Vanguard VP5C, VP10 User Manual
®
INFRARED VENT-FREE PROPANE/LP GAS
HEATER
OWNER’S OPERATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL
®
Models: VP5C and VP10
WARNING: If the information in this manual is 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 flammable 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.
WARNING: This is an unvented gas-fired heater. It uses air (oxygen) from the
room in which it is installed. Provisions for adequate combustion must be
provided. Refer to page 3 of this manual.
This appliance may be installed in an aftermarket* manufactured (mobile) home,
where not prohibited by state or local codes.
* Aftermarket: Completion of sale, not for purpose of resale, from the manufacturer
This appliance is only for use with the type of gas indicated on the rating plate.
This appliance is not convertible for use with other gases.
Save this manual for future reference.
VANGUARD VP5C AND VP10
PROPANE/LP GAS HEATERS
SAFETY
INFORMATION
WARNINGS
IMPORTANT: Read this Owner’s
Manual carefully and completely
before trying to assemble, operate, or service this heater. Improper use of this heater can
cause serious injury or death from
burns, fire, explosion, and carbon monoxide poisoning.
DANGER: Carbon monoxide
poisoning may lead to death!
Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: Early
signs of carbon monoxide poisoning resemble the flu, with headaches, dizziness,
or nausea. If you have these signs, the heater
may not be working properly. Get fresh air
at once! Have heater serviced. Some people
are more affected by carbon monoxide than
others. These include pregnant women, persons with heart or lung disease or anemia,
those under the influence of alcohol, and
those at high altitudes.
Propane/LP Gas: Propane/LP gas is odor-
less. An odor-making agent is added to
propane/LP gas. The odor helps you detect
a propane/LP gas leak. However, the odor
added to propane/LP gas can fade. Propane/
LP gas may be present even though no odor
exists.
Make certain you read and understand all
Warnings. Keep this manual for reference.
It is your guide to safe and proper operation
of this heater.
WARNING: Any change to this
heater or its controls can be dangerous.
1. This appliance is only for use with the
type of gas indicated on the rating plate.
This appliance is not convertible for use
with other gases.
2. Do not place propane/LP supply tank(s)
inside any structure. Locate propane/
LP supply tank(s) outdoors.
3. If you smell gas
• shut off gas supply
• 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
4. Heater model VP10 shall not be installed in a bathroom.
5. Never install the heater
• in a recreational vehicle
• where curtains, furniture, clothing, or
other flammable objects are less than
36 inches from the front, top, or sides
of the heater
• as a fireplace insert
• in high traf fic areas
• in windy or drafty areas
6. Always run heater with control knob
at LOW or HIGH locked positions
(VP10) or ON position (VP5C). Never
set control knob between locked positions. Poor combustion may result.
7. This heater needs fresh, outside air ventilation to run properly . This heater has
an oxygen depletion sensor (ODS) pilot light safety system. The ODS shuts
down the heater if not enough fresh air
is available. See Air for Combustion
and Ventilation, pages 3 through 5.
8. Keep all air openings in the front and
bottom of heater clear and free of debris. This will insure enough air for
proper combustion.
9. If heater shuts off, do not relight until
you provide fresh, outside air. If heater
keeps shutting off, have it serviced.
10. Do not run heater
• where flammable liquids or vapors
are used or stored
• under dusty conditions
11. Never place any objects on the heater.
12. Surface of heater becomes very hot
when running heater. Keep children and
adults away from hot surface to avoid
burns or clothing ignition. Heater will
remain hot for a time after shut-down.
Allow surface to cool before touching.
13. Carefully supervise young children
when they are in same room with
heater.
14. Make sure grill guard is in place before running heater.
15. Do not use heater if any part has been
under water. Immediately call a qualified service technician to inspect the
room heater and to replace any part of
the control system and any gas control
which has been under water.
16. Turn off heater and let cool before servicing. Only a qualified service person
should service and repair heater.
17. Operating heater above elevations of
4,500 feet could cause pilot outage.
18. To prevent performance problems, do
not use propane fuel tank of less than
100 lb. capacity .
