Operating Your Heater - HearthRite HR06ML-1 Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

INSTALLATION
CHECKING GAS
CONNECTIONS
WARNING: Test all gas
piping and connections for leaks
after installing or servicing. Cor-
rect all leaks at once.
WARNING: Never use an
open flame to check for a leak.
Apply a mixture of liquid soap
and water to all joints. Bubbles
forming show a leak. Correct all
leaks at once.
Pressure Testing Gas Supply
Piping System
Test Pressures In Excess Of
1/2 PSIG (3.5 K Pa)
1. Disconnect appliance with its
appliance main gas
(control valve) and equipment
shutoff valve from gas supply
piping system. Pressures in
excess of 1/2 psig will damage
heater regulator.
2. Cap off open end of gas pipe
where equipment shutoff valve
was connected.
3. Pressurize supply
s y s t e m b y e i t h e r u s i n g
compressed air or
propane/LP supply tank valve.
4. Check all joints of gas supply
piping system. Apply mixture of
liquid soap and water to gas
joints. Bubbles forming show
a leak.
5. Correct all leaks at once.
6. Reconnect heater and equipment
shutoff valve to gas supply. Check
reconnected fittings for leaks.
Test Pressures Equal To or
Less Than 1/2 PSIG (3.5 K Pa)
1. Close equipment shutoff valve
(see Figure 14).
2. Pressurize supply piping system
by either using compressed air
or opening propane/LP supply
tank valve.
3. Check all joints from propane/LP
supply tank to equipment shutoff
valve (see Figure 14). Apply
mixture of liquid soap and water
to gas joints. Bubbles forming
show a leak.
4. Correct all leaks at once.
Pressure Testing Heater Gas
Connections
1. Open equipment shutoff valve
(see Figure 14).
2. Open propane/LP supply tank
valve.
3. Make sure
heater is in the OFF position.
4. Check all joints from equipment
shutoff valve to control valve
(see Figure 15 ). Apply mixture of
liquid soap and water to gas
joints. Bubbles forming show
a leak.
5. Correct all leaks at once.
6. Light heater
Heater, pages 10,11and 12) Check
valve
the rest of the internal joints for
leaks.
7. Turn off heater (see To Turn Off
Gas to Appliance, pages 11 and
12).
8. Replace lower front panel.
piping
opening
Figure 14 -Equipment Shutoff Valve
Figure 15 -Checking Gas Joints
In the State of Massachusetts the gas
cock must be a T handle type. The State
of Massachusetts requires that a flex-
ible appliance connector cannot exceed
three feet in length.

OPERATING YOUR HEATER

follow
exactly, a fire or explosion may
r e s u l t
control knob of
damage, personal injury
loss of life.
A When lighting the pilot, follow
B. BEFORE LIGHTING smell all
(see Operating
WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
C. Use only your hand to push in
Never use tools. If the knob
D. Do not use this appliance if any
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FOR YOUR SAFETY
READ BEFORE LIGHTING
WARNING: If you do not
these instructions
c a u s i n g p r o p e r t y
these instructions exactly.
around the appliance area for
gas. Be sure to smell next to
the floor because some gas is
heavier than air and will settle
on the floor .
Do not try to light any appliance.
Do not touch any electric switch;
do not use any phone in your
building.
Immediately call your
supplier from a neighbor's
phone. Follow the
supplier's instructions.
If you cannot reach
gas supplier, call the fire
department.
or turn the gas control knob.
will not push in or turn by
hand, don't try to repair it, call
a qualified service technician or
gas supplier. Force or attempted
repair may result in a fire or
explosion.
part has been under water.
Immediately call a qualified
service technician to inspect
the appliance and to replace
any part of the control system
and any gas control which has
been under water.
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