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The UA17 is our EcoNet Enabled 17 SEER Two-Stage Air Condi-
tioner and is part of the Ruud Air Conditioner product line that
extends from 13 to 20 SEER. This highly featured and reliable air
conditioner is designed for years of reliable, efficient operation
when matched with Ruud indoor aluminum evaporator coils and
furnaces or air handler units with aluminum evaporators.
The UA17 is exclusively designed to operate with the EcoNet
Smart Home System. Developed by Ruud, The EcoNet Smart
Home System allows homeowners to manage select high-
efficiency, EcoNet Enabled air conditioners, heat pumps, gas
furnaces, air handlers and water heaters from anywhere.
EcoNet Enabled products in a home are connected through
standard HVAC wiring; then, contractors have the option of
adding an EcoNet WiFi kit (
) so the homeowner can access
everything remotely through a free mobile app or mobile-friendly
website. The Control Center (
) acts as both a thermostat for
the heating and cooling system, and a remote control for con-
nected water heaters.
The EcoNet Smart Home System is the first integrated system
for a home’s Heating, Cooling and Water Heating equipment –
allowing homeowners to manage the products that consume up
to 65% of their home’s energy. EcoNet sets Ruud, our distributor
and contactor customers apart in the industry with a unique,
advanced and efficient technology solution.
Our unique composite base (
) reduces sound emission, elimi-
nates rattles, significantly reduces fasteners, eliminates corrosion
and has integrated brass compressor attachment inserts (
).
Furthermore it has incorporated into the design, water manage -
ment features, means for hand placement (
) for unit maneuver-
ing, screw trays (
) and inserts for lifting off unit pad. (
)
Service Valves (
) are rigidly mounted in the composite base
with 3" between suction and discharge valves, 4" clearance
below service valves and a minimum of 5" above the service
valves, creating industry leading ease of installation. The minimum
27 square-inches around the service valves allows ample room
to remove service valve schrader prior to brazing, plenty of
clearance for easy brazing of the suction and discharge lines to
service valve outlets, easy access and hookup of low loss refrig-
erant gauges (
), and access to the service valve caps for
opening. For applications with long-line lengths up to 250 feet
total equivalent length, up to 200 feet condenser above evapora-
tor, or up to 80 feet evaporator above condenser, the long-line
instructions in the installation manual should be followed.
Controls are accessed from the corner of the unit by removing
only two fasteners from the control access cover, revealing the
industry’s largest 15" wide and 14" tall control area (
). With all
this room in the control area the high voltage electrical whip (
)
can easily be inserted through the right size opening in the
bottom of the control area. Routing it leads directly to contractor
lugs for connection. The low voltage control wires (
) are easily
connected to the units low voltage wiring. If contactor or capaci-
tor (
) needs to be replaced there is more than adequate space
to make the repair. The service window (
) can be removed by
removing two screws, to access the high and low pressure
switches and view interior of unit. (
) (High and low pressure is
standard on UA17 models).
If in the rare event, greater access is needed to internal compo-
nents, such as the compressor, the entire corner of the unit can
be removed along with the top cover assembly to have unprece-
dented access to interior of the unit (
). Extra wire length is
incorporated into each outdoor fan and compressor so top
cover and control panel can be positioned next to the unit. With
minimal effort the plug can be removed from the compressor
and the outdoor fan wires can be removed from the capacitor to
allow even more uncluttered access to the interior of the unit (
).
Outdoor coil heights range from as short as 35" to 51". Disas-
sembly to this degree and complete reassembly only takes a first
time service technician less than 10 minutes. (
)
All units utilize strong formed louver
panels which provide industry leading
coil protection. Louver removal for coil
cleaning is accomplished by removing
one screw and lifting the panel out of
the composite base pan. (
) All UA17
units utilize single row coils (
) making
cleaning easy and complete, restoring
the performance of the air conditioner
back to out of the box performance
levels year after year.
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