Empire Faw-55-ip Owner's Manual
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
AND
OWNER’S MANUAL
FAN TYPE
VENTED
WALL FURNACE
MODEL
FAW-55IP
Installer: Leave this manual with the appli-
ance.
Consumer: Retain this manual for future refer-
ence.
WARNING: If not installed, operated and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer’s
instructions, this product could expose you
to substances in fuel or from fuel combustion
which can cause death or serious illness.
WARNING: If the information in these instructions are not followed exactly, a fire or explosion may result causing property damage,
personal injury or loss of life.
— Do not store or use gasoline or other flamma-
ble vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or
any other appliance.
— WHAT TO DO IF YOU SMELL GAS
• Do not try to light any appliance.
• Do not touch any electrical switch; do not
use any phone in your building.
• Immediately call your gas supplier from a
neighbor’s phone. Follow the gas supplier’s instructions.
• If you cannot reach your gas supplier, call
the fire department.
— Installation and service must be performed
by a qualified installer, service agency or the
gas supplier.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
SECTION PAGE
INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................3
SAFETY INFORMATION FOR USERS OF LP-GAS .........................................................4
INSTALLATION ................................................................................................................ 5-9
LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS .............................................................................................10
SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE SUGGESTIONS ................................................... 11-12
TROUBLESHOOTING .......................................................................................................13
S8600H TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE ...................................................................... 14-15
PARTS LIST .........................................................................................................................16
PARTS VIEW .......................................................................................................................17
VENTING ............................................................................................................................18
SERVICE NOTES ................................................................................................................19
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INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Always consult your local Building Department regarding
regulations, codes or ordinances which apply to the installation of
a vented wall furnace.
Instructions to Installer
1. Installer must leave instruction manual with owner after
installation.
2. Installer must have owner fill out and mail warranty card
supplied with furnace.
3. Installer should show owner how to start and operate furnace
and thermostat.
Warning:
Any change to this furnace or its control can be dangerous.
This is a heating appliance and any panel, door or guard
removed for servicing an appliance must be replaced prior
to operating the appliance.
General Information
This series is design certified in accordance with American National
Standard / CSA Standard Z21.86 and CSA 2.32 by the Canadian
Standards Association, as a Fan Type Vented Wall Furnace and
must be installed according to these instructions.
Any alteration of the original design, installed other than as
shown in these instructions or use with a type of gas not shown on
the rating plate is the responsibility of the person and company
making the change.
Important
All correspondence should refer to complete Model No., Serial
No. and type of gas.
Notice: During initial firing of this unit, its paint will bake out and
smoke will occur. To prevent triggering of smoke alarms, ventilate
the room in which the unit is installed.
Installation on Rugs and Tile
If this appliance is installed directly on carpeting, tile or other
combustible material other than wood flooring the appliance shall
be installed on a metal or wood panel extending the full width and
depth of the appliance.
The base referred to above does not mean the fire-proof base as
used on wood stoves. The protection is for rugs that are extremely
thick and light colored tile.
Installation in Residential Garages
Gas utilization equipment in residential garages shall be installed
so that all burners and burner ignition devices are located not less
than 18” (457mm) above the floor.
Such equipment shall be located, or protected, so it is not subject
to physical damage by a moving vehicle.
Specifications
Model FAW-55IP
BTU/HR (KW/H) 55,000 (16.1)
Height 82 3/8” (2092mm)
Width 16” (406mm)
Depth 11 1/2” (292mm)
Gas Inlet 1/2” (13mm) Pipe
Vent Collar 4” (102mm) Type B Oval
CFM 400
Accessories See Page 16
THIS IS A HEATING APPLIANCE
DO NOT OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITHOUT FRONT PANELS INSTALLED.
• Due to high temperatures the appliance should be located
out of traffic and away from furniture and draperies.
• Children and adults should be alerted to the hazards of
high surface temperatures and should stay away to avoid
burns or clothing ignition.
• Young children should be carefully supervised when they
are in the same room as the appliance.
• Clothing or other flammable material should not be placed
on or near the appliance.
• Any safety screen or guard removed for servicing an
appliance must be replaced prior to operating the
appliance.
• Keep burner and control compartment clean.
• Installation and repair should be done by a QUALIFIED
SERVICE PERSON. The appliance should be inspected
before use and at least annually by a qualified service
person. More frequent cleaning may be required due to
excessive lint from carpeting, bedding materials, etc. It
is imperative that control compartments, burners and
circulating air passageways of the appliance be kept
clean.
