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Reliance Water Heater Manuals & Age Decoding
Reliance Water Heater company produces both gas and electric water heaters in a range of sizes and models for residential use, mobile home use, and point of use applications. Models also vary by warranty period including 6-year, 9-year, 12-year warranties.
Reliance also produces a wide range of tankless water heaters in indoor and outdoor models, ultra low NOx models, Non-conden sing models, and set-up for burning either propane or natural gas.
Notice: the reliance water heater manuals listed here are a representative subset of the enormous number of electric, natural gas, propane gas water heaters with various features. In the Reliance Water Heater Company contact information below we provide a link to the company's current list of all of their water heater models.
Watch out: typical warnings in Reliance water heater manuals include
Use a new CSA approved gas supply line.
Install a shut-off valve.
Failure to follow these instructions can
result in death, explosion, or
carbon monoxide poisoning.
WARNING
Do not connect a natural gas water heater to
an L.P. gas supply.
Do not connect an L.P. gas water heater to
a natural gas supply.
Electric Water Heater Manuals from Reliance Water Heater Company
This water heater is design certified by CSA International
as a Category I, non-direct
vented water heater which takes its
combustion on air either from the installation on area or from air ducted to the unit
from the outside.
This water heater
must be installed according to all local
and state codes or, in the absence of
local and state codes, the “Nation onal
Fuel Gas Code”, ANSI Z223.1(NFPA
54)-current edition on.
This is available
from the following:
CSA America, Inc.
8501 East Pleasant Valley Road
Cleveland, OH 44131
Nation onal Fire Protection on Association on
1 Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
Check with local code offi cials about
codes governing this installation on. H
ave
your installation on inspected by a code
offi cial to ensure the installation on meets
all local codes.
CAUTION! Hydrogen gas builds up in a hot water system when it is not used for a long period (two weeks or more).
Hydrogen gas is extremely fl ammable. If the hot water system has not been used for two weeks or more, open a hot water faucet for several minutes at the kitchen sink before using any electrical appliances connected to the hot water system.
If hydrogen is present there will probably be an unusual sound such as “air” escaping through the pipe as hot water begins to fl ow. Do not smoke or have an open fl ame or other ignition on source near the faucet while it is open.
Carbon Monoxide Risk WARNING!
This water heater operates by burning gas. Carbon monoxide is a colorless, odorless, gas that is a by-product of burning of fuels such as coal, wood, charcoal, oil, kerosene, propane, and natural gas.
Breathing excessive and abnormal amounts of carbon monoxide can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, resultion ng in serious injury or death. This water heater must be supplied with adequate combustion on air and must be properly vented to the outdoors.
Have a qualifi ed person (licensed plumber, authorized gas company personnel, or authorized service technician) install the vention ng system using these installation on instructions. When the installaton is complete, check the vent’s draft using the instructions on pages 23-24.
Note: Definition of FVIR = Flammable Vapor Ignition Resistant - This water heater complies with ANSI Z21.10.1, regarding the accidental or unintended ignition of flammable vapors, such as those emitted by gasoline.
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