Critical Installation Warnings - Girard Products GSWH-1 Manuel De L'utilisateur

• Installation and Service must be performed by a Girard Products LLC recommended
installer, service agency or gas supplier.
• This product is not designed for Do-it-Yourself Installation.
• Install ONLY in recreation vehicles (RV's). RV's are recreation vehicles designed
as temporary living quarters for recreation, camping, or travel use having their own
power or towed by another vehicle. This water heater is NOT designed for Marine or
Space Heating applications
• All combustion air must be supplied from the outside of the RV, and all products of
combustion must be vented to the outside of the RV.
• DO NOT vent water heater with a venting system serving another appliance or to an
outside enclosed porch area.
• DO NOT modify water heater in any way. This is dangerous and will void the warranty.
• DO NOT alter water heater for a positive grounding system.
• DO NOT HI-POT water heater unless the electronic ignition control (circuit board) has
been turned 'OFF' (Power switch is in "Off" position)
• DO NOT use battery charger to supply power to water heater even when testing.
• Protect building materials from flue gas exhaust.
• Install the water heater on an exterior wall, with access door opening to the outdoors.
• DO NOT lift the water heater or carry it by holding the blower assembly support
bracket/exhaust tube.
• DO NOT modify the length of the wires protruding past the strain relief from the
rear of the housing.
USA AND CANADA - FOLLOW ALL APPLICABLE STATE AND LOCAL CODES
IN THE ABSENCE OF LOCAL CODES OR REGULATIONS REFER TO CURRENT
STANDARDS OF:
• Recreational Vehicles ANSI A119.2/NFPA 501C.
• CSA standard Z240 RV Series, Recreational Vehicle.
• Park Trailers A119.5
• National Fuel Gas Code ANSI Z223.1 and/or CAN/CGA B149 Installation Codes
• Federal Mobile Home Construction & Safety Standard, Title 24 CFR, part 3280, or
when this Standard is not applicable, the Standard for Manufactured Home Installations
(Manufactured Home Sites, Communities and Set-Ups), ANSI A255.1 and/or CAN/
CSA-Z240 MH Series, Mobile Homes.
• National Electrical Code ANSI/NFPA No. 70 and/or CSA C22.1

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