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PRODUCT
IDENTIFICATION
Front Panel
Figure 1 - Vent-Free Propane/LP Gas Heater (Model VP10 Shown)
LOCAL CODES
Install and use heater with care. Follow all
local codes. In the absence of local codes,
use the latest edition of National Fuel Gas
Code ANSI Z223.1, also known as NFPA
54*.
*Available from:
American National Standards Institute, Inc.
1430 Broadway
New York, NY 10018
National Fire Protection Association, Inc.
Batterymarch Park
Quincy, MA 02269
Piezo Ignitor Button
Control Knob
Grill Guard
Burners
Heater Cabinet
PRODUCT
FEATURES
SAFETY PILOT
This heater has a pilot with an Oxygen
Depletion Sensor Shutoff System (ODS).
The ODS/pilot is a required feature for ventfree room heaters. The ODS/pilot shuts off
the heater if there is not enough fresh air.
PIEZO IGNITION SYSTEM
This heater has a piezo ignitor. This system
requires no matches, batteries, or other
sources to light heater.
UNPACKING
1. Remove heater from carton.
2. Remove all protective packaging applied to heater for shipment.
3. Check heater for any shipping damage.
If heater is damaged, promptly inform
dealer where you bought heater.
OWNER’S MANUAL
AIR FOR
COMBUSTION
AND
VENTILATION
WARNING: This heater shall
not be installed in a confined
space unless provisions are provided for adequate combustion
and ventilation air. Read the following instructions to insure
proper fresh air for this and other
fuel-burning appliances in your
home.
Today’s homes are built more energy efficient than ever. New materials, increased
insulation, and new construction methods
help reduce heat loss in homes. Home owners weather strip and caulk around windows
and doors to keep the cold air out and the
warm air in. During heating months, home
owners want their homes as airtight as possible.
While it is good to make your home energy
efficient, your home needs to breathe. Fresh
air must enter your home. All fuel-burning
appliances need fresh air for proper combustion and ventilation.
Exhaust fans, fireplaces, clothes dryers, and
fuel burning appliances draw air from the
house to operate. You must provide adequate fresh air for these appliances. This
will insure proper venting of vented fuelburning appliances.
PROVIDING ADEQUATE
VENTILATION
The following is exerpts from National Fuel
Gas Code. NFPA 54/ANSI Z223.1, Section
5.3, Air for Combustion and Ventilation.
All spaces in homes fall into one of the three
following ventilation classifications:
1. Unusually Tight Contruction; 2. Unconfined Space; 3. Confined Space.
The information on pages 4 and 5 will help
you classify your space and provide adequate ventilation.
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VANGUARD VP5C AND VP10
PROPANE/LP GAS HEATERS
AIR FOR
COMBUSTION
AND
VENTILATION
Continued
Unusually Tight Construction
The air that leaks around doors and windows may provide enough fresh air for
combustion and ventilation. However, in
buildings of unusually tight construction,
you must provide additional fresh air.
Unusually tight construction is
defined as construction where:
a. walls and ceilings exposed to
the outside atmosphere have a
continuous water vapor retarder
with a rating of one perm (6x10
kg per pa-sec-m2) or less with
openings gasketed or sealed
b. weather stripping has been
added on openable windows and
doors
c. caulking or sealants are applied to areas such as joints
around window and door frames,
between sole plates and floors,
between wall-ceiling joints, between wall panels, at penetrations
for plumbing, electrical, and gas
lines, and at other openings.
If your home meets all of the three
criteria above, you must provide additional fresh air. See
From Outdoors
If your home does not meet all of the
three criteria above, proceed to
termining Fresh-Air Flow For Heater
Location.
and
Ventilation Air
, page 5
.
Confined and Unconfined Space
The National Fuel Gas Code (ANSIZ2123.1,
1992 Section 5.3) defines a confined space
as a space whose volume is less than 50
cubic feet per 1,000 Btu per hour (4.8 m3 per
kw) of the aggregate input rating of all
appliances installed in that space and an
unconfined space as a space whose volume
is not less than 50 cubic feet per 1,000 Btu
per hour (4.8 m3 per kw) of the aggregate
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and
De-
input rating of all appliances installed in that
space. Rooms communicating directly with
the space in which the appliances are installed*, through openings not furnished
with doors, are considered a part of the
unconfined space.
