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Thank You for purchasing this water heater. Properly installed
and maintained, it should give you years of trouble free service.
Abbreviations Found In This Instruction Manual:
CSA - Canadian Standards Association
ANSI - American National Standards Institute
NFPA - National Fire Protection Association
ASME - American Society of Mechanical Engineers
AHRI - Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute
LLC - Low Lead Content
This gas-fi red water heater is design certifi ed by American Na-
tional Standard ANSI Z21.10.1/CSA 4.1 (current edition).
PREPARING FOR THE INSTALLATION
Read the “General Safety” section, page 3 of this manual
fi rst and then the entire manual carefully. If you don’t follow
the safety rules, the water heater will not operate properly. It
could cause DEATH, SERIOUS BODILY INJURY AND/OR
PROPERTY DAMAGE. This manual contains instructions
for the installation, operation, and maintenance of the gas-
fi red water heater. It also contains warnings throughout the
manual that you must read and be aware of. All warnings
and all instructions are essential to the proper operation of
the water heater and your safety. Since we cannot put every-
thing on the fi rst few pages, READ THE ENTIRE MANUAL
BEFORE ATTEMPTING TO INSTALL OR OPERATE THE
WATER HEATER.
The installation must conform with these instructions and the
local code authority having jurisdiction. In the absence of lo-
cal codes, installations shall comply with the current edition of
the National Fuel Gas Code ANSI Z223.1/NFPA. This publi-
cation is available from the Canadian Standards Association,
8501 East Pleasant Valley Road, Cleveland, OH 44131.
If after reading this manual you have any questions or do
not understand any portion of the instructions, call the local
gas utility or the manufacturer whose name appears on the
rating plate.
Carefully plan the place where you are going to put the water
heater. Correct combustion, vent action, and vent pipe instal-
lation are very important in preventing death from possible
carbon monoxide poisoning and fi res, see Figures 1 and 2.
Examine the location to ensure the water heater complies
with the “Locating the New Water Heater” section in this
manual.
For California installation this water heater must be braced,
anchored, or strapped to avoid falling or moving during an
earthquake. See instructions for correct installation proce-
dures. Instructions may be obtained from California Offi ce of
the State Architect, 400 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814.
Massachusetts Code requires this water heater to be in-
stalled in accordance with Massachusetts 248-CMR 2.00:
State Plumbing Code and 248-CMR 5.00. For more informa-
tion see next page.
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