• DO NOT put anything around the furnace that will
obstruct the flow of combustion and ventilation air.
• DO keep the appliance area clear and free from combustible
material, gasoline and other flammable vapors and
liquids.
• DO examine venting system periodically and replace
damaged parts.
• DO make a periodic visual check of pilot and burners.
Clean and replace damaged parts.
• CAUTION: Pilot hole cover must be kept tightly closed
during operation.
• DO NOT use this heater if any part has been under water.
Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspect
the heater and to replace any part of the control system
and any gas control which has been under water.
• This furnace must not be connected to a chimney flue
serving a separate solid-fuel burning appliance.
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SAFETY INFORMATION FOR USERS OF LP-GAS
Propane (LP-Gas) is a flammable gas which can cause fires
and explosions. In its natural state, propane is odorless and
colorless. You may not know all the following safety precautions which can protect both you and your family from an
accident. Read them carefully now, then review them point
LP-GAS WARNING ODOR
If a gas leak happens, you should be able to smell the gas because of the odorant put in the LP-Gas.
That’s your signal to go into immediate action!
• Do not operate electric switches, light matches, use your
phone. Do not do anything that could ignite the gas.
• Get everyone out of the building, vehicle, trailer, or area.
Do that IMMEDIATELY.
• Close all gas tank or cylinder supply valves.
• LP-Gas is heavier than air and may settle in low areas such
as basements. When you have reason to suspect a gas leak,
keep out of basements and other low areas. Stay out until
NO ODOR DETECTED - ODOR FADE
Some people cannot smell well. Some people cannot smell the
odor of the chemical stench put into the gas. You must find out
if you can smell the odorant in propane. Smoking can decrease
your ability to smell. Being around an odor for a time can affect
your sensitivity or ability to detect that odor. Sometimes other
odors in the area mask the gas odor. People may not smell the
gas odor or their minds are on something else. Thinking about
smelling a gas odor can make it easier to smell.
The odorant in LP-gas is colorless, and it can fade under some
circumstances. For example, if there is an underground leak, the
movement of the gas through soil can filter the odorant. Odorants
by point with the members of your household. Someday
when there may not be a minute to lose, everyone’s safety
will depend on knowing exactly what to do. If, after reading the following information, you feel you still need more
information, please contact your gas supplier.
firefighters declare them to be safe.
• Use your neighbor’s phone and call a trained LP-Gas service
person and the fire department. Even though you may not
continue to smell gas, do not turn on the gas again. Do not
re-enter the building, vehicle, trailer, or area.
• Finally, let the service man and firefighters check for escaped
gas. Have them air out the area before you return. Properly
trained LP-Gas service people should repair the leak, then
check and relight the gas appliance for you.
in LP-Gas also are subject to oxidation. This fading can occur if
there is rust inside the storage tank or in iron gas pipes.
The odorant in escaped gas can adsorb or absorb onto or into walls,
masonry and other materials and fabrics in a room. That will take
some of the odorant out of the gas, reducing its odor intensity.
LP-Gas may stratify in a closed area, and the odor intensity could
vary at different levels. Since it is heavier than air, there may be
more odor at lower levels. Always be sensitive to the slightest
gas odor. If you detect any odor, treat it as a serious leak. Im
mediately go into action as instructed earlier.
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SOME POINTS TO REMEMBER
• Learn to recognize the odor of LP-gas. Your local LP-Gas
Dealer can give you a “Scratch and Sniff” pamphlet. Use it
to find out what the propane odor smells like. If you suspect
that your LP-Gas has a weak or abnormal odor, call your
LP-Gas Dealer.
• If you are not qualified, do not light pilot lights, perform service,
or make adjustments to appliances on the LP-Gas system. If
you are qualified, consciously think about the odor of LP-Gas
prior to and while lighting pilot lights or performing service
or making adjustments.
• Sometimes a basement or a closed-up house has a musty
smell that can cover up the LP-Gas odor. Do not try to light
pilot lights, perform service, or make adjustments in an area
where the conditions are such that you may not detect the
odor if there has been a leak of LP-Gas.
• Odor fade, due to oxidation by rust or adsorption on walls
of new cylinders and tanks, is possible. Therefore, people
should be particularly alert and careful when new tanks or
cylinders are placed in service. Odor fade can occur in new
tanks, or reinstalled old tanks, if they are filled and allowed
to set too long before refilling. Cylinders and tanks which
have been out of service for a time may develop internal rust
which will cause odor fade. If such conditions are suspected
to exist, a periodic sniff test of the gas is advisable. If you
have any question about the gas odor, call your LP-gas
dealer. A periodic sniff test of the LP-gas is a good safety
measure under any condition.
