ValueSeriesManual 15
Condensate
(indoormodelsonly)
Condensateformaoncanoccurinhighefficiency
directventappliances.Withoutproperdrainage
condensatewilldamagetheheatexchanger.
Topreventcondensatedamagefollowthese
instrucons.
DONOT
• Donotallowcondensatetoenterthewater
heater.
• Donotconnectthecondensatedrainpipedirectly
totherainsewer.
• Donotconnectthecondensatedrainline withan
aircondioningevaporatorcoildrain.
MUSTDO
• Useonlyventthatisapprovedandidenfiedas
acceptableforyourparcularmodel.
• Forvercalterminaons,installacondensatedrain
andtrapascloseaspossibletotheappliance.
• Slopethevenngtowardtheapplianceaccording
totheventmanufacturersinstallaoninstrucons.
• Allcondensatemustdrainandbe disposedof
accordingtolocalcodes.
• UseonlyPVCorCPVCpipeforthecondensate
drainline.
• Thecondensatedrainpipe(alongitsenrelength)
mustbeatleastthesamediameterasthedrain
line,(5/8inchNPT).
• Theendofthecondensate drainpipeshouldbe
opentotheatmosphere.Theendshouldnotbe
underwaterorothersubstances.
• Tominimizefreezingofthecondensate,runthe
condensatedrainlinethroughaninteriorwallor
betweeninsulaonandaninteriorwall.
• Thecondensatecollectorshouldbeusedforall
hydronicheangapplicaons.
ChecklistforVenngand
Condensate(indoormodelsonly)
□Verifyproperclearancesar oundtheventsandair
intakes.
□Ensureyouhaveusedthecorrectvenng
productsforthemodelinstalledandthatyou
havecompletelyfollowedthevenng
manufacturer’sinstallaoninstruconsandthese
installaoninstrucons.
□Verifythattheventpipehasadownwardslopeor
gradetotheoutsideof1/4inchperfoot(1.2°)
ORiftheventpipeisslopedtowardthewater
heater(assomelocalcodesrequire),thata
condensatecollectorisinstalledtoallow
condensaontodrainawayfrom
thewater
heatertoaproperdrainsource.
□Verifythatcondensatewillnotbeallowedto
drainbackintothewaterheater.
□Verifythattheventsystemdoesnotexceedthe
maximumlengthforthenumberofelbowsused.
INFORMATION
• Acondensatetrapisavailable,P/N222053.
• Regionsofcoldclimatewillcreatemore
condensateintheventsystem.Thecondensate
collectorshouldbeusedincoldclimates.
• Thecondensatedrainpipeshouldbeasshortas
possibleandhaveadownwardpitch.
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