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Installation Instructions and Owner’s Manual
Unvented Liquid Propane Fired Room Heater
Figure 12
CHECKING GAS CONNECTIONS
WARNING:
Test all gas piping and connections for
leaks after installing or servicing. Correct all leaks
at once.
WARNING:
Never use an open flame to check for
a gas 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
High Pressure
Test pressure in Excess of ½ psig (3.5kPa)
1. The appliance and its appliance main gas valve
must be disconnected from the gas supply
piping system during any pressure testing of
that system at test pressures in excess of
½
psi (3.5 kPa). The appliance must be isolated
from the gas supply piping system by closing
its equipment shutoff valve during any pressure
testing of the gas supply piping system at test
pressures equal to or less than
½
psi (3.5 kPa).
2. Cap off open end of gas pipe where equipment
shutoff valve was connected.
3. Pressurize supply piping system by either using
compressed air or opening main gas valve on
or near gas meter.
4. Check all connections and joints in 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. Depressurize and relieve pressure in supply
piping system.
7. Reconnect heater and equipment shutoff valve
to gas supply.
8. Reconnected fittings must be checked for leaks
in next section.
Low Pressure
Test Pressure Equal To or Less Than ½ psig (3.5 kPa)
1. Close equipment shutoff valve (see figure 13).
2. Pressurize supply piping system by either using
compressed air or opening propane/LP supply
valve.
3. Check all joints from the propane/LP supply
valve 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.
5. Depressurize and relieve pressure from supply
piping system.
Pressure Testing Heater Gas Connections:
1. Make sure that the heater supply piping system
is connected and has been leak tested as
described above.
2. Make sure control knob of heater is in OFF
position.
3. Open equipment shutoff valve (see figure 13).
Figure 13
4. Open propane/LP supply valve.
5. Check all joints from equipment shutoff valve
to control valve (see figure 14). Apply mixture
of liquid soap and water to gas joints. Bubbles
forming show a leak.
6. Correct all leaks at once.
7. Light heater (see
Operating Your Heater
, page
page 10.
Equipment
Shutoff Valve
Open
Closed
Control Valve
Equipment
Shutoff Valve
To regulated propane
source
Figure 14
Nipple
Tee Joint
Cap
Shutoff Valve
HEATER CABINET
Nipple
Nipple
Tee Joint
Ground Joint Union
3/8” NPT Pipe Nipple
Pressure
Regulator
Test Gauge
Connection
1/8” NPT Plug Tap
Reducer Bushing
to 1/8” NPT
Nipple
Sediment
Trap
3” minimum
Fuel line from
Regulated LP Tank
(11”W.C to 14” WC Pressure)
