Carrier 160 Series - Safety Considerations

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SAFETY CONSIDERATIONS
CA AUN LO:
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.
4& CAUTION
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.
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.
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.
Wear safety glasses, protective clothing and work gloves. Have
fire extinguisher available during start-up and adjustment
procedures and service calls.
This is the safety-alert symbol AN 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
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to identify hazards which may result in minor personal injury or
product and property damage. NOTE is 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.
bo . 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
furnace space as specified in “Air for Combustion and
Ventilation” 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 com-
mercially available soap solution made specifically for the
detection of leaks to check all connections, as specified in
the “Gas Piping” section.
6. Always install furnace to operate within the furnace’s in-
tended temperature-rise range with a duct system which
has an external static pressure within the allowable range,
as specified 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 con-
taining the furnace, the return air shall also be handled by
duct(s) sealed to the furnace casing and terminating out-
side the space containing the furnace. See “Air Ducts” sec-
tion.
8. A gas-fired furnace for installation in a residential garage
must be installed as specified in the warning box in the
“Location” section.
9, The furnace may be used for construction heat provided
that the furnace installation and operation complies with
the first CAUTION in the LOCATION section of these in-
structions.
10. These Multipoise Gas-Fired Furnaces are CSA (formerly
A.G.A. and C.G.A.) design-certified for use with natural
and propane gases (see furnace rating plate) and for install-
ation in alcoves, attics, basements, closets, utility rooms,
crawlspaces, and garages. The furnace is factory-shipped
for use with natural gas. A CSA (A.G.A. and C.G.A.) lis-
ted accessory gas conversion kit is required to convert fur-
nace for use with propane gas.
11. See Fig. 1 for required clearances to combustible construc-
tion.
12. Maintain a 1-in. (25 mm) clearance from combustible ma-
terials to supply air ductwork for a distance of 36 in. (914
mm) horizontally from the furnace. See NFPA 90B or loc-
al code for further requirements.
13. These furnaces SHALL NOT be installed directly on car-
peting, tile, or any other combustible material other than
wood flooring. In downflow installations, factory access-
ory floor base MUST be used when installed on combust-
ible materials and wood flooring. Special base is not re-
quired when this furnace is installed on manufacturer’s
Coil Assembly Part No. CNRV, CNPV, CAP, or CAR or
when Coil Box Part No. KCAKC is used. See Fig. 1 for
clearance to combustible construction information.