€€tubeī€€(Figureī€€11)ī€€andī€€
verifyī€€theī€€exitī€€fromī€€theī€€collectorī€€boxī€€isī€€clearī€€ofī€€anyī€€
debrisī€€orī€€obstructions.
2.ī€€Replaceī€€thisī€€tubeī€€andī€€verifyī€€theī€€ī¬tī€€toī€€theī€€headerī€€spoutī€€
isī€€airī€€tight.ī€€Airī€€willī€€beī€€drawnī€€intoī€€theī€€headerī€€ifī€€thisī€€
connectionī€€isī€€notī€€tight.
3.ī€€Checkī€€otherī€€tubeī€€connectionsī€€alongī€€theī€€drainī€€system.ī€€
Verifyī€€thatī€€allī€€areī€€airī€€tight.
16
ā€¢ī€€ Allī€€gasī€€pipingī€€mustī€€beī€€installedī€€inī€€complianceī€€withī€€
localī€€codesī€€andī€€utilityī€€regulations.ī€€Inī€€theī€€absenceī€€
ofī€€localī€€codesī€€theī€€gasī€€lineī€€installationī€€mustī€€complyī€€
withī€€theī€€latestī€€editionī€€ofī€€theī€€Federalī€€Manufacturedī€€
Homeī€€Constructionsī€€&ī€€Safetyī€€Standardī€€(H.U.D.ī€€Titleī€€
24,ī€€Partī€€ 3280.707[a][2]),ī€€Nationalī€€ Fuelī€€ Gasī€€ Codeī€€
(ANSIī€€Z223.1ī€€/NFPAī€€54)ī€€orī€€(CAN/CGAī€€B149.1ī€€orī€€.2)ī€€
Installation Codes.
ā€¢ī€€ Someī€€ localī€€ regulationsī€€ requireī€€ theī€€ installationī€€
ofī€€aī€€manualī€€mainī€€shut-offī€€valveī€€andī€€groundī€€jointī€€
unionī€€externalī€€toī€€theī€€furnaceī€€asī€€shownī€€inī€€Figureī€€12ī€€
(pageī€€ 17).ī€€Theī€€ shut-offī€€ valveī€€ shouldī€€ beī€€ readilyī€€
accessibleī€€ forī€€ serviceī€€ and/orī€€ emergencyī€€ use.ī€€
Consultī€€theī€€localī€€utilityī€€orī€€gasī€€supplierī€€forī€€additionalī€€
requirementsī€€regardingī€€placementī€€ofī€€theī€€manualī€€
mainī€€gasī€€shut-off.
ā€¢ī€€ Gasī€€pipingī€€mustī€€neverī€€runī€€inī€€orī€€throughī€€airī€€ducts,ī€€
chimneys,ī€€gasī€€vents,ī€€orī€€elevatorī€€shafts.
ā€¢ī€€ Compoundsī€€usedī€€onī€€threadedī€€jointsī€€ofī€€gasī€€pipingī€€
mustī€€beī€€resistantī€€toī€€theī€€actionsī€€ofī€€LPī€€propaneī€€gas.
ā€¢ī€€ Theī€€mainī€€gasī€€valveī€€andī€€mainī€€powerī€€disconnectī€€toī€€
theī€€furnaceī€€mustī€€beī€€properlyī€€labeledī€€byī€€theī€€installerī€€
inī€€caseī€€emergencyī€€shutdownī€€isī€€required.
ā€¢ī€€ Flexibleī€€gasī€€connectorsī€€areī€€notī€€recommendedī€€forī€€
thisī€€typeī€€ofī€€furnaceī€€butī€€mayī€€beī€€usedī€€ifī€€allowedī€€byī€€
localī€€ jurisdiction.ī€€ Onlyī€€ newī€€ ī­exibleī€€ connectorsī€€
mayī€€beī€€used.ī€€Doī€€notī€€useī€€aī€€connectorī€€whichī€€hasī€€
previouslyī€€servicedī€€anotherī€€gasī€€appliance.
ā€¢ī€€ Aī€€dripī€€legī€€shouldī€€beī€€installedī€€inī€€theī€€verticalī€€pipeī€€
runī€€toī€€theī€€unitī€€ifī€€notī€€enteringī€€theī€€furnaceī€€throughī€€
theī€€ī­oor.
Tableī€€8ī€€(pageī€€30)ī€€listsī€€gasī€€ī­owī€€capacitiesī€€forī€€standardī€€
pipeī€€sizesī€€asī€€aī€€functionī€€ofī€€lengthī€€inī€€typicalī€€applicationsī€€
basedī€€onī€€nominalī€€pressureī€€dropī€€inī€€theī€€line.
