Lennox ELITE Series Installation Instructions Manual page 17

REPLACING FURNACE THAT WAS PART OF A
COMMON VENT SYSTEM
CHIMNEY
OR GAS
VENT
(Check sizing
for water
heater only)
FURNACE
(Replaced)
If replacing a furnace which was
commonly vented with another gas appliance, the size
of the existing vent pipe for that gas appliance must be
checked. Without the heat of the original furnace flue
products, the existing vent pipe is probably oversized for
the single water heater or other appliance. The vent
should be checked for proper draw with the remaining
appliance.
Figure 21
Exhaust Piping (Figure 22, Figure 24 and Figure 25)
Route piping to outside of structure. Continue with instal-
lation following instructions given in piping termination
section.
CAUTION
Do not discharge exhaust into an existing stack or
stack that also serves another gas appliance. If vertical
discharge through an existing unused stack is required,
insert PVC pipe inside the stack until the end is even
with the top or outlet end of the metal stack.
CAUTION
The exhaust vent pipe operates under positive pressure
and must be completely sealed to prevent leakage of
combustion products into the living space.
Vent Piping Guidlines
NOTE - Lennox has approved the use of DuraVent® and
Centrotherm manufactured vent pipe and terminations
as an option to PVC. When using the PolyPro® by Du-
raVent or InnoFlue® by Centrotherm venting system the
vent pipe requirements stated in the unit installation in-
struction – minimum & maximum vent lengths, termination
clearances, etc. – apply and must be followed. Follow the
instructions provided with PoyPro by DuraVent and Inno-
Flue by Centrotherm venting system for assembly or if re-
quirements are more restrictive. The PolyPro by Duravent
and InnoFlue by Centrotherm venting system must also
follow the uninsulated
WATER
HEATER
OPENINGS
(To Adjacent
Room)
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The EL296UHV can be installed as either a Non-Direct
Vent or a Direct Vent gas central furnace.
NOTE - In Non-Direct Vent installations, combustion air is
taken from indoors or ventilated attic or crawlspace and
flue gases are discharged outdoors. In Direct Vent instal-
lations, combustion air is taken from outdoors and flue
gases are discharged outdoors.
Intake and exhaust pipe sizing -- Size pipe according to
TABLE 4 (minimum) and TABLE 5 (maximum). Count all
elbows inside and outside the home.
Regardless of the diameter of pipe used, the standard roof
and wall terminations described in section Exhaust Piping
Terminations should be used. Exhaust vent termination
pipe is sized to optimize the velocity of the exhaust gas as
it exits the termination. Refer to TABLE 8. In some appli-
cations which permit the use of several different sizes of
vent pipe, a combination vent pipe may be used. Contact
Lennox' Application Department for assistance in sizing
vent pipe in these applications.
NOTE - The exhaust collar on all models is sized to ac-
commodate 2" Schedule 40 vent pipe. In horizontal ap-
plications, any transition to exhaust pipe larger than 2"
must be made in vertical runs of the pipe. Therefore a 2"
elbow must be added before the pipe is transitioned to
any size larger than 2". This elbow must be added to the
elbow count used to determine acceptable vent lengths.
Contact the Application Department for more information
concerning sizing of vent systems which include multiple
pipe sizes.
Horizontal Installation Offset Requirements
Exhaust Pipe
12" Max.
Horizontal
Gas Furnace
NOTE -
ward unit. A minimum of 1/4" (6mm) drop for each 12" (305mm)
of horizontal run is mandatory for drainage.
NOTE - Exhaust pipe MUST be glued to furnace exhaust fitting,
unless the optional glueless vent adapter kit 17H92 is used..
NOTE - Exhaust piping should be checked carefully to make
sure there are no sags or low spots.
Figure 22
TABLE 4
MINIMUM VENT PIPE LENGTHS
EL296UHV MODEL
045, 070, 090, 110, 135
*Any approved termination may be added to the minimum length list-
ed. Two 45 degree elbows are the equivalent to one 90 degree elbow.
NOTE - Lennox offers a glueless vent adapter kit 17H92
as an option for exhaust exiting at the furnace top cap cou-
pling. If the kit is not used, then the exhaust pipe MUST be
glued to the furnace exhaust fitting.
12" Min.
MIN. VENT LENGTH*
15 ft. or 5 ft plus 2 elbows or
10 ft plus 1 elbow