Table Of Contents; Safety Information - Giant Factories ANSI Z21.10.3 Owner's Manual

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Safety Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Installer Qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
General Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Determine Installation Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Vent Termination Clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Additional clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Unit clearances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Freeze Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Maximum vent length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Checklist to Determine Installation Location . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Mount to Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Remove the Front Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Installation of Venting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Venting Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Flue Installation with Centrotherm Venting . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Condensate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Checklist for Venting and Condensate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Twin Pipe Venting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Installation Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Determine Installation Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Determining Vent Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Adaptor Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Certified PVC/CPVC Vent Termination Options . . . . . . . . . 20
Acceptable Venting Clearances For IPEX Concentric
Vent Kit (CVK) Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Venting Installation Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Twin Pipe (PVC/CPVC) Terminations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PVC/CPVC Roof (Tee and upside down "U")
Terminations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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SAFETY INFORMATION

Your safety and the safety of others is extremely important during the installation, operation, and servicing of this water heater. Many safety
related messages have been provided in this manual and on your water heater. Always read and obey all safety messages. These messages
will point out the potential hazard, tell you how to reduce the risk of injury, and tell you what will happen if the instructions are not followed.
CAUTION
This is the safety alert symbol. This symbol alerts you to potential hazards that can kill or hurt you and others.
WARNING
DANGER
CAUTION
AVERTISSEMENT
WARNING
ATTENTION
DANGER
CAUTION
AVERTISSEMENT
WARNING

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Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided, will result in serious injury
or death.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in serious injury
or death.
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, could result in minor or mod-
erate injury. It may also be used to alert against unsafe practices.
Installation Instructions (continued) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Installation of Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Connect Water Heater to Water Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Checklist for Plumbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installation of Gas Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
General Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Connect Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adjust for High Altitude (United States) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adjust for High Altitude (Canada) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Adjust for Vent Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Checklist for Gas and Electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installation of Temperature Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Final Installation Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Technical Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Recirculation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Wiring Diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Operating Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Consumer Operation Guidelines for the
Safe Operation of your Water Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
How to Use the Temperature Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
How to Set the Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Troubleshooting Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Diagnostic Codes and Remedies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
System Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Flushing the Heat Exchanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual Draining of the Water Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Running a low volume of water through the water heater
to prevent freezing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
When the water heater or external piping has frozen . . . . 48
Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
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