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INSTALLATION

Connecting To Gas Supply (Cont.) Checking Gas Connections

INSTALLATION

Continued

CSA Design-Certified Equipment Shutoff Valve With 1/8" NPT Tap*

Approved Flexible Gas Hose (if allowed by local codes)

PROPANE/LP

-From External Regulator (11" W.C.** To 14" W.C. Pressure)

3.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.

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.

3" Minimum

NATURAL

 

- From Gas

 

Meter

 

(5" W.C.**

 

To 10.5" W.C.

Gas Control

Pressure)

 

Pipe Cap

Tee

Nipple

Joint

Sediment Trap

Figure 13 - Gas Connection (Remote-Ready Models Only)

*Purchase the optional CSA design-certified equipment shutoff valve from your dealer. See Accessories, page 27.

**Minimum inlet pressure for purpose of input adjustment.

WARNING: Test all gas piping and connections for leaks after installing or servicing. Correct all leaks at once.

WARNING: Never use an open flame to check for a leak. Apply a noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all joints. Bubbles forming show a leak. Correct all leaks at once.

Test Pressures Equal To or Less Than 1/2 PSIG (3.5 kPa)

1.Close equipment shutoff valve (see Figure 14).

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 supply to equipment shutoff valve for propane/LP (see Figure 15, page 13). Apply noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all joints. Bubbles forming show a leak.

4.Correct all leaks at once.

Pressure Testing Heater Gas Connections

1.Open equipment shutoff valve (see Figure 14).

2.Open main gas valve located on or near gas meter for natural gas or open propane/LP supply tank valve.

3.Make sure control knob of heater is in the OFF position.

4.Check all joints from equipment shutoff valve to gas control (see Figures 15 and 16 page 13). Apply noncorrosive leak detection fluid to all joints. Bubbles forming show a leak.

5.Correct all leaks at once.

6.Light heater (see Operating Heater, pages 14 through 16). Check all other internal joints for leaks.

7.Turn off heater.

CAUTION: Make sure external regulator has been installed between propane/LP supply and heater. See guidelines under Connecting to Gas Supply, page 11.

CHECKING GAS CONNECTIONS

Pressure Testing gas Supply Piping system

Test Pressures In Excess Of 1/2 PSIG (3.5 kPa)

1.Disconnect appliance with its appliance main gas valve (control valve) and equipment shutoff valve from gas supply piping system. Pressures in excess of 1/2 psig will damage heater regulator.

2.Cap off open end of gas pipe where equipment shutoff valve was con- nected.

Equipment

Shutoff

Valve

Figure 14 - Equipment Shutoff Valve

ON

POSITION

(OPEN)

OFF

POSITION

(CLOSE)

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