INSTALLATION
Continued
3.Check all gas connections for leaks. See Checking Gas Connections.
4.Feed flexible gas line into fireplace base area. Make sure the entire flexible gas line is in fireplace mantel base area.
CAUTION: Avoid damage to regulator. Hold gas regulator with wrench when connecting it to gas piping and/or fittings.
CHECKING GAS CONNECTIONS
WARNING:Testallgaspiping and connections, internal and external to unit, for leaks after installing or servicing. Correct all leaks at once.
4.Check all joints of gas supply piping system. Apply noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all joints. Bubbles forming show a leak.
5.Correct all leaks at once.
6.Reconnect heater and equipment shutoff valve to gas supply. Check reconnected fittings for leaks.
Test Pressures Equal To or Less Than 1/2 PSIG (3.5 kPa)
1.Close equipment shutoff valve (see Figure 24).
2.Pressurize supply piping system by either opening propane/LP supply tank valve for propane/LP gas or opening main gas valve located on or near gas meter for natural gas, or using compressed air.
3.Check all joints from gas meter to equipment shutoff valve for natural gas or propane/LP sup- ply to equipment shutoff valve for propane/LP (see Figures 25 and 26). Apply noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all joints. Bubbles form- ing show a leak.
4.Correct all leaks at once.
WARNING: Never use an open flame to check for a leak. Apply a noncorrosive leak detec- tion fluid to all joints. Bubbles forming show a leak. Correct all leaks at once.
CAUTION: Make sure exter- nal regulator has been installed between propane/LP supply and heater.SeeguidelinesunderCon- necting to Gas Supply, page 15.
PRESSURE TESTING GAS SUPPLY PIPING SYSTEM
Equipment | Open |
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Shutoff |
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Valve |
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Closed
Figure 24 - Equipment Shutoff Valve
Equipment Shutoff Valve |
Propane/LP |
Supply Tank |
Test Pressures In Excess Of 1/2 PSIG | Figure 25 - Checking Gas Joints Propane/LP | |
(3.5 kPa) | Gas (Shown with Optional Mantel) | |
1. | Disconnect appliance with its appliance main |
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| gas valve (control valve) and equipment | Equipment |
| shutoff valve from gas supply piping system. | Shutoff Valve |
| Pressures in excess of 1/2 psig will damage |
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| heater regulator. | Gas Meter |
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2. | Cap off open end of gas pipe where equipment |
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| shutoff valve was connected. |
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3. | Pressurize supply piping system by either |
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| opening propane/LP supply tank valve for |
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| propane/LP gas or opening main gas valve |
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| located on or near gas meter for natural gas, | Figure 26 - Checking Gas Joints Natural |
| or using compressed air. | |
| Gas (Shown with Optional Mantel) | |
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