GE Profile PFDS450 Owner's Manual & Installation Instructions page 19

GAS REQUIREMENTS
WARNING
• Installation must conform to local codes and
ordinances, or in their absence, with the National
Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, or the Natural
Gas and Propane Installation Code, CSA B149.1.
• This gas dryer is equipped with a Valve and
Burner Assembly for use only with natural gas.
Using conversion kit 14-A048, your local service
organization can convert this dryer for use with
propane (LP) gas. ALL CONVERSIONS MUST BE MADE
BY PROPERLY TRAINED AND QUALIFIED PERSONNEL
AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOCAL CODES AND
ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
• The dryer must be disconnected from the gas supply
piping system during any pressure testing of that
system at a test pressure in excess of 0.5 PSI (3.4
KPa).
• The dryer must be isolated from the gas supply
piping system by closing the equipment shut-off
valve during any pressure testing of the gas supply
piping of test pressure equal to or less than 0.5 PSI
(3.4KPa).
DRYER GAS SUPPLY CONNECTION
2" (5.1 cm)
2 " (6.7 cm)
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You must use with this dryer a flexible metal
connector (listed connector ANSI Z21.24 / CSA 6.10).
The length of the connect shall not exceed 3 ft.
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GAS SUPPLY
• A 1/8" National Pipe Taper thread plugged
tapping, accessible for test gauge connection,
must be installed immediately upstream of the
gas supply connection to the dryer. Contact
your local gas utility should you have questions
on the installation of the plugged tapping.
• Supply line is to be 1/2" rigid pipe and equipped
with an accessible shutoff within 6 feet of, and
in the same room with, the dryer.
• Use pipe thread compound appropriate for
natural or LP gas or use Teflon
• Connect flexible metal connector to dryer and
gas supply.
IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS
• This product must be installed by a licensed
plumber or gas fitter.
• When using ball-type gas shut-off valves, they
shall be the T-handle type.
• A flexible gas connector, when used, must not
exceed 3 feet.
ADJUSTING FOR ELEVATION
• Gas clothes dryers input ratings are based on
sea level operation and need not be adjusted
for operation at or below 2000 ft. elevation. For
operation at elevations above 2000 ft., input
ratings should be reduced at a rate of 4 percent
for each 1000 ft. above sea level.
• Installation must conform to local codes and
ordinances or, in their absence, with the National
Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, or the
Natural Gas and Propane Installation Code, CSA
B149.1
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