Noritz NRCP982-DV - Safety Regulations; Safety Symbols and Definitions; Before Operating Safety

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Safety Precautions
To avoid product damage, personal injury, or even possible
death, carefully read, understand, and follow all the instruc-
tions in the Installation and Owner’s Guide and on the Water
Heater before installation, operation, or service.
Noritz cannot anticipate every circumstance that might in-
volve a potential hazard and our warnings are, therefore, not
all-inclusive. Proper installation, operation, and service are
your responsibility.
You must be satised that the operation and settings of the
Water Heater are safe for you and for others.
Safety Symbols are provided in the guide. When a user fails to
adhere to the following requirements, it can cause death, serious
damage, and a great property loss. For safety symbols, ‘DAN-
GER’ , ‘WARNING’ , CAUTION’ are indicated and the denitions
for these terms are below :
DANGER
Indicates an imminently hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
will result in death or serious injury. This signal word is limited to
the most extreme situations.
WARNING
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
could result in death or serious injury.
CAUTION
Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided,
may result in minor or moderate injury. It is also used to alert
against unsafe practices and hazards involving only property
damage.
WARNING
FORYOURSAFETYREAD
BEFOREOPERATING
If you do not follow these instructions exactly, a re
or explosion could result causing property damage,
personalinjuryorlossoflife.
A. This appliance does not have a pilot. It is equipped with
an ignition device which automatically lights the burner. Do
not try to light the burner by hand.
B. BEFORE OPERATING smell all around the appliance
area for gas. Be sure to smell next to the oor because
some gas is heavier than air and will settle on the oor.
WHATTODOIFYOUSMELLGAS
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electric switch; do not use any phone in
your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a neighbor’s
phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call the re
department.
C. Use only your hand to push in or turn the gas control knob.
Never use tools. If the knob will not push in or turn by hand,
don’t try to repair it, call a qualied service technician.
Force or attempted repair may result in a re or explosion.
D. Do not use this appliance if any part has been under water.
Immediately call a qualied service technician to inspect
the appliance and to replace any part of the control system
and any gas control which has been under water.
WARNING
TOTURNOFFGASTOAPPLIANCE
1. Set the thermostat to lowest setting.
2. Turn off all electric power to the appliance if service is to be
performed.
3. Turn manual gas shutoff valve to ˝OFF˝ position
Safety Precautions
Chapter2.–SafetyRegulations