INSTALLATION
Continued
3. Align holes in base foot with mounting holes | IMPORTANT: For natural gas, check gas line | |||
on bottom of cabinet (see Figure 13). | pressure before connecting heater to gas line. | |||
4. Secure base foot to heater using sheet | Gas line pressure must be no greater than | |||
metal screws. |
| 10.5" W.C.. If gas line pressure is higher, | ||
5. Repeat for other side. |
| |||
| heater regulator damage could occur. | |||
| Wood | CAUTION: For propane/LP | ||
| Screw | |||
|
| gas, never connect heater di- | ||
|
| rectly to the propane/LP supply. | ||
|
| This heater requires an external | ||
|
| regulator (not supplied). Install | ||
|
| theexternalregulatorbetweenthe | ||
| Sheet | heater and propane/LP supply. | ||
| Metal | For propane/LP gas, the installer must supply | ||
Base Foot | Screw | |||
Figure 13 - Installing Base Feet (actual | an external regulator. The external regulator will | |||
reduce incoming gas pressure. You must reduce | ||||
heater may vary from illustration) | ||||
incoming gas pressure to between 11" and 14" | ||||
Mounting Base Feet to Floor |
| |||
| W.C.. If you do not reduce incoming gas pres- | |||
1. Remove front panel (see Removing Front | ||||
sure, heater regulator damage could occur. Install | ||||
Panel of Heater, page 9). |
| |||
| the external regulator with the vent pointing down | |||
2. Position heater with base feet in desired | ||||
as shown in Figure 14. Pointing the vent down | ||||
location. Mark holes for drilling. Remove | ||||
protects it from freezing rain or sleet. |
| |||
heater with base. |
|
| ||
|
|
| ||
3. For carpeted floors, make a small cut with | CAUTION:Useonlynew,black | |||
a sharp knife at marked locations prior to | ||||
drilling. If mounting base to a wood floor, | copper tubing may be used in | |||
drill 1/8" diameter hole, 3/4" deep. (Do not | ||||
certain areas. Check your local | ||||
use anchors in wood floors). |
| |||
If mounting base to a concrete floor, drill with | codes. Use pipe of large enough | |||
1/4" diameter concrete drill bit, 13/8" into | diameter to allow proper gas vol- | |||
floor. Insert anchors completely into holes. | ume to heater. If pipe is too small, | |||
4. Reposition heater with base feet over holes. | undue loss of volume will occur. | |||
Secure base to floor with wood screws. See | Typical Inlet Pipe Diameters | |||
Figure 13. |
| |||
| ||||
CONNECTING TO GAS SUPPLY | ||||
|
| |||
WARNING: This appliance | Installation must include equipment shutoff | |||
requires a 3/8" NPT (National | valve, union and plugged 1/8" NPT tap. Locate | |||
NPT tap within reach for test gauge hook up. | ||||
Pipe Thread) inlet connection to | ||||
NPT tap must be upstream from heater (see | ||||
the pressure regulator. |
| Figure 15, page 12). |
| |
WARNING:Aqualifiedservice | Propane/LP | External | ||
personmustconnectheatertogas | Supply Tank | Regulator | ||
supply. Follow all local codes. |
| with Vent | ||
| Pointing | |||
WARNING:Fornaturalgas,never |
| Down | ||
|
| |||
|
| |||
gas wells. This gas is commonly | Figure 14 - Equipment Regulator with | |||
known as wellhead gas. |
| |||
| Vent Pointing Down |
| ||
|
|
| ||
www.fmiproducts.com | 11 |