Theī€€furnaceī€€isī€€installedī€€withī€€aī€€bottomī€€gasī€€entry.ī€€Whenī€€
connectingī€€theī€€gasī€€supply,ī€€provideī€€clearanceī€€betweenī€€theī€€
gasī€€supplyī€€lineī€€andī€€theī€€entryī€€holeī€€inī€€theī€€furnaceī€€casingī€€
toī€€avoidī€€unwantedī€€noiseī€€and/orī€€damageī€€toī€€theī€€furnace.ī€€
Typicalī€€gasī€€hookupsī€€areī€€shownī€€inī€€Figureī€€12.
Leakī€€Check
FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARD
ā€¢ī€€Failureī€€toī€€followī€€safetyī€€warningsī€€exactlyī€€
couldī€€resultī€€inī€€seriousī€€injuryī€€orī€€propertyī€€
damage.
ā€¢ī€€Installationī€€andī€€serviceī€€mustī€€beī€€performedī€€
byī€€aī€€qualiī¬edī€€installer,ī€€serviceī€€agencyī€€orī€€
theī€€gasī€€supplier.
ā€¢ī€€ Doī€€notī€€storeī€€orī€€useī€€gasolineī€€orī€€otherī€€
ī­ammableī€€vaporsī€€andī€€liquidsī€€inī€€theī€€
vicinityī€€ofī€€thisī€€orī€€anyī€€otherī€€appliance.
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
ā€¢ī€€Doī€€notī€€tryī€€toī€€lightī€€anyī€€appliance.
ā€¢ī€€Doī€€notī€€touchī€€anyī€€electricalī€€switch;ī€€doī€€notī€€
useī€€anyī€€phoneī€€inī€€yourī€€building.
ā€¢ī€€Leaveī€€theī€€buildingī€€immediately.
ā€¢ī€€Immediatelyī€€callī€€yourī€€gasī€€supplierī€€fromī€€
aī€€neighborā€™sī€€phone.ī€€Followī€€theī€€gasī€€
supplierā€™sī€€instructions.
ā€¢ī€€Ifī€€youī€€cannotī€€reachī€€yourī€€gasī€€supplier,ī€€callī€€
theī€€ī¬reī€€department.
WARNING:
RISQUEī€€Dā€™INCENDIEī€€OUī€€Dā€™ī€€EXPLOSION
ā€¢ī€€ Leī€€non-respectī€€desī€€avertissementsī€€deī€€sĆ©curitĆ©ī€€
pourraitī€€entraĆ®nerī€€desī€€blessuresī€€graves,ī€€laī€€mortī€€
ou des dommages matƩriels.
ā€¢ī€€ Lā€™installationī€€etī€€lā€™entretienī€€doiventī€€ĆŖtreī€€effectuĆ©sī€€
parī€€ unī€€ installateurī€€ qualiī¬Ć©,ī€€ unī€€ organismeī€€ deī€€
serviceī€€ouī€€leī€€fournisseurī€€deī€€gazstaller,ī€€serviceī€€
agencyī€€orī€€theī€€gasī€€supplier.
ā€¢ī€€ Neī€€ pasī€€ entreposerī€€ niī€€ utiliserī€€ deī€€ lā€™essenceī€€ niī€€
dā€™autresī€€vapeursī€€ouī€€liquidesī€€inī­ammablesī€€dansī€€leī€€
voisinageī€€deī€€cetī€€appareil,ī€€niī€€deī€€toutī€€autreī€€appareil.
QUEī€€FAIREī€€Sā€™ILī€€Yī€€Aī€€UNEī€€ODEURī€€DEī€€GAZ
ā€¢ī€€ Neī€€pasī€€tenterī€€dā€™allumerī€€aucunī€€appareil.
ā€¢ī€€ Neī€€ toucherī€€ Ć ī€€ aucunī€€ interrupteurī€€ Ć©lectrique;ī€€
nā€™utiliserī€€aucunī€€tĆ©lĆ©phoneī€€dansī€€leī€€bĆ¢timent.
ā€¢ī€€ Ɖvacuerī€€lā€™immeubleī€€immĆ©diatement.
ā€¢ī€€ Appelerī€€immĆ©diatementī€€leī€€fournisseurī€€deī€€gazī€€enī€€
employantī€€leī€€tĆ©lĆ©phoneī€€dā€™unī€€voisin.ī€€Respecterī€€Ć ī€€
laī€€lettreī€€lesī€€instructionsī€€duī€€fournisseurī€€deī€€gaz.
ā€¢ī€€ Siī€€personneī€€neī€€rĆ©pond,ī€€appelerī€€leī€€serviceī€€desī€€
incendies.
AVERTISSEMENT:
GAS SUPPLY & PIPING
FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARD
Failureī€€toī€€followī€€safetyī€€warningsī€€exactlyī€€couldī€€
resultī€€inī€€seriousī€€injuryī€€orī€€propertyī€€damage.
Neverī€€testī€€forī€€gasī€€leaksī€€withī€€anī€€openī€€ī­ame.ī€€
Useī€€ aī€€ commerciallyī€€ availableī€€ soapī€€ solutionī€€
madeī€€ speciī¬callyī€€ forī€€ theī€€ detectionī€€ ofī€€ leaksī€€
toī€€checkī€€allī€€connections.ī€€Aī€€ī¬reī€€orī€€explosionī€€
mayī€€resultī€€causingī€€propertyī€€damage,ī€€personalī€€
injuryī€€orī€€lossī€€ofī€€life.
