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DUCT LEAKS CAN CREATE AN
UNBALANCED SYSTEM AND
DRAW POLLUTANTS SUCH AS
DIRT, DUST, FUMES AND ODORS
INTO THE HOME CAUSING
PROPERTY DAMAGE. FUMES
AND ODORS FROM TOXIC,
VOLATILE OR FLAMMABLE
CHEMICALS, AS WELL AS
AUTOMOBILE EXHAUST AND
CARBON MONOXIDE (CO), CAN
BE DRAWN INTO THE LIVING
SPACE THROUGH LEAKING
DUCTS AND UNBALANCED DUCT
SYSTEMS CAUSING PERSONAL
INJURY OR DEATH (SEE FIGURE
1).
• IF AIR-MOVING EQUIPMENT OR
DUCTWORK IS LOCATED IN
GARAGES OR OFF-GARAGE
STORAGE AREAS - ALL JOINTS,
SEAMS, AND OPENINGS IN THE
EQUIPMENT AND DUCT MUST
BE SEALED TO LIMIT THE
MIGRATION OF TOXIC FUMES
AND ODORS INCLUDING
CARBON MONOXIDE FROM
MIGRATING INTO THE LIVING
SPACE.
• IF AIR-MOVING EQUIPMENT OR
DUCTWORK IS LOCATED IN
SPACES CONTAINING FUEL
BURNING APPLIANCES SUCH
AS WATER HEATERS OR
BOILERS - ALL JOINTS, SEAMS,
AND OPENINGS IN THE
EQUIPMENT AND DUCT MUST
ALSO BE SEALED TO PREVENT
DEPRESSURIZATION OF THE
SPACE AND POSSIBLE
MIGRATION OF COMBUSTION
BYPRODUCTS INCLUDING
CARBON MONOXIDE INTO THE
LIVING SPACE.
IMPROPER INSTALLATION, OR
INSTALLATION NOT MADE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE CSA
INTERNATIONAL (CSA)
CERTIFICATION OR THESE
INSTRUCTIONS, CAN RESULT IN
UNSATISFACTORY OPERATION
AND/OR DANGEROUS CONDI-
TIONS AND ARE NOT COVERED
BY THE UNIT WARRANTY.
IN COMPLIANCE WITH
RECOGNIZED CODES, IT IS
RECOMMENDED THAT AN
AUXILIARY DRAIN PAN BE
INSTALLED UNDER ALL
EVAPORATOR COILS OR UNITS
CONTAINING EVAPORATOR
COILS THAT ARE LOCATED IN
ANY AREA OF A STRUCTURE
WHERE DAMAGE TO THE
BUILDING OR BUILDING
CONTENTS MAY OCCUR AS A
RESULT OF AN OVERFLOW OF
THE COIL DRAIN PAN OR A
STOPPAGE IN THE PRIMARY
CONDENSATE DRAIN PIPING. SEE
ACCESSORIES SECTION OF
THESE INSTRUCTIONS FOR
AUXILIARY HORIZONTAL
OVERFLOW PAN INFORMATION
(MODEL RXBM).
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WARNING
NOTICE
NOTICE
