Direct Ignition Propane/Lp Gas Conversion - Empire Comfort Systems BVD34FP30(F,L)N-2 Installation Instructions And Owner's Manual

DIRECT IGNITION PROPANE/LP GAS CONVERSION

1. Turn off the gas supply.
2. Turn off the electrical supply to the appliance if so
3. Open or remove glass doors if applicable.
4. Remove top louver and lower bottom louver.
5. Remove logs from burner assembly.
cap.
7. Remove 1/4" screw from air shutter.
8. Located to the right of electrodes is a burner hold-down tab.
Using needle-nose pliers, bend burner hold-down tab off the
main burner.
9. Remove main burner by pivoting main burner forward as you
slide main burner from left to right. Be careful as you remove
main burner in order to protect the electrodes from being
damaged.
BVD34FP50, marked 1.45 mm for BVD36FP52, or marked
1.65mm for BVP42FP52.
14. Replace main burner onto burner assembly. Place main burner
beneath electrodes, slide main burner from right to left into
burner location, and pivot main burner away from you and
into air shutter.
15. Set air shutter opening as indicated by the chart below. Tighten
air shutter in place with 1/4" screw from step 7.
16. Using needle-nose pliers, bend burner hold-down tab over
main burner.
17. Refer to log placement, pages 14 and 15 to place logs onto
burner assembly.
Model AIR SHUTTER
SETTINGS
Opening "A"
BVD34 5/16" (8mm)
BVD36 5/16" (8mm)
BVP42 Full Open
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BURNER ORIFICE
1.35mm
1.45mm
1.65mm
18. Loosen screw and attach a manometer or pressure gauge to
the outlet pressure tap of the control valve.
19. Turn on the gas supply. Turn on the electrical supply to the
appliance. Check for gas leaks using soap and water solution
or leak detection solution. Bubbles indicate a leak that MUST
20. Check the air shutter opening. See chart and illustration
below.
21. Relight the main burners and verify proper burner ignition and
operation.
22. With the main burner burning, read the pressure on the
manometer or pressure gauge. The pressure on the gauge
should read between 9.8" and 10.2" w.c.
23. Turn off the gas supply. Turn off the electrical supply to the
appliance.
24. Remove the manometer or pressure gauge. Tighten the screw
in the pressure tap.
25. Turn on the gas supply. Turn on the electrical supply to the
appliance.
26. Immediately test all gas line connections and the control
valve for gas leaks using a soap and water solution or other
gas detection solution. Bubbles indicate a leak that MUST be
supplied with the conversion kit. Place the conversion label
adjacent to the rating plate.
Flames on rear of burner should be yellow without any
orange-colored tip. Minor adjustment of the air shutter may
"A"
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