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Lighting label on the water heater as it appears above the thermostat
FOR YOUR SAFETY READ BEFORE LIGHTING
WARNING
If you do not follow these Instru_ions exactly, a fire or explosion
may result causing properly damage, personal injury or loss of life.
A. Thisappliancehasa pilotwhichmustbelightedby
hand.Whenlightingthepilot,followtheseinstructions
exazc_,.
B.BEFOI_ELIGHTINGsmellallaroundtheappliancearea
for gas. Resureto smellnextto thefloor because
somegasisheavierthenairandwillsettleonthefloor.
WHATTODOIFYOUSMELLGAS
• Donottrytolightanyappliance.
• Donot touchanyelectricswitch;do notuseany
phoneinyourbuilding.
• Immediatelycallyourgassupplierfroma neighbor's
phone.Followthegasauppller'sinstructions.
• If youcannotreachyourgassupplier,callthefire
department.
C. Useonlyyourhandtopushinorturnthegascontrol
knob.Neverusetools.Iftheknobwillnotpushinor
turnbyhand,don'ttryto repairit,celta qualifiedser-
vice technician.Forceor attemptedrepairmayresult
inafireorexplosion.
D.Donotusethisappliancoif anyperthasbeenunder
water.Immediatelycalla qualifiedservicetechnician
toinspecttheapplianceandtoreplaceanypertof the
controlsystemandany gascontrolwhichhasbeen
underwater.
LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS
1.STOP!Readthesafetyinformationaboveonthiskd3et.
2.Removeouterdoor.
3. Setthethermostatto lowestsettingbyturningthe
watertemperaturedialclockwise,([ "_)toits lowest
temperaturesetting(witharrowondial)asshown.DO
NOTFORCE.
4.'rumgascontrolknobelockwi"Jse _'_tl to"OFF"posi-
tion.Knobcannotbe turnedfrom"PILOT"to "OFF"
unlessknobIsdepressedslightly.DO NOT FORCE.
(Figureg,paga17)
5. Waitfive(5) minutesto clearoutanygas.If youthen
smellgas,STOP!Follow"B" inthesafetyinformation
aboveon thislabel,If youdon'tsmellgas,goto the
nextstep.
6. Remove(or open)innerdoorlocatedbelowthe gas
controlunit.
7. Findpilot-followmetaltubefromgascontrol.Thepilot
islocatedinfrontoftheburner.
PILOT BURNER _ THERMOCOUPLE
8.Ifyou don'tsmeltgas,turnknobongascontrolcounter
cleckwlse_,(_ =to=PILOT"position.(Figure7,page17)
9. Pushin controlknoball the wayand holddown.
Immediatelylight thepilotwithamatch.Contfnueto
holdcontrolknobin foraboutone(1) minuteafter
thepilotIs lit.Releaseknobandit willpopbackup.
Pilotshouldremainlit.If If goesout,repeatsteps3
through8.
• lt'imob doesnotpopupwhenreleased,stopand
immediatelycallyourservicetechnicianorgas
supplier.
• If the pilot will notstay lit afterseveraltries,
depressandturnthegascontrolknobclookwlse
_ to"OFF"andcallyourservicetechnician
orgassupplier.(Figure6,page17)
10.Replace(or close)Innerdoor.Replaceouterdourif
doordoesnotcovergascontrolon/offknob or tem-
peratureadjustmentknob.(Figure9,page17)
11. Atarmslengthaway,turngascontrolknobcounter-i
dnekwlse_ to thefull "ON"position.Wemlng
do not use gas control knob to regulate gas
flow.(Figure8,page17)
12.At armslengthaway,set thethermostatto desired
setting.Themark( • ) HOTIndicativeofapproximate
120°FIs preferredstartingpoint.Somelocallaws
mayrequirea lowerstartingpoint.If hotterwaterIs
desired,seeinstructionmanualand"wamlng"below.
13,Replacetheouterdoorifnotreplacedinstep10.
WARNING
HotterwaterIncreasesther sk of sead njury.Beforechangngtemperaturesettng see notructlonmenus.
TO TURN OFF GAS TO APPLIANCE
1.Setthe thermostatto lowestsettingbyturningthe
watertemperaturedialclockwise(F-"_) to itslowest
temperaturessttlng(witharrowondial)asshown.DO
NOTFORCE.
2."rumgascontrolknobclockwise_V _ to"OFF"posi-
tion.Knobcannotbeturnedfrom"PILOT"to=OFF"
unlessknobisdepressedslightly.DONOTFORCE.
3.Replaceouterdoor(ifremoved).
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