• If, at any time, you do not smell the LP-Gas odorant and you
think you should, assume you have a leak. Then take the same
immediate action recommended above for the occasion when
you do detect the odorized LP-Gas.
• If you experience a complete “gas out,” (the container is under no vapor pressure), turn the tank valve off immediately.
If the container valve is left on, the container may draw in
some air through openings such as pilot light orifices. If this
occurs, some new internal rusting could occur. If the valve is
left open, then treat the container as a new tank. Always be
sure your container is under vapor pressure by turning it off
at the container before it goes completely empty or having it
refilled before it is completely empty.
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INSTALLATION
Ventilation and Combustion Air
Wall furnaces shall be installed in a location in which the facilities
for ventilation permit satisfactory combustion of gas and proper
venting under normal conditions. In buildings of conventional
frame, brick, or stone construction without tight storm windows
and doors, infiltration is normally adequate to provide air for
combustion and draft hood dilution.
Where appliances are installed in confined and unconfined spaces
within a building, the building being of unusually tight construction,
air for combustion and ventilation must be obtained directly from
outdoors or from such spaces that freely communicate with the
outdoors. Under these conditions, the confined and unconfined
spaces shall be provided with two permanent openings, one near
the top of the enclosure and one near the bottom; each opening
shall have a free area of not less than one square inch (6,45cm
2
per 2,000 BTU hr. (.6KW/H) of total input.
Qualified Installing Agency
Installation and replacement of gas piping, gas utilization equipment
or accessories and repair and servicing of equipment shall be
performed only by a qualified agency. The term “qualified agency”
means any individual, firm, corporation or company which either in
person or through a representative is engaged in and is responsible
for (a) the installation or replacement of gas piping or (b) the
connection, installation, repair or servicing of equipment, who is
experienced in such work, familiar with all precautions required
and has complied with all the requirements of the authority having
jurisdiction.
The installation must conform with local codes or, in the absence of
local codes, with the National Fuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA
54,* Natural Gas and Propane Installation Code, CSA B149.1.
*Available from the American National Standards Institute, Inc., 11 West 42nd St.,
New York, N.Y. 10036.
Clearances
1. In selecting a location for installation, it is necessary to provide
adequate accessibility clearances for servicing and proper
installation.
2. The FAW-55 can be attached to the wall or recessed into the
wall up to 4 inches (102mm) in depth.
3. The wall in which the furnace is recessed has (0) zero (0mm)
clearance to the furnace sides and top.
4. When using side discharge registers, SOR-1 or SOK-1, the
furnace cannot be recessed into the wall.
5. Clearance to sidewall or combustible material is 4 inches
(102mm).
6. Ceiling clearance is 7 1/2 inches (191mm).
7. Floor and rear wall clearance is (0) zero inches (0mm).
8. Clearance of 18 inches (457mm) is required to adjacent wall or
combustible material when flush mounted SOR-1, side outlet
register is used.
Before Installing Consider The Following Venting
1. A chimney for residential-type or low-heat gas utilization
equipment shall extend at least 3 feet (914mm) above the
highest point where it passes through a roof of a building and
at least 2 feet (610mm) higher than any portion of building
within a horizontal distance of 10 feet (3m).
2. This furnace must not be connected to a chimney flue serving
a separate solid-fuel burning appliance.
3. Uninsulated Single-Wall Metal Pipe shall not be used
outdoors in cold climates for venting gas utilization
equipment.
4. Attention! This Fan Type Vented Wall Furnace is equipped
with a vent safety switch. In the event of spillage of flue
products due to improper venting the vent safety switch will
open, which results in the main burners to “shut off”.
Refer to Figure 1 and page 16 for additional information regarding
U.L. Listed gas vent equipment.
Installing Optional Side Outlets
Side outlet register, SOR-1 may be installed on one or both sides
of the furnace at the required clearances of 18 inches (457mm) to
)
adjacent wall or combustible material as shown in Figure 2.
1. Locate and cut the 5 1/2” (140mm) square opening in the cabinet
side using the template from the kit, exposing the inner liner
knock-out.
2. Remove the knock-out.
3. Place the register on the 5 1/2” (140mm) opening with the
louvers set for the desired direction and mark the mounting
holes using the register as a template.
4. Drill (2) 1/8” (3mm) diameter holes in cabinet side and fasten the
register in place with (2) #10 x 1” (25mm) screws provided.