WARNING:
17
Afterī€€ theī€€ gasī€€ pipingī€€ toī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ isī€€ complete,ī€€ allī€€
connectionsī€€mustī€€beī€€testedī€€forī€€gasī€€leaks.ī€€Thisī€€includesī€€
pipeī€€ connectionsī€€ atī€€ theī€€ mainī€€ gasī€€ valve,ī€€ emergencyī€€
shutoffī€€valveī€€andī€€ī­exibleī€€gasī€€connectorsī€€(ifī€€applicable).ī€€
Theī€€ soapī€€ andī€€ waterī€€ solutionī€€ canī€€ beī€€ appliedī€€ onī€€ eachī€€
jointī€€orī€€unionī€€usingī€€aī€€smallī€€paintbrush.ī€€Ifī€€anyī€€bubblingī€€isī€€
observed,ī€€theī€€connectionī€€isī€€notī€€sealedī€€adequatelyī€€andī€€
mustī€€ beī€€ retightened.ī€€ Repeatī€€ theī€€ tighteningī€€ andī€€ soapī€€
checkī€€processī€€untilī€€bubblingī€€ceases.
IMPORTANTī€€NOTE:ī€€Whenī€€pressureī€€testingī€€gasī€€supplyī€€
linesī€€atī€€pressuresī€€greaterī€€thanī€€1/2ī€€psigī€€(14ī€€inchī€€W.C.),ī€€
theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€pipingī€€systemī€€mustī€€beī€€disconnectedī€€
fromī€€theī€€furnaceī€€toī€€preventī€€damageī€€toī€€theī€€gasī€€controlī€€
valve.ī€€Ifī€€theī€€testī€€pressureī€€isī€€lessī€€thanī€€orī€€equalī€€toī€€1/2ī€€
psigī€€(14ī€€inchī€€W.C.),ī€€closeī€€theī€€manualī€€shut-offī€€valve.
Highī€€Altitudeī€€Application
Highī€€ altitudeī€€ conversionī€€ withī€€ thisī€€ furnaceī€€ dependsī€€ onī€€
theī€€installationī€€altitudeī€€andī€€theī€€heatingī€€valueī€€ofī€€theī€€gas.ī€€
Installationī€€ofī€€thisī€€furnaceī€€atī€€altitudesī€€aboveī€€2,000ī€€feetī€€
shallī€€beī€€inī€€accordanceī€€withī€€localī€€codes,ī€€orī€€inī€€theī€€absenceī€€
ofī€€localī€€codes,ī€€theī€€Nationalī€€Fuelī€€Gasī€€Code,ī€€ANSIī€€Z223/
NFPAī€€54ī€€orī€€Nationalī€€Standardī€€ofī€€Canada,ī€€Naturalī€€Gasī€€&ī€€
Propaneī€€Installationī€€Codeī€€CGAī€€B149.1.ī€€Pleaseī€€consultī€€
yourī€€localī€€codeī€€authority.
Theī€€ installerī€€ mustī€€ indicateī€€ theī€€ furnaceī€€ hasī€€ beenī€€
convertedī€€toī€€highī€€altitude.ī€€Thisī€€mayī€€beī€€accomplishedī€€
byī€€markingī€€theī€€ratingī€€plateī€€withī€€aī€€permanentī€€marker.
WARNING:
Theī€€reductionī€€ofī€€inputī€€ratingī€€necessaryī€€forī€€highī€€
altitudeī€€installationī€€mayī€€onlyī€€beī€€accomplishedī€€
withī€€factoryī€€suppliedī€€oriī¬ces.ī€€Doī€€notī€€attemptī€€toī€€
drillī€€outī€€oriī¬cesī€€inī€€theī€€ī¬eld.ī€€Improperlyī€€drilledī€€
oriī¬cesī€€ mayī€€ causeī€€ ī¬re,ī€€ explosion,ī€€ carbonī€€
monoxideī€€poisoning,ī€€personalī€€injuryī€€orī€€death.
Theī€€furnacesī€€areī€€shippedī€€fromī€€theī€€factoryī€€withī€€oriī¬cesī€€
andī€€gasī€€regulatorī€€settingsī€€forī€€naturalī€€gasī€€operationī€€atī€€seaī€€
levelī€€altitudes.ī€€Atī€€2000ī€€feet,ī€€theī€€NFGCī€€requiresī€€thatī€€thisī€€
applianceī€€beī€€deratedī€€4%ī€€forī€€eachī€€1000ī€€feetī€€ofī€€altitude.ī€€
Forī€€example,ī€€theī€€inputī€€needsī€€toī€€beī€€reducedī€€8%ī€€atī€€2,000ī€€
feet,ī€€12%ī€€atī€€3,000ī€€feet,ī€€etc.ī€€Thisī€€derationī€€isī€€inī€€referenceī€€
toī€€theī€€inputī€€rateī€€andī€€gasī€€heatingī€€valueī€€atī€€seaī€€level.
