Carrier 58MXA Nstallation, Start-Up, And Operating Instructions page 42

Fig. 51—Orifice Holes
BURNER FLAME
MANIFOLD
Fig. 52—Burner Flame
EXAMPLE:
100,000 Btuh input furnace installed at 4300 ft.
Furnace Input Rate X Multiplier
at Sea Level
100,000 X
Table 11–Altitude Derate Multipler for U.S.A.
ALTITUDE PERCENT
(FT) OF DERATE
0–2000 0
2001–3000 4–6
3001–4000 6–8
4001–5000 8–10
5001–6000 10–12
6001–7000 12–14
7001–8000 14–16
8001–9000 16–18
9001–10,000 18–20
* Derate multiplier factor is based on midpoint altitude for altitude range.
Station or Dealer. To determine correct input rate for
altitude, see example above and use 0.95 as derate multi-
plier factor.
BURNER
ORIFICE
BURNER
Derate Furnace Input Rate
= at Installation
Factor Altitude
0.91 = 91,000
DERATE MULTIPLIER
FACTOR FOR U.S.A.*
1.00
0.95
0.93
0.91
0.89
0.87
0.85
0.83
0.81
b. Turn off all other gas appliances and pilots.
c. Start furnace and let operate for 3 minutes.
d. Measure time (in sec) for gas meter test dial 1 revolution.
e. Refer to Table 12 for cu ft of gas per hr.
f. Multiply gas rate (cu ft/hr) X heating value (Btu/cu ft) using
natural gas heating value from local gas utility/supplier.
SECONDS
FOR 1
REVOLUTION
10
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12
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Table 12—Gas Rate (cu ft/hr)
SIZE OF TEST DIAL
SECONDS
FOR 1
1 2 5
REVOLUTION
Cu Ft Cu Ft Cu Ft
360 720 1800 50
327 655 1636 51
300 600 1500 52
277 555 1385 53
257 514 1286 54
240 480 1200 55
225 450 1125 56
212 424 1059 57
200 400 1000 58
189 379 947 59
180 360 900 60
171 343 857 62
164 327 818 64
157 313 783 66
150 300 750 68
144 288 720 70
138 277 692 72
133 267 667 74
129 257 643 76
124 248 621 78
120 240 600 80
116 232 581 82
113 225 563 84
109 218 545 86
106 212 529 88
103 206 514 90
100 200 500 92
97 195 486 94
95 189 474 96
92 185 462 98
90 180 450 100
88 176 439 102
86 172 429 104
84 167 419 106
82 164 409 108
80 160 400 110
78 157 391 112
76 153 383 116
75 150 375 120
73 147 367
SIZE OF TEST DIAL
1 2 5
Cu Ft Cu Ft Cu Ft
72 144 360
71 141 355
69 138 346
68 136 340
67 133 333
65 131 327
64 129 321
63 126 316
62 124 310
61 122 305
60 120 300
58 116 290
56 112 281
54 109 273
53 106 265
51 103 257
50 100 250
48 97 243
47 95 237
46 92 231
45 90 225
44 88 220
43 86 214
42 84 209
41 82 205
40 80 200
39 78 196
38 76 192
38 75 188
37 74 184
36 72 180
35 71 178
35 69 173
34 68 170
33 67 167
33 65 164
32 64 161
31 62 155
30 60 150