Using Your Furnace

INSULATED VENT ENCLOSURE

Vented floor furnace installed with the vent going directly to the outside and above the eaves can cause poor venting. The cold vent pipe will have a delay in proper venting and cause spillage of flue products at the draft diverter. The spillage of flue products can result in pilot outage due to recirculation of flue products into the main burner, also, condensation can occur in the vent pipe which can cause an ice build-up or rusting of the draft diverter. To prevent delayed venting as well as condensation of flue products an insulated vent enclosure is recommended.

Use Type B vent pipe and maintain at least a one inch clearance to combustibles.

Use metal thimble to protect vent pipe as it passes through combustibles.

VENTING

Good venting is essential to good dependable heat. Venting removes the exhaust that results when gas is burned inside your furnace. If the exhaust is not vented away, the exhaust may gather under your house and could seep into the house and be fatal. Venting is done through a vent pipe (chimney) which, when correctly installed, causes a draft (suction) at the end of the pipe that is connected to the draft diverter. This suction carries away the exhaust from your furnace. The vent pipe is connected to the draft diverter (see B) which is mounted onto the furnace during installation. Refer to the Installer and Serviceman's Manual for instructions on how to properly vent your furnace. Remember, exhaust fumes, whether they come from your furnace or your car, can be fatal.

FURNACE FEATURES

NO ELECTRICITY NEEDED (Self Generating Pilot Control)

Your Empire furnace does not need electricity from your house; it makes its own. When the pilot is lit, its heat is used to generate a tiny amount of electricity (about 1/2 volt) which is all that is needed by your furnace. This small amount of electricity keeps the pilot valve (part of combination valve in furnace) open so the pilot stays on. The small amount of electricity is also used with the wall thermostat to turn on the furnace automatically when heat is needed, and turn it off when it is comfortable.

WALL THERMOSTAT

The wall thermostat is simply a switch that turns on when it is cold and off when it is comfortable. When the thermostat turns on it connects the small amount of electricity to the main gas valve (part of combination valve in furnace), which then opens. Now the pilot lights the gas and your furnace is on. When the living area is warm enough, the wall thermostat switches off, the main gas valve closes and your furnace turns off. The pilot remains lit waiting to light the gas the next time the thermostat calls for heat and turns the furnace on.

TEMPERATURE CONTROLS

Your Empire furnace has two safety switches (limits). When either switch turns off, it turns your furnace off, even if the wall thermostat is calling for heat. One of these switches can be moved to a LOW HEAT or a FULL HEAT position. In FULL HEAT position the register becomes very hot when the furnace heats the living area. In LOW HEAT position the switch will turn the furnace off and on again a few times before the living area is comfortable but it stops the register from getting as hot as the FULL HEAT position.

DRAFT DIVERTER

The draft diverter is a collection box that is attached to the exhaust end of your furnace. The draft diverter is a very important unit and has two major functions:

1.It dilutes the flue products with cooler air.

2.It allows the furnace to burn properly during temporary downdrafts.

Check the draft diverter and entire vent system each year for rust damage and proper assembly.

COMBINATION VALVE

The combination valve in the furnace controls the gas. This valve has a control handle with three positions marked: OFF, PILOT and ON. When the handle is at OFF, all gas is cut off. When the handle is at PILOT, the pilot can be lit. When the handle is at ON, the gas will flow to the burner providing the pilot is lit and the wall thermostat calls for heat.

BEFORE YOU TURN IT ON

Look down inside your furnace and make sure there isn't any paper, packing material, or trash that could catch fire. Turn your thermostat off or to its lowest temperature setting. See if the furnace control handle (see C) is turned to OFF.

CAUTION

If the furnace control handle was not at OFF, turn it to OFF and wait ten minutes before lighting a match or the pilot.

NOTE

You must press down on the furnace control handle to make it turn to OFF.

You are now ready to light the pilot.

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