High Altitude Instructions - Rheem Gra Series Installation Instructions Manual

90+ HIGH ALTITUDE
INSTRUCTIONS
-GRA/-GTA/-GRJ/-GTJ HIGH
ALTITUDE KITS
All -GRA/-GTA/-GRJ/-GTJ models
can be converted for high altitude
usig the appropriate High Altitude
Conversion Kits listed below. The kits
can be ordered from the factory. The
kit includes pressure switch(es) and
instructions for converting the furnace
for elevations above 5,000 ft. The kit
should never be used at elevations
below 5,000 ft. In addition, the kit
instructions detail how to re-calculate
burner orifice size based on gas
heating value and elevation. The
instructions are based on a required
4% per thousand feet reduction in
input as specified by the National
Fuel Gas Code (NFGC). Specific
orifices should always be recalculated
for all high altitude installations as
outlined below. Orifices should be
changed, if necessary, based on gas
heating value and elevation.
High
Altitude Kit (-)GTA, (-)GTJ, (-)GRA & (-)GRJ
RXGY-F04 105,000 BTU's
RXGY-F05 120,000
RXGY-F06 45,000, 60,000 & 90,000
RXGY-F07 75,000
-GRA/-GTA/-GRJ/-GTJ
-HIGH ALTITUDE OPTION
#278
Furnaces can be ordered from the
factory already converted for high
altitude elevations. The factory option
for high altitude elevations would be
ordered as a 278 option (example: a
105k BTU upflow furnace which is
factory converted for high altitude
elevations would have the model
number -GRA-10EZAJS278). These
factory converted furnaces come with
pressure switches for high-altitude
elevations already attached. Also,
different burner orifices are installed
at the factory which are one drill size
smaller (#51 DMS) than standard
-GRA/-GTA/-GRJ/-GTJ gas furnaces
(#50 DMS). The smaller orifice is
installed to accommodate for average
heating values expected in most high
altitude areas and a required 4% per
thousand feet reduction in input as
specified by the National Fuel Gas
Code (NFGC). Specific orifices
should always be recalculated for all
high altitude installations as outlined
below. Orifices should be changed, if
necessary, based on gas heating
value and elevation.
NATURAL GAS
CAUTION
!
INSTALLATION OF THIS FURNACE
AT ALTITUDES ABOVE 2000 FT (610
m) SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH LOCAL CODES, OR IN THE
ABSENCE OF LOCAL CODES, THE
NATIONAL FUEL GAS CODE, ANSI
Z223.1/NFPA 54 OR NATIONAL
STANDARD OF CANADA, NATURAL
GAS AND PROPANE INSTALLATION
CODE, CAN B149.1.
INSTALLATIN OF THIS APPLIANCE
AT OR ABOVE 5000 FT (1525 m)
SHALL BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LISTED HIGH ALTITUDE
CONVERSION KIT AVAILABLE WITH
THIS FURNACE.
CAUTION
!
ELEVATIONS ABOVE 2000 FT
REQUIRE THAT THE FURNACE
INPUT RATING BE ADJUSTED AND
THAT THE SIZE OF THE BURNER
ORIFICES BE RE-CALCULATED
BASED ON ELEVATION AND GAS
HEATING VALUE. THE BURNER
ORIFICES MAY (OR MAY NOT) NEED
TO BE CHANGED. THE FOLLOWING
EXAMPLES SHOW HOW TO
DETERMINE IF AN ORIFICE CHANGE
WILL BE NECESSARY AND HOW TO
DETERMINE THE NEW ORIFICE
SIZE.
IN CANADA, AS AN ALTERNATE TO
ADJUSTING THE BURNER ORIFICE
SIZE, THE MANIFOLD GAS
PRESSURE MAY BE ADJUSTED.
THIS METHOD IS COVERED LATER
IN THIS SECTION. THIS METHOD OF
ADJUSTING MANIFOLD PRESSURE
MAY ONLY BE USED IN CANADIAN
INSTALLATIONS.
34 90 Plus furnaces installed at high
elevations require the installation of a
high altitude kit for proper operation. The
high altitude kit consists of a high
altitude pressure switch that replaces
the pressure switch attached to the
induced draft blower. The kit also
contains gas orifices for high altitude.
The pressure switch must be installed at
elevations above 5000 ft. Elevations
above 2000 ft. require the furnace to be
de-rated 4% per thousand feet.
TABLE 5
Natural Gas Orifice Drill Size (4% per 1000 ft. De-Rate)
IMPORTANT: 90 Plus Models only. Do not use this chart for any 80 Plus Models
Burner Input (per burner) 15,000 BTU @ Sea Level
Sea level 2000 to
Annual Avg. Heat
to 1999 ft 2999 ft
Value (btu per ft 3 )
47 48
850
48 49
900
1000 49 50
1075 50 51
51 51
1170
NOTE: Factory installed orifices are
calculated and sized based on a sea
level Natural Gas heating value of
1075 BTU per cubic ft. Regional
reduced heating values may nullify
the need to change orifices except at
extreme altitudes.
The following are examples of orifice
sizing using the National Fuel Gas
Code Appendix F. For a simplified
estimation of orifice size based on
heating value and elevation, use
Tables 5 and 6. However,
calculations are the best method.
Example: 900 BTU/ft
Natural Gas Heating Value
I / H = Q
15000 / 900 = 16.68 ft.
I = Sea Level input (per burner):
15000
H = Sea Level Heating Value: 900
Q = 16.68 ft 3 Natural Gas per hour.
From Table F.1 of National Fuel Gas
Code Handbook, 2002 (3.5 w.c.
column)
Orifice required at Sea Level: #48
From Table F.4 of National Fuel Gas
Code Handbook, 2002
Orifice required at 5000 ft. elevation
(4% de-rate per thousand ft.): #50
Orifice required at 8000 ft. elevation
(4% de-rate per thousand ft.): #51
Example: 1050 BTU/ft
Natural Gas Heating Value
I / H = Q
15000 / 1050 = 14.63 ft.
I = Sea Level input (per burner):
15000
H = Sea Level Heating Value: 1050
Q = 14.28 ft. 3 Natural Gas per hour.
From Table F.1 of National Fuel Gas
Code Handbook, 2002 (3.5 w.c.
column)
Orifice required at Sea Level: #50
From Table F.4 of National Fuel Gas
Code Handbook, 2002
Orifice required at 5000 ft. elevation
(4% de-rate per thousand ft.): #51
Orifice required at 8000 ft. elevation
(4% de-rate per thousand ft.): #52
3000 to 4000 to 5000 to 6000 to
3999 ft 4999 ft 5999 ft 6999 ft
48 49 49 49
49 49 50 50
50 50 51 51
51 51 51 52
52 52 52 53
3 Regional
3
3 Regional
3
7000 to 8000 to
7999 ft 8999 ft
50 50
50 51
51 52
52 52
53 53
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