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SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
FIRE, EXPLOSION, ELECTRICAL SHOCK, AND
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING HAZARD
Failure to follow this warning could result in dangerous
operation, personal injury, death, or property damage.
Improper installation, adjustment, alteration, service,
maintenance, or use can cause carbon monoxide poisoning,
explosion, fire, electrical shock, or other conditions which
may cause personal injury or property damage. Consult a
qualified service agency, local gas supplier, or your
distributor or branch for information or assistance. The
qualified service agency must use only factory--authorized
and listed kits or accessories when modifying this product.
!
WARNING
FIRE, EXPLOSION, ELECTRICAL SHOCK, AND
CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING HAZARD
Failure to follow this warning could result in dangerous
operation, personal injury, death, or property damage.
Furnaces shall NOT be twinned (i.e. tandem or staged
operation)
unless
approved
in
factory
technical
specifications literature for the furnace. A factory
authorized, field--supplied Twinning Kit MUST be used.
Consult furnace pre--sale literature for specific models
approved for twinning and the correct twinning kit.
Twinned furnaces must be installed on both a common
supply AND a common return duct system as shown in the
Twinning Kit Installation Instructions. Only two furnaces
can be twinned on a common supply and return duct system
using a factory authorized twinning kit.
!
WARNING
FIRE HAZARD
Failure to follow this warning could result in personal injury,
death, or property damage.
Solvents, cements and primers are combustible. Keep away
from heat, sparks and open flame. Use only in well--ventilated
areas. Avoid breathing in vapor or allowing contact with skin
or eyes.
!
WARNING
FURNACE RELIABILITY HAZARD
Failure to follow this caution may result in unit component
damage.
Application of this furnace should be indoors with special
attention given to vent sizing and material, gas input rate,
air temperature rise, unit leveling, and unit sizing.
CAUTION
!
Improper installation, adjustment, alteration, service, maintenance,
or use can cause explosion, fire, electrical shock, or other
conditions which may cause death, personal injury, or property
damage. Consult a qualified installer, service agency, or your
distributor or branch for information or assistance. The qualified
installer or agency must use factory-authorized kits or accessories
when modifying this product. Refer to the individual instructions
packaged with the kits or accessories when installing.
Installing and servicing heating equipment can be hazardous due to
gas and electrical components.
Only trained and qualified
personnel should install, repair, or service heating equipment.
Untrained personnel can perform basic maintenance functions such
as cleaning and replacing air filters. All other operations must be
performed by trained service personnel. When working on heating
equipment, observe precautions in literature, on tags, and on labels
attached to or shipped with furnace and other safety precautions
that may apply.
These instructions cover minimum requirements and conform to
existing national standards and safety codes. In some instances,
these instructions exceed certain local codes and ordinances,
especially those that may not have kept up with changing
residential construction practices. We require these instructions as a
minimum for a safe installation.
Follow all safety codes. Wear safety glasses, protective clothing,
and work gloves. Have a fire extinguisher available. Read these
instructions thoroughly and follow all warnings or cautions
included in literature and attached to the unit.
CUT HAZARD
Failure to follow this caution may result in personal injury.
Sheet metal parts may have sharp edges or burrs. Use care
and wear appropriate protective clothing, safety glasses and
gloves when handling parts, and servicing furnaces.
CAUTION
!
This is the safety--alert symbol
. When you see this symbol on
the furnace and in instructions or manuals, be alert to the potential
for personal injury.
Understand the signal words
DANGER
,
WARNING
, and
CAUTION
. These words are used with the safety--alert symbol.
DANGER
identifies the most serious hazards which
will
result in
severe personal injury or death.
WARNING
signifies a hazard
which
could
result in personal injury or death.
CAUTION
is used
to identify hazards which
may
result in minor personal injury or
product and property damage.
NOTE
and
NOTICE
are used to
highlight suggestions which will result in enhanced installation,
reliability, or operation.
1. Use only with type of gas approved for this furnace. Refer
to the furnace rating plate.
2. Install this furnace only in a location and position as spe-
cified in the “Location” section of these instructions.
3. Provide adequate combustion and ventilation air to the fur-
nace space as specified in “Air for Combustion and Ventila-
tion” section.
4. Combustion products must be discharged outdoors. Con-
nect this furnace to an approved vent system only, as spe-
cified in the “Venting” section of these instructions.
5. Never test for gas leaks with an open flame. Use a commer-
cially available soap solution made specifically for the de-
tection of leaks to check all connections, as specified in the
“Gas Piping” section.
6. Always install furnace to operate within the furnace’s inten-
ded temperature--rise range with a duct system which has an
external static pressure within the allowable range, as spe-
cified in the “Start--Up, Adjustments, and Safety Check”
section. See furnace rating plate.
7. When a furnace is installed so that supply ducts carry air
circulated by the furnace to areas outside the space contain-
ing the furnace, the return air shall also be handled by
duct(s) sealed to the furnace casing and terminating outside
the space containing the furnace. See “Air Ducts” section.
8. A gas--fired furnace for installation in a residential garage
must be installed as specified in the warning box in the
“Location” section.