* Adjoining rooms are communicating only
if there are doorless passageways or ventilation grills between them.
DETERMINING FRESH-AIR
FLOW FOR HEATER
LOCATION
Determining if You Have a
Confined or Unconfined Space
Use this worksheet to determine if you have
a confined or unconfined space.
Space: Includes the room in which you
will install heater plus any adjoining rooms
with doorless passageways or ventilation
grills between the rooms.
1. Determine the volume of the space
(length x width x height).
Length x Width x Height =
______ cu. ft. (volume of space)
Example:
20 ft. (length) x 16 ft. (width) x 8 ft.
(ceiling height) =
2560 cu. ft. (volume of space)
If additional ventilation to adjoining
room is supplied with grills or openings, add the volume of these rooms to
the total volume of the space.
2. Divide the space volume by 50 cubic
feet to determine the maximum Btu/
Hr the space can support.
_____(volume of space) ÷ 50 cu. ft. =
(Maximum Btu/Hr the space can support)
Example:
space) ÷ 50 cu. ft. = 51.2 or 51,200
(maximum Btu/Hr the space can support)
Space size
2560 cu. ft. (volume of
3. Add the Btu/Hr of all fuel burning appliances in the space.
Vent-free heater _________ Btu/Hr
Gas water heater*________ Btu/Hr
Gas furnace ____________ Btu/Hr
Vented gas heater ________ Btu/Hr
Gas fireplace logs________ Btu/Hr
Other gas
appliances* + ___________ Btu/Hr
T otal = ________________ Btu/Hr
Example:
* Do not include direct-vent gas appliances. Direct-vent draws combustion
air from the outdoors and vents to the
outdoors.
4. Compare the maximum Btu/Hr the
space can support with the actual
amount of Btu/Hr used.
__________ Btu/Hr (maximum the
space can support)
__________ Btu/Hr (actual amount of
Btu/Hr used)
Example:
The space in the above example is a confined space because the actual Btu/Hr used
is more than the maximum Btu/Hr the space
can support. You must provide additional
fresh air. Your options are as follows:
A. Rework worksheet, adding the space of
an adjoining room. If the extra space
provides an unconfined space, remove
door to adjoining room or add ventilation grills between rooms. See V entila-
tion Air From Inside Building, page 5.
B. Vent room directly to the outdoors. See
V entilation Air From Outdoors, page 5.
C. Install a lower Btu/Hr heater, if lower
Btu/Hr size makes room unconfined.
If the actual Btu/Hr used is less than the
maximum Btu/Hr the space can support, the
space is an unconfined space. You will need
no additional fresh air ventilation.
Gas water heater
40,000 Btu/Hr
Vent-free heater + 10,000 Btu/Hr
T otal = 50,000 Btu/Hr
46,100 Btu/Hr (maximum
the space can support)
50,000 Btu/Hr (actual
amount of Btu/Hr used)
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COMBUSTION
AND
VENTILATION
Continued
OWNER’S MANUAL
12"
WARNING: If the area in which
the heater may be operated is
smaller than that defined as an
unconfined space, provide adequate combustion and ventilation air by one of the methods
described in the
National Fuel
Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1, 1992,
Section 5.3 or applicable local
codes.
VENTILATION AIR
Ventilation Air From Inside
Building
This fresh air would come from an adjoining
unconfined space. When ventilating to an
adjoining unconfined space, you must provide two permanent openings: one within
12" of the ceiling and one within 12" of the
floor on the wall connecting the two spaces
(see options 1 and 2, Figure 2). You can also
remove door into adjoining room (see option 3, Figure 2). Follow the National Fuel
Gas Code NFPA 54/ANSI Z223.1, Section
5.3, Air for Combustion and Ventilation for
required size of ventilation grills or ducts.
WARNING:Rework
worksheet, adding the space of
the adjoining unconfined space.