Side outlet kit, 10” (254mm) boot assembly with register, SOK-1
for warm air discharge into an adjoining room may be installed on
either side of the furnace at the required clearance of 4 inches to
adjacent wall as shown in Figure 3A.
1. Locate and cut the 5 1/2” (140mm) square opening in the cabinet
side using the template from the kit, exposing the inner liner
knock-out.
2. Remove the knock-out.
3. Using the inner and outer boots as hole templates, mark and
drill (8) 1/8” (3mm) diameter holes in the inner liner and cabinet
side.
4. Using Figure 3A locate and cut a 6 3/4” (171mm) square
opening through walls.
5. Attach furnace to wall (see Attaching Furnace to Wall).
6. With furnace in place, after checking alignment of side outlet
opening in wall and furnace, place the 9 3/8” x 9 3/8” (238mm
x 238mm) side outlet wall plate over outer boot, pass the outer
boot through the wall and attach side outlet wall plate to furnace
side of wall with (2) #10 x 1” (25mm) screws provided.
7. Fasten outer boot to the cabinet side with (4) #8 x 1/4” (6mm)
screws provided.
8. Position and attach inner boot to inner liner with (4) #8 x 1/4”
(6mm) screws provided.
9. Locate the register with its louvers positioned for the desired
air discharge direction and mark the mounting holes using the
register as a template.
10. Drill (2) 1/8” (3mm) diameter holes in the wall and fasten the
register in place with (2) #10 x 1” (25mm) screws provided
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VENT CENTER TO COMBUSTIBLES
MINIMUM CLEARANCE 9/16” (40mm)
4”(102mm) OVAL TYPE “B”
CONNECTION
7/1/2” (191mm) MINIMUM
CLEARANCE TOP T
O
COMBUSTIBLES
VENT ENCLOSURE
DV-651 or DV-665 or
DV-666
MINIMUM CLEARANCE
TO COMBUSTIBLES
18”(457mm)
SIDE OUTLET
KIT PART SOK-1
Register
Part SOR-
1
6 5/8 (168mm)
WALL TO VALVE INLET
3”(76mm) TO
CENTER OF
½”(13mm) INLET ELBOW
3 3/4”(95mm) FLOOR TO
CONTROL VALV
E INLET
4”(102mm) MINIMUM
CLEARANCE TO
COMBUSTIBLES
REAR OUTLET
REGISTER KIT #ROK-1
ALL CONNECTIONS MUST BE MECHANICALLY
MADE AND LISTED CLERANCES MAINTAINED
*PARTS LISTED ARE TO BE PURCHASED
LOCALLY
SPACER STRAP*
BASE PLATE*
MOUNTING HOLE
2 PIECE VENT ENCLOSURE
CUT TO THE PROPER LENGTH
BASE PLATE
GASKET
(140mm)
(406mm)
(102mm)
(102mm)
(140mm)
(102mm)
3 1/4” (83mm)
11 ½”(292mm)
INSTALLATION
Installing Optional Rear Outlet
Rear outlet kit, 10” (254mm) boot assembly with register, ROK-1
for warm air discharge into an adjoining room.
Attention: Before furnace is attached to the wall, the wall opening
for the rear outlet must be cut, in addition to removal of the outer
and inner casing knockouts on furnace.
1. The wall opening measurements for the rear outlet are the
following.
A. From floor to bottom of wall opening is 14 3/4”
(375mm).
B. From bottom of wall opening to top of wall opening is 8
1/2” (216mm) .
C. Wall opening width is 12 1/8” (308mm).
2. Remove outer casing knockout from outer casing back.
3. Remove inner casing knockout from inner casing.
4. Attach furnace to wall (see Attaching Furnace to Wall).
5. Align clearance holes on 8” x 12” (203mm x 305mm) boot with
screw holes on outer casing back and mark boot to be flush
with wall surface. Remove boot and cut to proper length.
6. Attach 8” x 12” (203mm x 305mm) boot to outer casing back
with (6) #10 x 1/2” (13mm) screws provided.
7. Align clearance holes on 6” x 10” (152mm x 254mm) duct with
screw holes on inner casing and mark duct to be 2 1/4” (57mm)
shorter than 8” x 12” (203mm x 305mm) boot. Remove duct
and cut to proper length.
8. Attach 6” x 10” (152mm x 254mm) duct to inner casing with
(6) #10 x 1/2” (13mm) screws provided.
9. Insert rear register into 8” x 12” (203mm x 305mm) boot.
Attach rear register to wall with (2) #10 x 1” (25mm) screws
provided.
Figure 2
Figure 1
Figure 3 Figure 3A
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