How Your Gas Furnace Works; Start-Up And Shutdown Instructions; Read The Instructions Below Before Trying To Start The Furnace; Operating Instructions - White Rodgers FC9S Manual

HOW YOUR GAS FURNACE WORKS

Your furnace is a very easy appliance to take for granted. Season after
season, it sits there in your home, keeping you warm and comfortable.
For this reason, you may never have given much thought to the way
your furnace operates. In order to get the safest and most efficient oper-
ation from your furnace, you should understand how your furnace does
its job.
When you set your thermostat to provide more heat in your home, you
are starting the heating cycle of the furnace. First, the inducer motor
starts to purge the heat exchanger of any remaining gases. Next, the
hot surface igniter glows and after a warm-up period the gas valve
opens and ignition occurs. A short time later, the blower starts and dis-
tributes the warm air throughout the home. When the temperature set-
ting on your thermostat is reached, the gas valve closes, the main
burners are turned off, and the blower continues to run until the remain-
ing warm air in the system is distributed. When the blower stops, the
heating cycle has ended.

START-UP AND SHUTDOWN INSTRUCTIONS

Read the Instructions Below Before Trying to Start the
Furnace
If you do not follow these instructions exactly, a fire or
explosion may result causing property damage, personal
injury, and/or loss of life.
A. This appliance does not have a pilot. It is equipped with an ignition
device which automatically lights the burner. Do not try to light the
burner by hand.
B. BEFORE OPERATING; smell all around the appliance area for
gas. Be sure to smell next to the floor because some gas is
heavier than air and will settle on the floor.
C. Use only your hand to push the gas control switch to the "on" posi-
tion. Never use tools. If the switch will not operate by hand, don't
try to repair it, call a qualified service technician. Force or
attempted repair may result in a fire or explosion.
D. Do not use this appliance if any part has been under water. Imme-
diately call a qualified service technician to inspect the appliance
and to replace any part of the control system and any gas control,
which has been under water.

Operating Instructions:

1. STOP! Read the safety information above.
2. Set the thermostat to the lowest setting.
3. Turn off all electric power to the appliance.
4. Remove burner door.
5. Move gas control switch to the "OFF" position. Do not force.
6. Wait five (5) minutes to clear out any gas. If you then smell gas,
STOP! Follow "B" in the safety information above. If you don't
smell gas, go to next step.
7. Move gas control switch to the "ON" position. Do not force.
8. Replace burner door.
9. Turn on all electric power to the appliance.
10. Set thermostat to the desired setting. Burner will light, which may
take 30-60 seconds.
11. After three (3) trials for ignition, if the appliance will not operate fol-
low the instructions, "TO TURN OFF THE APPLIANCE" and call
your service technician or gas supplier.
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To Turn Off the Appliance:

1. Set the thermostat to lowest setting.
2. Turn off all electric power to the appliance if service is to be per-
formed.
3. Remove burner access panel.
4. Move gas control switch to the "OFF" position.
5. Replace burner access panel.
Should overheating occur, or the gas valve fail to shut off,
turn the external manual gas valve in the gas supply line to
the furnace to the "off" position and let the furnace cool off
before shutting off the electrical power supply. Refer to
Figures 5 & 6.
OUTLET
PRESSURE
PORT
INLET
WRENCH
BOSS
INLET
PRESSURE
ON/OFF SWITCH
PORT
(Shown in ON position)
FIGURE 4: Gas Valve - White Rodgers
EXTERNAL MANUAL
SHUTOFF VALVE
TO GAS
SUPPLY
GROUNDED JOINT UNION
DRIP
MAY BE INSTALLED
LEG
INSIDE OR OUTSIDE UNIT.
FIGURE 5: Gas Piping
MANUAL
SHUT-OFF
VALVE
GAS
PIPE
GAS
PIPE
DRIP
LEG
FIGURE 6: Horizontal Gas Piping
NOTE: The spring-loaded safety cut-off switch, mounted on the blower
deck, behind the indoor fan access panel will automatically cut
off the electrical power supply to the furnace when the blower
panel is removed. As a safety precaution, all electrical power
and the gas supply to the furnace should be turned off before
servicing.
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VENT PORT
OUTLET
MAIN REGULATOR
ADJUSTMENT
TO GAS
SUPPLY
DRIP
LEG
GAS BURNERS
GAS VALVE
MANUAL
SHUT-OFF VALVE
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