The combined spaces must have
enough fresh air to supply all
appliances in both spaces.
Ventilation Grills
Ventilation
Grills
into Adjoining
Room,
Option 1
Figure 2 - Ventilation Air from Inside Building
Or
Remove
Door into
Adjoining
Room,
Option 3
12"
Into Adjoining Room,
Option 2
Ventilation Air From Outdoors
Provide extra fresh air by using ventilation grills or ducts. You must provide two permanent
openings: one within 12" of the ceiling and one within 12" of the floor. Connect these items
directly to the outdoors or spaces open to the outdoors. These spaces include attics and crawl
spaces.
IMPORTANT:
thermostat-controlled power vent. Heated air entering the attic will activate the power vent.
Do not provide openings for inlet or outlet air into attic if attic has a
Outlet
Air
Ventilated
Attic
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Outlet
Air
Inlet
Air
Inlet Air
Figure 3 - Ventilation Air from Outdoors
5
Ventilated
Crawl Space
To Attic
To
Crawl
Space
VANGUARD VP5C AND VP10
PROPANE/LP GAS HEATERS
INSTALLING
TO WALL
NOTICE: A qualified service person must install heater. Follow
all local codes.
CHECK GAS TYPE
Use only propane/LP gas. If your gas supply
is not propane/LP, do not install heater. Call
dealer where you bought heater for proper
type heater.
INSTALLATION ITEMS
Before installing heater, make sure you have
the items listed below.
• external regulator (supplied by installer ,
see page 8)
• piping (check local codes)
• sealant (resistant to propane/LP gas)
• manual shutof f valve *
• ground joint union
• test gauge connection * (see Figure 13,
page 8)
• sediment trap
• tee joint
• pipe wrench
* An A.G.A. design-certified manual shutoff
valve with 1/8" NPT tap is an acceptable
alternative to test gauge connection. The
optional A.G.A. design-certified manual
shutoff valve can be purchased from your
dealer. See Accessory, page 15.
LOCATING HEATER
This heater is designed to be mounted on a
wall.
WARNING: Maintain the mini-
mum clearances shown in Figure
4. If you can, provide greater clearances from floor, ceiling, and joining wall.
WARNING: Never install the
heater
• in a bathroom (VP10 only)
• in a recreational vehicle
• where curtains, furniture,
clothing, or other flammable
objects are less than 36
inches from the front, top, or
sides of the heater
• as a fireplace insert
• in high traffic areas
• in windy or drafty areas
CAUTION: This heater creates warm air currents. These
currents move heat to wall surfaces next to heater. Installing
heater next to vinyl or cloth wall
coverings or operating heater
where impurities in the air (such
as tobacco smoke) exist, may
discolor walls.
IMPORTANT:
Vent-free heaters add moisture to the air. Although this is beneficial,
installing heater in rooms without enough
ventilation air may cause mildew to form
from too much moisture. See Fresh Air for
Combustion and Ventilation, pages 3
through 5.
CAUTION: If you install the
heater in a home garage
• heater pilot and burner must
be at least 18 inches above
floor
• locate heater where moving
vehicle will not hit it
For convenience and efficiency, install heater
• where there is easy access for opera-
tion, inspection, and service
• in coldest part of room
CEILING
36"
8"
Minimum
From
Sides Of
Heater
Left
Side
FLOOR
Figure 4 - Mounting Clearances As Viewed
From Front of Heater
Minimum
Right
Side
3"
Minimum To Top Surface
Of Carpeting, Tile Or Other
Combustible Material
INSTALLING HEATER TO
WALL
Marking Screw Locations
1. Determine where you will locate heater.
WARNING: Maintain minimum
clearances shown in Figure 5. If
you can, provide greater clearances from floor and joining wall.
2. Mark two mounting screw locations on
wall (see Figure 5).
10 7/8"
Minimum To
Maintain 8"
Clearance
From Wall
JOINING WALL
Figure 5 - Mounting Screw Locations
7 3/4"
Mounting
Screw
Locations
FLOOR
20 1/4"
Minimum To
Maintain 3"
Clearance
From Floor
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