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SAFETY
CONSIDERATIONS
FIRE,
EXPLOSION,
ELECTRICAL
SHOCK,
AND
CARBON
MONOXIDE
POISONING
HAZARD
Failure to follow this warning could result in dangerous
operation, personal injury, death, or property damage.
Improper
installation,
adjustment,
alteration,
service,
maintenance, or use can cause carbon monoxide poisoning,
explosion, fire, electrical shock, or other conditions which
may cause personal injury or property damage. Consult a
qualified
service agency,
local
gas supplier,
or your
distributor
or branch for information or assistance. The
qualified service agency nmst use only factory-authorized
and listed kits or accessories when modifying this product.
FIRE HAZARD
Failure to follow this warning could result in personal injury,
death, or property damage.
Solvents, cements and primers are combustible.
Keep away
from heat, sparks and open flame. Use only in well-ventilated
areas. Avoid breathing in vapor or allowing contact with skin
or eyes.
FURNACE
RELIABILITY
HAZARD
Failure to follow this caution may result in unit component
damage.
Application of this furnace should be indoors with special
attention given to vent sizing and material, gas input rate,
air temperature rise, unit leveling, and unit sizing.
Improper
installation,
adjustment,
alteration,
service,
maintenance,
or use
can
cause
explosion,
fire,
electrical
shock,
or
other
conditions
which
may
cause
death,
personal
injury,
or property
damage.
Consult
a qualified
installer,
service
agency,
or your
distributor
or branch
for information
or assistance.
The qualified
installer
or agency
nmst use factory-authorized
kits or accessories
when modifying
this product.
Refer
to the individual
instructions
packaged
with the kits or accessories
when
installing.
Installing
and servicing
heating
equipment
can be hazardous
due to
gas
and
electrical
components.
Only
trained
and
qualified
personnel
should
install,
repair,
or service
heating
equipment.
Untrained
personnel
can perform
basic maintenance
functions
such
as cleaning
and replacing
air filters. All other operations
must
be
performed
by trained
service
personnel.
When working
on heating
equipment,
observe
precautions
in literature,
on tags, and on labels
attached
to or shipped
with
furnace
and other
safety precautions
that may apply.
These
instructions
cover
minimum
requirements
and conform
to
existing
national
standards
and safety
codes.
In some
instances,
these
instructions
exceed
certain
local
codes
and
ordinances,
especially
those
that
may
not
have
kept
up
with
changing
residential
construction
practices.
We require
these instructions
as a
minimum
for a safe installation.
Follow
all safety
codes.
Wear safety glasses,
protective
clothing,
and work
gloves.
Have
a fire extinguisher
available.
Read
these
instructions
thoroughly
and
follow
all
warnings
or
cautions
included
in literature
and attached
to the unit.
CUT HAZARD
Failure to follow this caution may result in personal iniury.
Sheet metal parts may have sharp edges or burrs. Use care
and wear appropriate protective clothing, safety glasses and
gloves when handling parts, and servicing furnaces.
This is the safety-alert
symbol
A'x When you see this symbol
on
the furnace
and in instructions
or manuals,
be alert to the potential
for personal
injury.
Understand
the
signal
words
DANGER,
WARNING,
and
CAUTION.
These
words
are used with the safety-alert
symbol.
DANGER
identifies
the most
serious hazards
which
will result in
severe
personal
injury
or death.
WARNING
signifies
a hazard
which
could result
in personal
injury or death. CAUTION
is used
to identify
hazards
which
may result
in nfinor
personal
injury
or
product
and property
damage.
NOTE
and NOTICE
are used to
highlight
suggestions
which
will result
in enhanced
installation,
reliability,
or operation.
1. Remove
all shipping
blower
supports
prior
to operating
unit.
2. Use only with type of gas approved
for this furnace.
Refer
to the furnace
rating plate.
3. Install
this furnace
only in a location
and position
as spe-
cified in the "Location"
section
of these instructions.
4. Provide
adequate
combustion
and ventilation
air to the fur-
nace space as specified
in "Air for Combustion
and Ventila-
tion" section.
5. Combustion
products
must
be discharged
outdoors.
Con-
nect this furnace
to an approved
vent system
only, as spe-
cified in the "Venting"
section
of these instructions.
6. Never test for gas leaks with an open flame. Use a commer-
cially
available
soap solution
made
specifically
for the de-
tection of leaks to check
all connections,
as specified
in the
"Gas Piping"
section.
7. Always
install furnace
to operate
within the furnace's
inten-
ded temperature-rise
range with a duct system which
has an
external
static pressure
within
the allowable
range,
as spe-
cified
in the "Start-Up,
Adjustments,
and Safety
Check"
section.
See furnace
rating plate.
8. When
a furnace
is installed
so that supply
ducts carry
air
circulated
by the furnace
to areas outside
the space contain-
ing the furnace,
the
return
air shall
also
be handled
by
duct(s)
sealed to the furnace
casing and ternfinating
outside
the space containing
the furnace.
See "Air Ducts"
section.
9. A gas-fired
furnace
for installation
in a residential
garage
nmst
be installed
as specified
in the warning
box
in the
"Location"
section.
10. The furnace may be used for construction
heat provided
that
the furnace
installation
and operation
complies
with the first
CAUTION
in the LOCATION
section
of these
instruc-
tions.
11. These Multipoise
Gas-Fired
Furnaces
are designed
for use
with
natural
and propane
gases
(see furnace
rating
plate)
and for installation
in alcoves,
attics,
basements,
closets,
utility rooms,
crawlspaces,
and garages.
The furnace
is fact-
ory-shipped
for use with natural gas. An accessory
gas con-
version
kit is required
to convert
furnace
for use with pro-
pane gas.
12. See Table
2
for required
clearances
to combustible
con-
struction.
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