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ALTERNATIVEPIPINGMETHODSTOCONNECT
APPUANCETOGASSUPPLY
A TRAINEDSERVICEMANORGASAPPLIANCEINSTALLERMUST CAU11ON:Donot_empt toattachtheflexibleconnectordirectlytoan
MAKETHEGASSUPPLYCONNECTION.LeakIastingoftheappliance externalpipethread.Connectionrequiresflareunionadapters.
shallbeconductedbythe installeraccordingto the instruation8
given. IMPORTANT
Unlessprohibitedbylocalcodesorordinances,anewA.G.A.- Certified, Applya non-corrosiveleakdetectionfluidtoalljointsandfittingsinthe
flexiblemetalapplianceconnectormaybeusedto connectthisappliance gasconnectionbetweenthesupplylineshut-offvalveandtherange.
toitsgassupply.Theconnectormusthaveaninternaldiameternotless Includegasfittingsandjointsintherangeifconnectionsweredisturbed
thannominal1/2"NPTpipeandbenomorethan5feetinlength.A 1/2" duringinstallation.CheckforleakalBubblesappearingaroundfittings
NPTx 1/2"flareunionadapteris requiredat eachendof theflexible andconnectionswillindicatealeak.Ifaleakappears,tumoffsuppiyline
connector,ff a flexibleconnectorisusedassurethatb_h theappliance gasshut-o_1valve,tightenconnections,turnonthesupldylinegasshut
pressureregulatorandmanualshut-offvalvearejoinedsolidlytoother offvalve,andretestfor leaks.Nevertestfor gasleakswithanopen
permanenthardpiping(eithergassupplyortheappliancemanifold)soas flame.
tobephysicallystationary.Seaillustrationsbelow:
PRESSURETESTING
ILLUSTRATIVE ALTERNATIVE PIPING Theappliancemustbe isolated#orethegassupplypipingsystemby
closingitsindividualmanualshut-offvalveduringanypressuretestingof
thegassupplypipingsystemattestpressuresequalto orlessthan1/2
PSIG (3.5kPa).
Thisappliance,as wall as its individualshut-offvalve, mustbe
disconnectedfromthegassupplypipingsystemduringanypressure
testingofthesystemattestpressuresinexcessof1/2PSIG(3.5kPa).
I Whencheckingapplianceregulatorfunction,makecertainpressureof
I t naturalgas supplyis between6 and14 inchesofwatercolumnor,if
e.-..- .._ convertedforLPgas,between11and14inches.
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