High Altitude Installations - Rheem RGRK SERIES Installation Instructions Manual

90+ HIGH ALTITUDE
INSTRUCTIONS
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.
INSTALLATION 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
SIZING THE BURNER ORIFICE, 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.
48
HIGH ALTITUDE KIT
Installer must make necessary burner
orifice and pressure switch changes as
indicated in the table below:
(-)GRK/(-)GRL PRESSURE SWITCH CHANGES
HIGH ALTITUDE SET POINT
INPUT
KIT NO. HIGH FIRE
45,000 RXGY-F18 -1.08
60,000 RXGY-F18 -1.08
75,000 (N) N/A NO CHANGE NO CHANGE
75,000 (W) RXGY-F18 -1.08
90,000 RXGY-F20 -1.15
105,000 N/A NO CHANGE NO CHANGE
120,000 RXGY-F21 -0.50
(-)GTK PRESSURE SWITCH CHANGES
HIGH ALTITUDE
INPUT
KIT HIGH FIRE
60,000 RXGY-F29 -1.0
75,000 (N) RXGY-F30 -0.8
75,000 (W) RXGY-F30 -0.8
90,000 RXGY-F31 -0.9
105,000 RXGY-F32 -0.7
120,000 RXGY-F33 -0.4
NOTE: Orifices are no longer supplied
with kit.
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.
The necessary high altitude kits to use
with (-)GRK/(-)GRL & (-)GTK furnace
models are listed below:
High Altitude Kit (-)GRK/(-)GRL Furnace Inputs
45,000, 60,000
(17" cabinets)
RXGY-F18
& 75,000
(21" cabinet) BTU's
RXGY-F20 90,000 (21")
RXGY-F21 120,000 (24")
High Altitude Kit (-)GTK Furnace Inputs
RXGY-F29 60,000 (17")
RXGY-F30 75,000 (17" & 21")
RXGY-F31 90,000 (21")
RXGY-F32 105,000 (21")
RXGY-F33 120,000 (24")
NOTE: 278 Option Code is available on
(-)GRK/(-)GRL models only.
TABLE 10
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
Value (btu per ft 3 )
to 1999 ft 2999 ft
850
47
900
48
1000
49
1075
50
1170
51
Alternately, 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
SET POINT
altitude elevations would have the
LOW FIRE
model number (-)GRK-10EZAJS278).
NO CHANGE
These factory converted furnaces
NO CHANGE
come with a pressure switch for high-
altitude elevations already attached.
NO CHANGE
Also, different burner orifices are
NO CHANGE
installed at the factory which are one
drill size smaller (#51 DMS) than
-0.30
standard (-)GRK gas furnaces (#50
DMS). The smaller orifice is installed
to accommodate for average heating
values expected in most high altitude
LOW FIRE
areas and a required 4% per
-0.8
thousand feet reduction in input as
-0.6
specified by the National Fuel Gas
-.06
Code (NFGC). Specific orifices
-.06
should always be recalculated for all
-.04
high altitude installations as outlined
-0.3
below. Orifices should be changed, if
necessary, based on gas heating
value and elevation.
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 8 and 10, 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
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
Orifice required at 5000 ft. elevation
Code Handbook, 2002
(4% de-rate per thousand ft.): #50
Orifice required at 8000 ft. elevation
(4% de-rate per thousand ft.): #51
3000 to 4000 to 5000 to
3999 ft 4999 ft 5999 ft
48 48 49 49
49 49 49 50
50 50 50 51
51 51 51 51
51 52 52 52
Regional
3
/hr
3
Natural Gas per hour.
6000 to 7000 to 8000 to
5999 ft 7999 ft 8999 ft
49 50 50
50 50 51
51 51 52
52 52 52
53 53 53