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OWNER’S MANUAL
PRODUCT
IDENTIFICATION
Figure 1 - Vent-Free Natural Gas Heater
Grill
Guard
Ignitor Button
Control Knob
Front
Panel
Heat Shield
(RN30D) or Glass
Panel (CGN20[L])
AIR FOR COMBUSTION
AND VENTILATION
Today’s homes are built more energy effi-
cient than ever. New materials, increased
insulation, and new construction methods
help reduce heat loss in homes. Home own-
ers weather strip and caulk around windows
and doors to keep the cold air out and the
warm air in. During heating months, home
owners want their homes as airtight as pos-
sible.
While it is good to make your home energy
efficient, your home needs to breathe. Fresh
air must enter your home. All fuel-burning
appliances need fresh air for proper com-
bustion and ventilation.
PROVIDING ADEQUATE
VENTILATION
The following is excerpts from National
Fuel Gas Code. NFPA 54/ANSI Z223.1,
Section 5.3, Air for Combustion and Venti-
lation.
All spaces in homes fall into one of the three
following ventilation classifications:
1. Unusually Tight Construction; 2. Uncon-
fined Space; 3. Confined Space.
The information on pages 3 through 5 will
help you classify your space and provide
adequate ventilation.
Confined and Unconfined Space
The National Fuel Gas Code (ANSIZ2123.1,
1992 Section 5.3) defines a confined space
as a space whose volume is less than 50
cubic feet per 1,000 Btu per hour (4.8 m
3
per
kw) of the aggregate input rating of all
appliances installed in that space and an
unconfining space as a space whose volume
is not less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu
per hour (4.8 m
3
per kw) of the aggregate
input rating of all appliances installed in that
space. Rooms communicating directly with
the space in which the appliances are in-
stalled*, through openings not furnished
with doors, are considered a part of the
unconfined space.
* Adjoining rooms are communicating only
if there are doorless passageways or ventila-
tion grills between them.
WARNING: This heater shall
not be installed in a confined
space unless provisions are pro-
vided for adequate combustion
and ventilation air. Read the fol-
lowing instructions to insure
proper fresh air for this and other
fuel-burning appliances in your
home.
Exhaust fans, fireplaces, clothes
dryers, and fuel burning appliances
draw air from the house to operate.
You must provide adequate fresh air
for these appliances. This will insure
proper venting of vented fuel-burning
appliances.
Unusually Tight Construction
The air that leaks around doors and win-
dows may provide enough fresh air for
combustion and ventilation. However, in
buildings of unusually tight construction,
you must provide additional fresh air.
Unusually tight construction is de-
fined as construction where:
a.
walls and ceilings exposed to the
outside atmosphere have a con-
tinuous water vapor retarder with
a rating of one perm (6x10
-11
kg
per pa-sec-m
2
) or less with open-
ings gasketed or sealed
and
b. weather stripping has been
added on openable windows and
doors
and
c.
caulking or sealants are applied
to areas such as joints around
window and door frames, be-
tween sole plates and floors, be-
tween wall-ceiling joints, be-
tween wall panels, at penetra-
tions for plumbing, electrical, and
gas lines, and at other openings.
I
f your home meets all of the three
criteria above, you must provide ad-
ditional fresh air. See
Ventilation Air
From Outdoors, page 5.
If your home does not meet all of
the three criteria above, proceed to
page 4.
Heater
Cabinet
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