Toī€€derateī€€theī€€furnaceī€€requiresī€€knowingī€€theī€€heatingī€€valueī€€ofī€€
theī€€gasī€€atī€€theī€€installationī€€site.ī€€Heatingī€€valuesī€€atī€€particularī€€
jobī€€sitesī€€varyī€€forī€€twoī€€reasons:
1.ī€€Theī€€chemicalī€€mixtureī€€ofī€€theī€€gasī€€variesī€€acrossī€€regionsī€€
andī€€isī€€expressedī€€asī€€theī€€ā€œseaī€€levelī€€heatingī€€valueā€.
2.ī€€Theī€€heatingī€€valueī€€variesī€€byī€€altitude.ī€€Forī€€thisī€€reason,ī€€
especiallyī€€ inī€€ highī€€ altitudeī€€ areas,ī€€ theī€€ localī€€ gasī€€ utilityī€€
speciī¬esī€€theī€€heatingī€€valueī€€atī€€theī€€residenceā€™sī€€gasī€€meterī€€
asī€€theī€€ā€œlocalī€€valueā€.
RISQUEī€€Dā€™INDENDIEī€€OUī€€Dā€™EXPLOSION
Leī€€ non-respectī€€ desī€€ avertissementsī€€ deī€€
sĆ©curitĆ© pourraitī€€dā€™entraĆ®nerī€€desī€€blessuresī€€
graves,ī€€laī€€mortī€€ouī€€desī€€dommagesī€€matĆ©riels.
Neī€€jamaisī€€utiliserī€€uneī€€ī­ammeī€€nueī€€porī€€vĆ©riī¬erī€€laī€€
prĆ©senceī€€desī€€fuitesī€€deī€€gaz.ī€€Pourī€€laī€€vĆ©riī¬cationī€€
deī€€ tousī€€ lesī€€ joints,ī€€ utiliserī€€ plutĆ“tī€€ uneī€€ solutionī€€
savonneuseī€€commercialeī€€fabriquĆ©eī€€spĆ©ciī¬quementī€€
purī€€laī€€dĆ©tectionī€€desī€€fuitesī€€deī€€gaz.ī€€Unī€€incendieī€€ouī€€
uneī€€ explosionī€€ peutī€€ entraĆ®nerī€€ desī€€ dommagesī€€
matĆ©riels,ī€€desī€€blessuresī€€ouī€€laī€€mort.
AVERTISSEMENT:
4
Gas Valve
Shut-Off
Valve
Elbows
Ground
Joint Union
Figureī€€12.ī€€Typicalī€€Gasī€€Connections
18
Convertingī€€toī€€LP/Propaneī€€Gasī€€atī€€Altitudesī€€
betweenī€€0ī€€&ī€€10,000ī€€FT.
WARNING:
Theī€€ furnaceī€€ wasī€€ shippedī€€ fromī€€ theī€€ factoryī€€
equippedī€€toī€€operateī€€onī€€naturalī€€gas.ī€€Conversionī€€
toī€€ LPī€€ /ī€€ Propaneī€€ gasī€€ mustī€€ beī€€ performedī€€ byī€€
qualiī¬edī€€ serviceī€€ personnelī€€ usingī€€ aī€€ factoryī€€
suppliedī€€ conversionī€€ kit.ī€€ Failureī€€ toī€€ useī€€ theī€€
properī€€conversionī€€kitī€€canī€€causeī€€ī¬re,ī€€explosion,ī€€
propertyī€€damage,ī€€carbonī€€monoxideī€€poisoning,ī€€
personalī€€injury,ī€€orī€€death.
Convertingī€€singleī€€stageī€€valvesī€€toī€€LP/Propaneī€€requiresī€€
theī€€ replacementī€€ ofī€€ theī€€ burnerī€€ oriī¬cesī€€ andī€€ ī­ippingī€€ theī€€
regulatorī€€capī€€toī€€theī€€sideī€€markedī€€LP.ī€€Theī€€endī€€facingī€€upī€€
shouldī€€nowī€€readī€€LP.ī€€Seeī€€Figureī€€13.
WARNING:
Shutī€€offī€€theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€gasī€€shutoffī€€
valve,ī€€beforeī€€disconnectingī€€theī€€electricalī€€power.ī€€
Aī€€ī¬reī€€orī€€explosionī€€mayī€€resultī€€causingī€€propertyī€€
damage,ī€€personalī€€injuryī€€orī€€lossī€€ofī€€life.ī€€Failureī€€toī€€
followī€€theī€€safetyī€€warningsī€€exactlyī€€couldī€€resultī€€
inī€€seriousī€€injury,ī€€deathī€€orī€€propertyī€€damage.
