C. PROTECTION FROM WATER DAMAGE
❑ CAUTION: All water heaters have a risk of leakage at some
unpredictable time.
❑ IT IS THE CUSTOMER’S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A
CATCH PAN OR OTHER ADEQUATE MEANS, SO THAT THE
RESULTANT FLOW OF WATER WILL NOT DAMAGE
FURNISHINGS OR PROPERTY.
❑ The warranty provided assures replacement within its terms, but
specifically does not warrant against consequential damage caused
by a leaking water heater.
D. TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE
❑ WARNING: A POTENTIAL HAZARD TO LIFE AND PROPERTY
MAY EXIST IN ANY WATER HEATER IF AN APPROVED
TEMPERATURE-AND-PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE IS NOT
PROPERLY INSTALLED.
❑ For protection against excessive pressures and temperatures in this
water heater, install temperature-and-pressure protective equipment
by local codes, but not less than a combination temperature-and-
pressure relief valve certified by a nationally recognized testing
laboratory that maintains periodic inspection of production of listed
equipment of materials, as meeting the requirements for Relief
Valves and Automatic Gas Shutoff for Hot Water Supply Systems,
ANSI Z21.22-1971. This valve must be marked with maximum set
pressure not to exceed the marked maximum allowable working
pressure of the water heater (150psi). Install the valve into an opening
provided and marked for this purpose in the water heater and orient
it or provide the tubing so that any discharge from the valve will exit
only within 6 inches above, or at any distance below the structural
floor and cannot contact any live electrical parts. The discharge
opening must not be blocked or reduced in size under any
circumstances.
❑ CAUTION: A temperature and pressure relief valve is designed
to discharge excessively hot water. THE CUSTOMER IS
RESPONSIBLE TO PROTECT PROPERTY AND PERSONNEL
FROM HARM WHEN THE VALVE FUNCTIONS.
❑ Install the temperature and pressure relief valve provided on the hot
water outlet of tank as shown in INSTALLATION DIAGRAM 1 on
page 20 and INSTALLATION DIAGRAM 2 on page 20.
❑ Care must be taken to be sure that the stem of the pressure and
temperature relief valve is immersed in the water within the top 6
inches of the tank.
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