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Instructions for Installation
(cont'd)
Installation
Checklist
BEFORE LIGHTING THE PILOT:
CHECK FOR LEAKS
Check
the gas lines for leaks.
Be sure to check all your gas pipes for leaks before lighting
a. Use a soapy water solution.
DO NOT
test for gas leaks
your water heater. Use a soapy water solution,
not a match
or
using a match or open flame,
open flame. Check
the factory gas fittings
after pilot is lit and
b, Brush the soapy water solution
on all gas pipes, joints
gas control knob is still in "PILOT"
position.
Then,
check the
and fittings,
fittings when the main burner is mrued
"ON". Use a soapy
c. Check for bubbling
soap. This means you have a leak.
water solution
for this, too.
Turn "OFF"
gas and make the necessary
repairs.
VENTPIPETO
d. Recheck
for leaks.
OUTDOORS
e. Rinse offsoapy
solution
and wipe dry.
OR CHIMNEY
SHUTOFFVALVE
• Is the new temperature-pressure
relief valve properly
FI
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.
installed
and piped to an adequate
drain? See
_
"Temperature-Pressure
Refief Valve" section.
HOT
COLD
IINION
• Are the cold and hot water lines connected
to the water
heater
correctly?
See "Water Piping"
instructions
in the
"Instructions
for Installation"
section.
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DRAFTHOOD
GAS SUPPLY"
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• Is the water heater
completely
filled with water?
See
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TEMPERATURE-
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PRESSURE
"Filling"
instructions
in the "Instructions
for Installation"
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RELIEF VALVE
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section.
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SHUTOFF
VALVE
• Will a water leak damage
anything?
See the "Locating
the
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DISCHARGEPIPE
New Water
Heater"
section.
(Do not cap or plug)
Is there proper clearance between
the water heater and
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anything
that might catch fire? See the "Locating
the New
DRIPLEG
l=,
water Heater"
section.
(Sediment trap)
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PIPECAP
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Do you have adequate ventilation
so that the water heater
6 INCHAIR GAP
will operate properly? See "Combustion
Air and Ventilation"
in the
Instructions
for Installation
section.
FLOORDRAIN
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Is the draft hood vent piping
properly
secured? See
I
"Venting"
instructions
in the "Instructions
for InstaLlation"
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section.
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]s there proper clearance
between
the vent pipe and any-
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thing that might catch on fire? See "Venting"
instructions
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INPUT
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in the "Instructions
for Installation"
section.
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Is the vent pipe properly
sloped and does the vent termi-
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nate outdoors?
See
Ventin
nstructions
in the
"Instructions
for Installation"
section.
AUTOMATIC
STORAGE WATER HEATER
Do you need to call your gas company
to check the gas
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pipe
and its
hookup?
u_,dunder Licenseto State Industries,Inc.
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