WARNING:
Toī€€avoidī€€electricī€€shock,ī€€personalī€€injury,ī€€orī€€death,ī€€
turnī€€offī€€ theī€€electricī€€ powerī€€atī€€theī€€ disconnectī€€
orī€€theī€€mainī€€serviceī€€panelī€€beforeī€€makingī€€anyī€€
electrical connections.
WARNING:
Theī€€reductionī€€ofī€€inputī€€ratingī€€necessaryī€€forī€€highī€€
altitudeī€€installationī€€mayī€€onlyī€€beī€€accomplishedī€€
withī€€factoryī€€suppliedī€€oriī¬ces.ī€€Doī€€notī€€attemptī€€toī€€
drillī€€outī€€oriī¬cesī€€inī€€theī€€ī¬eld.ī€€Improperlyī€€drilledī€€
oriī¬cesī€€ mayī€€ causeī€€ ī¬re,ī€€ explosion,ī€€ carbonī€€
monoxideī€€poisoning,ī€€personalī€€injuryī€€orī€€death.
Installationī€€Example
Elevation:ī€€.................................................. 5,000ī€€feet
Typeī€€ofī€€Gas:ī€€........................................... Naturalī€€Gas
Localī€€Heatingī€€Valueī€€ofī€€Gas:ī€€..............................750
Fromī€€Tableī€€10,ī€€ī¬ndī€€750ī€€andī€€followī€€downī€€theī€€column,ī€€
stopī€€atī€€theī€€5,000ī€€feetī€€row.ī€€Theī€€heatingī€€valueī€€listedī€€isī€€
LOW.ī€€Tableī€€12ī€€willī€€beī€€usedī€€toī€€determineī€€oriī¬ceī€€sizeī€€andī€€
manifoldī€€pressure.
Forī€€addedī€€ī­exibility,ī€€twoī€€tablesī€€haveī€€beenī€€providedī€€forī€€
naturalī€€gasī€€installationsī€€withī€€highī€€orī€€lowī€€heatingī€€valuesī€€atī€€
seaī€€level.ī€€Tablesī€€11ī€€andī€€12ī€€(pageī€€31)ī€€containī€€theī€€manifoldī€€
pressureī€€andī€€oriī¬ceī€€sizesī€€toī€€useī€€atī€€variousī€€altitudes.ī€€Tableī€€
11ī€€(HIGH)ī€€isī€€forī€€naturalī€€gasī€€installationsī€€withī€€aī€€heatingī€€
valueī€€ofī€€moreī€€thanī€€1,000ī€€ Btuī€€perī€€cubicī€€ footī€€andī€€Tableī€€
12ī€€(LOW)ī€€isī€€ forī€€lessī€€ thanī€€ 1,000ī€€ Btuī€€ perī€€ cubicī€€ foot.ī€€Toī€€
determineī€€whichī€€tableī€€toī€€use:
1.ī€€Consultī€€theī€€localī€€ utilityī€€ forī€€theī€€localī€€heatingī€€valueī€€atī€€
yourī€€installationī€€site.
2.ī€€Fromī€€Tableī€€10ī€€(pageī€€31),ī€€ī¬ndī€€yourī€€localī€€heatingī€€valueī€€
asī€€ suppliedī€€ byī€€ theī€€ utilityī€€ company.ī€€ Followī€€ downī€€ theī€€
columnī€€andī€€stopī€€atī€€yourī€€altitudeī€€level.
3.ī€€Ifī€€yourī€€seaī€€levelī€€heatingī€€valueī€€isī€€HIGH,ī€€useī€€Tableī€€11ī€€
orī€€ifī€€itā€™sī€€LOW,ī€€useī€€Tableī€€12.ī€€Seeī€€exampleī€€below.
Afterī€€changingī€€theī€€oriī¬ces,ī€€itī€€isī€€requiredī€€thatī€€youī€€measureī€€
theī€€gasī€€inputī€€rate.ī€€Thisī€€mayī€€beī€€accomplishedī€€inī€€theī€€usualī€€
way,ī€€byī€€clockingī€€theī€€gasī€€meterī€€andī€€usingī€€theī€€localī€€gasī€€
heatingī€€value.ī€€Seeī€€Verifyingī€€andī€€Adjustingī€€theī€€Inputī€€Rateī€€
sectionī€€(pageī€€23).
IMPORTANTī€€NOTE:ī€€Observeī€€theī€€actionī€€ofī€€theī€€burnersī€€
toī€€makeī€€sureī€€thereī€€isī€€noī€€yellowing,ī€€liftingī€€orī€€ī­ashbackī€€
ofī€€theī€€ī­ame.
Figureī€€13.ī€€Gasī€€Valve
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Removingī€€Theī€€Burnerī€€Oriī¬ces
1.ī€€Setī€€theī€€thermostatī€€toī€€theī€€OFFī€€position,ī€€orī€€itsī€€lowestī€€
temperatureī€€setting.
2.ī€€Shutī€€OFFī€€theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€shutoffī€€valveī€€
locatedī€€outsideī€€ofī€€theī€€appliance.
