Initial Setup

3.4 Operating Parameters

The PCA 2 is set up at the factory for the following operating parameters:

Fuel. . . . . . . . . . . Natural Gas

Temperature Units. . . . . °F

Pressure Units. . . . . . .Inches of Water Column (inwc) Pollution Units. . . . . . .ppm

Date. . . . . . . . . . . Current MM/DD/YY

Time . . . . . . . . . . .Current EST HH:MM AM/PM O2 Reference. . . . . . . .0%

Print Pressure. . . . . . .No

Zoom. . . . . . . . . . .No

Battery Charger. . . . . . OFF

Logging. . . . . . . . . .No

Button Sound. . . . . . . ON

To change any of these parameters, perform the associated procedure pro- vided in Sections 3.5 thru 3.16.

3.5 Fuel Selection

To assure the accurate calculation of combustion efficiency, select the fuel being burned as follows:

1.Display the MAIN MENU by pressing the MENU (F2) button. If necessary, press ESC until MENU appears above F2.

2.Use the buttons to highlight FUEL, and then press ENT to display the FUEL MENU.

3.Use the buttons to scroll through the list of available fuels until the desired fuel is highlighted. In the example shown,

PROPANE­ has been selected.

TIP: Use the buttons to quickly scroll to the bottom and top of the list.

4.Press ENT to save the selection and display the Combustion Test HOLD screen. Observe that the name of the selected fuel should now appear at the top of the screen.

MAIN MENU

FUEL

PRESSURE

MEMORY

SETUP

CALIBRATION

DIAGNOSTICS

STATUS

MENU

F1 F2 F3

FUEL MENU

NATURAL GAS

OIL #2

OIL #4

OIL #6

PROPANE

COAL

WOOD

(more)

MENU

F1 F2 F3

3-4

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Bacharach 24-9448 manual Operating Parameters, Fuel Selection

24-9448 specifications

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