Vanguard VI33NR VI33PR Owner's Operation And Installation Manual page 6

AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND VENTILATION
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Determining Fresh-Air Flow For Heater Location
Ventilation Air
AIR FOR COMBUSTION AND
VENTILATION
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DETERMINING FRESH-AIR FLOW FOR
HEATER LOCATION
Determining if You Have a Confined or
Unconfined Space
Use this work sheet to determine if you have a confined or unconfined space.
Space: Includes the room in which you will install heater plus any adjoining
rooms with doorless passageways or ventilation grills between the rooms.
1. Determine the volume of the space (length x width x height).
Length x Width x Height = ___________ cu. ft. (volume of space)
Example: Space size 22 ft. (length) x 18 ft. (width) x 8 ft. (ceiling
height) = 3168 cu. ft. (volume of space)
If additional ventilation to adjoining room is supplied with grills or open-
ings, add the volume of these rooms to the total volume of the space.
2. Multiply the space volume by 20 to determine the maximum Btu/Hr
the space can support.
__________ (volume of space) x 20 = (Maximum Btu/Hr the space
can support)
Example: 3168 cu. ft. (volume of space) x 20 = 63,360 (maximum
Btu/Hr the space can support)
3. Add the Btu/Hr of all fuel burning appliances in the space.
Vent-free heater
Gas water heater*
Gas furnace
Vented gas heater
Gas fireplace logs
Other gas appliances* + _____________ Btu/Hr
Total
* Do not include direct-vent gas appliances. Direct-vent draws com-
bustion air from the outdoors and vents to the outdoors.
Example:
Gas water heater
Vent-free heater
Total
4. Compare the maximum Btu/Hr the space can support with the actual
amount of Btu/Hr used.
__________________ Btu/Hr (maximum the space can support)
__________________ Btu/Hr (actual amount of Btu/Hr used)
Example: 63,360 Btu/Hr (maximum the space can support)
73,000 Btu/Hr (actual amount of Btu/Hr used)
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_____________ Btu/Hr
_____________ Btu/Hr
_____________ Btu/Hr
_____________ Btu/Hr
_____________ Btu/Hr
= _____________ Btu/Hr
40,000
_____________ Btu/Hr
33,000
+ _____________ Btu/Hr
73,000
= _____________ Btu/Hr
The space in the example in column 1 is a confined space because the actual
Btu/Hr used is more than the maximum Btu/Hr the space can support. You
must provide additional fresh air. Your options are as follows:
A. Rework worksheet, adding the space of an adjoining room. If the extra
space provides an unconfined space, remove door to adjoining room or add
ventilation grills between rooms. See Ventilation Air From Inside Building.
B. Vent room directly to the outdoors. See Ventilation Air From Outdoors,
page 7.
C. Install a lower Btu/Hr heater, if lower Btu/Hr size makes room unconfined.
If the actual Btu/Hr used is less than the maximum Btu/Hr the space can support,
the space is an unconfined space. You will need no additional fresh air ventilation.
WARNING: If the area in which the heater may be
operated is smaller than that defined as an uncon-
fined space or if the building is of unusually tight
construction, provide adequate combustion and ven-
tilation air by one of the methods described in the
National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54 Sec-
tion 5.3 or applicable local codes .
VENTILATION AIR
Ventilation Air From Inside Building
This fresh air would come from an adjoining unconfined space.
When ventilating to an adjoining unconfined space, you must
provide two permanent openings: one within 12" of the ceiling and
one within 12" of the floor on the wall connecting the two spaces
(see options 1 and 2, Figure 3). You can also remove door into
adjoining room (see option 3, Figure 3). Follow the National Fuel
Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, Section 5.3, Air for Combustion
and Ventilation for required size of ventilation grills or ducts.
Ventilation
Grills
Into Adjoining
Or
Room,
Remove
Option 1
Door into
Adjoining
Room,
Option
3
Figure 3 - Ventilation Air from Inside Building
12"
Ventilation Grills
Into Adjoining Room,
Option 2
12"
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