3.ī€€Turnī€€offī€€allī€€electricalī€€powerī€€toī€€theī€€appliance.
4.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€doorī€€fromī€€theī€€burnerī€€boxī€€byī€€removingī€€6ī€€
screws.
5.ī€€Turnī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€ON/OFFī€€knobī€€toī€€theī€€OFFī€€position.ī€€
Seeī€€Figureī€€14.
6.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€wiresī€€fromī€€theī€€terminalsī€€ofī€€theī€€gasī€€valve.
7.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€supplyī€€gasī€€pipingī€€fromī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€inlet.
8.ī€€Carefullyī€€removeī€€fourī€€screwsī€€securingī€€theī€€gasī€€manifoldī€€
assemblyī€€toī€€theī€€burnerī€€assembly.
9.ī€€Setī€€ theī€€ screwsī€€ asideī€€ andī€€ removeī€€ theī€€ gasī€€ manifoldī€€
assemblyī€€fromī€€theī€€appliance.
10.ī€€Carefullyī€€ removeī€€ theī€€ burnerī€€ oriī¬cesī€€ fromī€€ theī€€ gasī€€
manifoldī€€assembly.
11.ī€€Readī€€ theī€€ ratingī€€ plateī€€ afī¬xedī€€ toī€€ theī€€ applianceī€€ toī€€
determineī€€itsī€€ratedī€€inputī€€(Btu/hr)ī€€andī€€theī€€sizeī€€ofī€€theī€€
factoryī€€installedī€€oriī¬ces.
ī€€ IMPORTANT:ī€€ Beforeī€€ installingī€€ anī€€ oriī¬ce,ī€€ checkī€€
theī€€sideī€€orī€€faceī€€ofī€€theī€€oriī¬ceī€€forī€€theī€€drillī€€numberī€€
toī€€ensureī€€thatī€€itī€€isī€€theī€€appropriateī€€size.
12.ī€€Installī€€theī€€appropriateī€€LP/Propaneī€€gasī€€burnerī€€oriī¬cesī€€ī€€
intoī€€theī€€gasī€€manifoldī€€assembly.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Theī€€oriī¬cesī€€areī€€
includedī€€withī€€theī€€furnace. Toī€€preventī€€crossī€€threading,ī€€
handī€€tightenī€€theī€€oriī¬cesī€€intoī€€theī€€gasī€€manifoldī€€assemblyī€€
untilī€€snug,ī€€thenī€€tightenī€€withī€€aī€€wrench.
13.ī€€Unscrewī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€pressureī€€regulatorī€€capī€€markedī€€
NAT.ī€€Invertī€€theī€€capī€€soī€€LPī€€facesī€€up.ī€€Reinstallī€€theī€€capī€€
andī€€tightenī€€untilī€€snug.ī€€Makeī€€sureī€€LPī€€isī€€visibleī€€afterī€€
conversion.
Gasī€€Pressureī€€Veriī¬cation
Measuringī€€theī€€Supplyī€€Gasī€€Pressure
1.ī€€Turnī€€OFFī€€theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€valveī€€locatedī€€
onī€€theī€€outsideī€€ofī€€theī€€unit.
2.ī€€Usingī€€aī€€3/16ā€ī€€Allenī€€wrench,ī€€removeī€€theī€€plugī€€fromī€€theī€€
inletī€€pressureī€€tapī€€(INLETī€€sideī€€ofī€€gasī€€valve).ī€€Seeī€€Figureī€€
13ī€€(pageī€€18).
3.ī€€Installī€€anī€€1/8ā€ī€€NPTī€€pipeī€€threadī€€ī¬tting,ī€€thatī€€isī€€ī€€compatibleī€€
withī€€aī€€Manometerī€€orī€€similarī€€pressureī€€gauge.
4.ī€€Connectī€€theī€€Manometerī€€orī€€pressureī€€gaugeī€€toī€€theī€€Inletī€€
Pressureī€€Tap.
5.ī€€Turnī€€ONī€€theī€€mainī€€gasī€€supplyī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€valve.
6.ī€€Checkī€€andī€€ adjustī€€ theī€€ incomingī€€ gasī€€ lineī€€ pressureī€€ toī€€
11.0-14.0ī€€inchesī€€Waterī€€Columnī€€forī€€LP/Propaneī€€gas.
7.ī€€Turnī€€OFFī€€theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€valve.
8.ī€€Disconnectī€€theī€€Manometerī€€orī€€pressureī€€gauge.
9.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€NPTī€€ī¬ttingī€€andī€€reinstallī€€theī€€INLETī€€pressureī€€
tapī€€plug.ī€€Handī€€tightenī€€theī€€plugī€€ī¬rstī€€toī€€preventī€€cross-
threading.ī€€Tightenī€€withī€€3/16ī€€Allenī€€wrench.
