STA-RITE SRC400NA - Page 70

SECTION FOUR – Routine Maintenance and Professional Servicing
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Risk of fire, explosion, and electrical
shock. Heater service and repair must be performed by
a qualified installer, service agency, or the gas supplier.
Burn hazard. If heater has been operat-
ing, allow it to cool for at least half and hour before
touching the Flue Collar or the plastic Vent Body.
Carbon monoxide hazard. Check all flue
and vent pipe joints for leaks.
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Heater service and repair must be performed by a qualified
installer, service agency, or the gas supplier.
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You will need the following tools to make this
installation:
1 Reciprocating saw with a 6"x24t Bi-metal blade
1 Propane torch
1 Putty knife
1 Phillips screwdriver
1 Straight-blade screwdriver
1 Electric drill with 5/32 "and 3/8"bits
1 Wire brush
1 5"capacity C-clamp
180 grit (or finer) sandpaper
Isopropyl alcohol
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You must purchase the appropriate Appliance
Adapter Kit for your venting installation. Do not try to
save and reuse the Appliance Adapter you are remov-
ing from the heater.
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1. Turn off the filter pump and all electrical power to
the heater.
2. Allow the heater to cool for at least half an hour
before proceeding.
3. Unbolt and remove the Upper Left and Upper Right
Jackets from the heater.
4. Disconnect the wires from the Stack Flue Switch.
5. Disconnect the vent pipe from the Metal Flue Collar
or the Appliance Adapter (see Figure 4-3).
6. Remove the plastic Vent Body and the flue collar or
Appliance Adapter with three cuts from a recipro -
cating saw (see Figures 4-3 and 4-4). Use a 6"x24t
bi-metal blade.
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Vent Body Retrofit For Enclosed Installations
First Cut:
Be sure to cut up
past collar.
Second Cut:
Be sure to stay
above collar
Combustion
Chamber
Flue Collar
Appliance
Adapter or
Metal Flue
Collar
Third cut into socket
allows you to separate
socket from Combustion
Chamber Flue Collar.
Make cut carefully
through socket and
part way through epoxy.
Do not cut into Combustion
Chamber Flue Collar.
Heat metal Flue Collar
from inside, starting at
the last saw cut. Move
torch around inside Flue
Collar to soften epoxy.
Figure 4-3
Figure 4-4
Figure 4-5: After third cut, heat flue collar and pry
plastic collar off. Clean up metal flue collar with
torch and screwdriver or putty knife.