VCSeriesManual 21
ConnectElectricity
Donotrelyonthegasorwaterpipingtogroundthe
waterheater.AscrewisprovidedinthejuncƟonbox
forthegroundingconnecƟon.
Thewaterheaterrequires120VAC,60Hzpowerfrom
aproperlygroundedcircuit.
Ifusingthe5footlongpowercord,plug
itintoa
standard3prong120VAC,60Hzproperlygrounded
walloutlet.
Onoutdoormodels,adisconnectswitchmustbe
providedandinstalledfortheincoming120VAC
power.Itshouldbeatypethatissuitableforoutdoor
use.ChecktheNaƟonalElectricalCode,ANSI/NFPA
70
andyourlocalcodesforaproperswitchtypeto
useinyourarea.
ThewiringdiagramislocatedontheTechnicalSheet
aƩachedtotheinsideofthefrontcover.
WARNING
Donotuseanextensioncordoranadapterplugwith
thisappliance.
Thewaterheatermustbeelectricallygroundedin
accordancewithlocalcodesandordinancesor,inthe
absenceoflocalcodes,inaccordancewiththe
NaƟonalElectricalCode,ANSI/NFPANo.70.
Indoorwaterheatersareequippedwith
athreeͲ
prong(grounding)plugforyourprotecƟonagainst
shockhazardandshouldbepluggeddirectlyintoa
properlygroundedthreeͲprongreceptacle.Donot
cutorremovethegroundingterminalfr omthisplug.
ChecklistforGasandElectricity
ප
Amanualgascontrolvalveisplacedinthegas
linetothewaterheater.
ප CheckthegaslinesandconnecƟonsforleaks.
ප Confirmthatthegasinletpressureiswithin
limits.
ප Confirmthatthewaterheaterisratedforthegas
typesupplied.
ප Confirmthattheelectricityissuppliedfrom120
VAC,60Hzpowersourceandisinaproperly
groundedcircuit.
ප Anextensioncordoranadapterplughasnot
beenusedwiththewaterheater.
ප ForindoormodelsverifythatswitchNo.1inthe
SW1DIPswitch(tanswitches)hasbeenadjusted
forventlengthifnecessary.RefertothesecƟon
onMaximumVentLength.
AdjustforHighAlƟtude
OntheSW1DIPswitch(tanswitches), setswitches2
and3tothevaluesshownintablebelowforyour
alƟtude.Thedefaultseƫngfortheapplianceis0Ͳ
2000Ō(0Ͳ610m)withswitchesNo.2andNo.3inthe
OFFposiƟon.
WhentheDIP
switchisadjusted,itisnotnecessaryto
adjustthegaspressureseƫngforhighalƟtude.
AlƟtude
SW1
Switch
No.2
SW1
Switch
No.3
0Ͳ2000Ō(0Ͳ610m) OFF OFF
2001Ͳ5200Ō(610Ͳ1585m) OFF ON
5201Ͳ7700Ō(1585Ͳ2347m) ON OFF
7701Ͳ
10200Ō(2347Ͳ3109m) ON ON
AdjustforVentLength
(indoormodelsonly)
AdjustswitchNo.1intheSW1DIPswitch(tan
switches)ifrequired.RefertothesecƟon“Maximum
ventlength”.