Figureī€€14.ī€€Oriī¬ceī€€Removal
Burner Box
Orifice
(X4)
Gas Valve
Gas Manifold
Burner Box
Door
(X4)
(X6)
WARNING:
Doī€€notī€€useī€€Teī­onī€€tapeī€€orī€€pipeī€€jointī€€compoundī€€
onī€€theī€€oriī¬ceī€€threads.ī€€Theī€€holeī€€inī€€theī€€oriī¬ceī€€
mayī€€becomeī€€blockedī€€andī€€causeī€€ī¬re,ī€€explosion,ī€€
propertyī€€damage,ī€€carbonī€€monoxideī€€poisoning,ī€€
personalī€€injury,ī€€orī€€death.
14.ī€€Reinstallī€€ theī€€ gasī€€ manifoldī€€ assemblyī€€ toī€€ theī€€ burnerī€€
assemblyī€€withī€€theī€€4ī€€screws,ī€€thatī€€wereī€€removedī€€earlier.ī€€
NOTE:ī€€Itī€€isī€€importantī€€thatī€€theī€€centerī€€ofī€€theī€€oriī¬cesī€€
areī€€alignedī€€withī€€theī€€centerī€€ofī€€theī€€burners.
15.ī€€Reinstallī€€theī€€burnerī€€boxī€€doorī€€withī€€theī€€6ī€€screwsī€€thatī€€
wereī€€removedī€€earlierī€€inī€€stepī€€4.
16.ī€€Reconnectī€€theī€€gasī€€pipingī€€toī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€inlet.
17.ī€€Reconnectī€€theī€€wiresī€€toī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€terminals.
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Lightingī€€&ī€€Adjustmentī€€ofī€€theī€€Appliance
WARNING:
FIRE OR EXPLOSION HAZARD
Failureī€€toī€€followī€€safetyī€€warningsī€€exactlyī€€couldī€€
resultī€€inī€€seriousī€€injuryī€€orī€€propertyī€€damage.
Neverī€€testī€€forī€€gasī€€leaksī€€withī€€anī€€openī€€ī­ame.ī€€Useī€€
aī€€commerciallyī€€availableī€€soapī€€ solutionī€€ madeī€€
speciī¬callyī€€forī€€theī€€detectionī€€ofī€€leaksī€€toī€€checkī€€
allī€€connections.ī€€Aī€€ī¬reī€€orī€€explosionī€€mayī€€resultī€€
causingī€€ propertyī€€ damage,ī€€ personalī€€ injuryī€€ orī€€
lossī€€ofī€€life.
1.ī€€Turnī€€ONī€€theī€€manualī€€gasī€€valve,ī€€locatedī€€onī€€theī€€outsideī€€
ofī€€theī€€unitī€€toī€€theī€€ONī€€position.
2.ī€€Checkī€€allī€€gasī€€connectionsī€€forī€€leaksī€€withī€€aī€€soapī€€andī€€
waterī€€solution.ī€€Ifī€€ theī€€ solutionī€€ bubblesī€€thereī€€ isī€€ aī€€ gasī€€
leakī€€whichī€€mustī€€beī€€corrected.
3.ī€€Turnī€€onī€€theī€€electricalī€€powerī€€toī€€theī€€appliance.
4.ī€€Turnī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€ON/OFFī€€knobī€€toī€€theī€€ONī€€position.ī€€
Seeī€€Figureī€€13ī€€(pageī€€18).
5.ī€€Setī€€theī€€thermostatī€€toī€€aī€€pointī€€aboveī€€roomī€€temperatureī€€
toī€€beginī€€theī€€heatingī€€cycleī€€ofī€€theī€€furnace.
6.ī€€Checkī€€thatī€€theī€€furnaceī€€ignitesī€€andī€€operatesī€€properly.ī€€
Referī€€toī€€theī€€installationī€€instructionsī€€providedī€€withī€€theī€€
unitī€€forī€€theī€€normalī€€operatingī€€sequence.
7.ī€€Afterī€€ignition,ī€€visuallyī€€inspectī€€theī€€burnerī€€assemblyī€€toī€€
ensureī€€thatī€€theī€€ī­ameī€€isī€€drawnī€€directlyī€€intoī€€theī€€centerī€€ofī€€
theī€€heatī€€exchangerī€€tube.ī€€Inī€€aī€€properlyī€€adjustedī€€burnerī€€
assembly,ī€€theī€€ī­ameī€€colorī€€shouldī€€beī€€blueī€€withī€€someī€€lightī€€
yellowī€€streaksī€€nearī€€theī€€outerī€€portionsī€€ofī€€theī€€ī­ame.
