Installation Diagrams - Top Inlet/Outlet Usage - A.O. Smith BTR 151 Instruction Manual

installation diagrams - top inlet/outlet usage

use of the top inlet water connection requires an inlet dip tube
(refer to Figure 18). The tube is supplied in the heater. Follow
caution labels if applying heat to this fitting. Do not allow pipe
dope to contact the plastic tube during installation.
tuBe inlet installation
figure 18
temperature setting should not exceed safe use
temperature at fixtures. see water temperature
control and mixing ValVe warning on page 12. if
higher preheat temperatures are necessary to
oBtain adeQuate Booster output, add an anti-
scald ValVe for hot water supplied to fixtures.
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