Rinnai V Model Series User Manual

4 V53De Manual
It is recommended that a licensed professional install
the appliance, inspect it, and leak test it before use.
The warranty may be voided due to any improper
installaon.
The installer should have skills such as:
• gas sizing
• connecng gas lines, water lines, valves,
electricity,
• knowledge of applicable naonal, state, and
local codes.
If you lack these skills contact a licensed professional.
Installaon Instrucons
Installaon Steps
General Instrucons
Prepare for Installaon ...................................... 5
Determine Installaon Locaon ......................... 5
Checklist to Determine Installaon Locaon ..... 8
Mount to Wall .................................................... 8
Remove the Front Panel .................................... 9
Installaon of Plumbing ..................................... 9
Checklist for Plumbing ..................................... 11
Installaon of Gas Supply ................................. 11
Connect Electricity ........................................... 13
Adjust for High Altude ................................... 13
Checklist for Gas and Electricity ....................... 13
Installaon of Temperature Controller ............ 14
Mounng the Controller .................................. 15
Final Checklist................................................... 16
Installer Qualicaons
DO NOT
• Do not install the V53De indoors.
• Do not install the appliance in an area where water
leakage of the unit or connecons will result in
damage to the area adjacent to the appliance or to
lower oors of the structure. When such locaons
cannot be avoided, it is recommended that a
suitable drain pan, adequately drained, be installed
under the appliance. The pan must not restrict
combuson air ow.
• Do not obstruct the ow of combuson and
venlaon air. Combuson air shall not be
supplied from occupied spaces.
• Do not use this appliance in an applicaon such as
a pool or spa heater that uses chemically treated
water . (This appliance is suitable for lling large or
whirlpool spa tubs with potable water.)
• Do not use substute parts that are not authorized
for this appliance.
MUST DO
• The installaon must conform with local codes or,
in the absence of local codes, with the Naonal
Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, or the
Natural Gas and Propane Installaon Code, CSA
B149.1. If installed in a manufactured home, the
installaon must conform with the Manufactured
Home Construcon and Safety Standard, Title 24
CFR, Part 3280 and/or CAN/SCA Z240 MH Series,
Mobile Homes.
• The appliance, when installed, must be electrically
grounded in accordance with local codes or, in the
absence of local codes, with the Naonal Electrical
Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, or the Canadian Electrical
Code, CSA C22.1.
• The appliance and its appliance main gas valve
must be disconnected from the gas supply piping
system during any pressure tesng of that system
at test pressures in excess of 1/2 psi (3.5 kPa)
(13.84 in W.C.).
• The appliance must be isolated from the gas supply
piping system by closing its individual manual
shuto valve during any pressure tesng of the gas
supply piping system at test pressures equal to or
less than 1/2 psi (3.5 kPa) (13.84 in W.C.).
• You must follow the installaon instrucons for
adequate combuson air intake and exhaust.
INFORMATION
• If a water heater is installed in a closed water
supply system, such as one having a backow
preventer in the cold water supply line, means
shall be provided to control thermal expansion.
Contact the water supplier or local plumbing
inspector on how to control thermal expansion.
Type of installaon
• For installaon in residenal applicaons.
• Cered for installaon in manufactured (mobile)
homes.

Rinnai V Model Series Specifications

General

Brand	Rinnai
Model	V Model Series
Category	Water Heater
Language	English