NOTE:ī€€Theī€€igniterī€€mayī€€notī€€igniteī€€theī€€gasī€€untilī€€allī€€airī€€isī€€bledī€€
fromī€€theī€€gasī€€line.ī€€Ifī€€theī€€ignitionī€€controlī€€locksī€€out,ī€€turnī€€theī€€
thermostatī€€toī€€itsī€€lowestī€€settingī€€andī€€waitī€€oneī€€minuteī€€thenī€€
turnī€€theī€€thermostatī€€toī€€aī€€pointī€€aboveī€€roomī€€temperatureī€€
andī€€theī€€igniterī€€willī€€tryī€€againī€€toī€€igniteī€€theī€€mainī€€burners.ī€€
Thisī€€ processī€€ mayī€€ haveī€€ toī€€ beī€€ repeatedī€€ severalī€€ timesī€€
beforeī€€ theī€€ burnersī€€ willī€€ ignite.ī€€ Afterī€€ theī€€ burnersī€€ areī€€ lit,ī€€
checkī€€allī€€gasī€€connectionsī€€forī€€leaksī€€againī€€withī€€theī€€soapī€€
andī€€waterī€€solution.
Measuringī€€theī€€Manifoldī€€Pressure
Theī€€manifoldī€€pressureī€€mustī€€beī€€measuredī€€byī€€installingī€€aī€€
pressureī€€gaugeī€€(Manometer,ī€€Magnehelicī€€Meter,ī€€etc.)ī€€toī€€
theī€€outletī€€endī€€ofī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€asī€€follows:
1.ī€€Turnī€€offī€€allī€€electricalī€€powerī€€toī€€theī€€appliance.
2.ī€€Shutī€€OFFī€€theī€€gasī€€supplyī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€shutoffī€€valveī€€
locatedī€€outsideī€€ofī€€theī€€appliance.
3.ī€€Usingī€€ aī€€ 3/16ā€ī€€ Allenī€€ wrench,ī€€ removeī€€ theī€€ manifoldī€€
pressureī€€tapī€€plugī€€locatedī€€onī€€theī€€outletī€€sideī€€ofī€€theī€€gasī€€
valve.ī€€Seeī€€Figureī€€13ī€€(pageī€€18).
4.ī€€Installī€€anī€€1/8ā€ī€€NPTī€€pipeī€€threadī€€ī¬tting,ī€€thatī€€isī€€ī€€compatibleī€€
withī€€aī€€Manometerī€€orī€€similarī€€pressureī€€gauge.
5.ī€€Connectī€€ theī€€ Manometerī€€ orī€€ pressureī€€ gaugeī€€ toī€€ theī€€
manifoldī€€pressureī€€tap.
6.ī€€Setī€€theī€€roomī€€thermostatī€€aboveī€€roomī€€temperatureī€€toī€€
startī€€theī€€furnace.
7.ī€€Allowī€€theī€€ furnaceī€€toī€€operateī€€forī€€3ī€€minutesī€€andī€€ thenī€€
checkī€€theī€€manifoldī€€pressure.ī€€Compareī€€theī€€measuredī€€
valueī€€withī€€theī€€valueī€€shownī€€inī€€Tableī€€11ī€€(pageī€€31).
Removingī€€theī€€Manometer/Pressureī€€Gauge
Afterī€€ theī€€ manifoldī€€ pressureī€€ isī€€ veriī¬ed,ī€€ theī€€ Manometerī€€
orī€€pressureī€€gaugeī€€mustī€€beī€€removedī€€fromī€€theī€€gasī€€valve.
1.ī€€Turnī€€theī€€thermostatī€€toī€€itsī€€lowestī€€setting.
2.ī€€Turnī€€OFFī€€theī€€mainī€€gasī€€supplyī€€toī€€theī€€unitī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€
shut-offī€€valve,ī€€whichī€€isī€€locatedī€€outsideī€€ofī€€theī€€unit.
3.ī€€Turnī€€OFFī€€allī€€ofī€€theī€€electricalī€€powerī€€suppliesī€€toī€€theī€€unit.
4.ī€€Removeī€€theī€€pressureī€€gaugeī€€adapterī€€fromī€€theī€€gasī€€valveī€€
andī€€replaceī€€itī€€withī€€theī€€1/8ā€ī€€NPTī€€manifoldī€€pressureī€€plugī€€
thatī€€hadī€€beenī€€removedī€€earlier.ī€€NOTE:ī€€Makeī€€sureī€€theī€€
plugī€€isī€€tightī€€andī€€notī€€cross-threaded.
5.ī€€Turnī€€ONī€€theī€€electricalī€€powerī€€toī€€theī€€unit.
6.ī€€Turnī€€ONī€€theī€€mainī€€gasī€€supplyī€€toī€€theī€€unitī€€atī€€theī€€manualī€€
shut-offī€€valve.
Completingī€€theī€€Conversion
WARNING:
Doī€€notī€€alterī€€orī€€removeī€€theī€€originalī€€ratingī€€plateī€€
fromī€€theī€€furnace.
1.ī€€Afī¬xī€€theī€€LPī€€labelī€€fromī€€theī€€oriī¬ceī€€packageī€€toī€€theī€€ratingī€€
plate.
2.ī€€Reinstallī€€theī€€applianceī€€door.
3.ī€€Runī€€theī€€applianceī€€throughī€€3ī€€completeī€€cyclesī€€toī€€assureī€€
properī€€operation.
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