General Instructions; How Your Furnace Works - Empire Heating Systems 3588-3 Installation And Service Manual

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS

Follow a few simple rules and your Empire furnace will give
you years of trouble-free heating. When your furnace is ready
for installation, operation or repair here are a few DO's and
DON'T's.
DON'T install the furnace yourself if you are not qualified in
working with gas piping, chimneys, flue pipes, and venting. Gas
appliances and gas piping should be installed or repaired only by
a qualified serviceman.
DO get a qualified installing agency to install your furnace. By
the term "qualified installing agency" is meant any individual,
firm, corporation or company which either in person or through a
representative is engaged in and is responsible for the installation or
replacement of gas piping on the outlet side of the meter, or of the
service regulator when a meter is not provided; or the connection,
installation or repair of gas appliances, who is experienced in such
work, familiar with all precautions required; and has complied with
all the requirements of the authority having jurisdiction.
The installation must conform with local codes, or in the absence
of local codes, with the National Fuel Gas Code ANSI Z223.1.
*Available from the American National Standards Institute, Inc., 11 West 42nd
St., New York, N.Y. 10036.
DO consult your dealer and local gas supplier about qualified
installers and servicemen.
DO refer to your Empire Installer and Serviceman's Manual so
that you can make sure that all installation and service work was
done properly. You bought the best furnace, now make sure you
get the best service.
DO make sure your venting system and flue pipe were installed as
outlined in your Empire Installer and Serviceman's Manual.
DO see "Using Your Furnace" before you try to light the pilot or
turn your furnace on.
DO see "Using Your Furnace" for instructions on how to set the
register temperature control when children are present.
CAUTION
Floor register becomes hot when operating and can cause burns.
Keep children off!
DON'T adjust or repair the combination valve, and don't take it
apart.
DON'T try to make any repairs except the ones listed for you to
do in Service Checks.
DID YOU GET EVERYTHING?
After you have unpacked your Empire furnace, you should make
certain everything is in order. For example, did you receive the
model furnace you ordered? Is it the model for the type of gas
(Natural or Propane) you want? Did you get all of the parts you
are supposed to have? Look at picture A. It will tell you where
your furnace identification plate is. The plate has stamped on it
the model and serial number of the furnace you received. It also
tells if your furnace is supposed to use natural (NAT) or propane
(LP) gas. See if the serial number on your furnace is the same as
the number on the WARRANTY CARD. Be sure your dealer fills
out the WARRANTY CARD, then MAIL the purchaser's report
12417-12416-2-0403
(bottom part) to us. Look at Picture A and also the list below to see
if you have received everything on the list. If anything is missing
or broken, or if the model or serial numbers are not right, or if
the furnace is for natural and you have propane (or the other way
around), contact your dealer or Empire Comfort Systems, Inc.
A
1. Owner's manual (you are reading it now)
2. Installer and Serviceman's Manual
3. Wall thermostat (packed in draft diverter carton)
4. Draft diverter (packed in separate carton)
5. Cardboard cutout template (inside top of furnace box)
6. Register (top of furnace)
7. Warranty card
8. Debris pan
9. Lighting rod (inside furnace lying on bottom)
10. Inner casing (inside furnace)

HOW YOUR FURNACE WORKS

HEATING
Your Empire furnace uses air from two places; air from outside
the living area, and air from inside the living area. The air from
outside the living area is mixed with gas and burned inside a
chamber in your furnace. The burned gas and air is exhausted
through a flue pipe to the outside air again. This exhaust should
not be permitted to enter the living area.
Burning gas inside the furnace chamber makes the chamber hot.
Cool air from inside the living area is drawn into the furnace and
flows past the outside of the hot chamber. The chamber makes this
air hot and this hot air flows out of the furnace and back into the
living area. When enough air in the living area has been heated,
the thermostat turns the furnace off automatically.
Picture B shows the flow of air inside and air outside the living
area. You can see that the air inside is not mixed with air outside
the living area. The furnace does not burn air that is within your
living area, and burned air or exhaust should not enter the living
area.
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