Kenmore Power Miser 8 Owners Manual

  
ServiceandAdjustment(contd) 
L.RGasControlValve&Burner 
AssemblyReplacement 
Information 
AWARNING 
PROPANE(I.R)GASCONTROLVALVEANDBURNER 
ASSEMBLYREPLACEMENTINFORMATION. 
ForPropane(L.R)GasModelsOnly. 
YourwaterheaterisequippedwithaPropane(L.R)gascon- 
trolvalveandamainburnerassemblywithleehandthreads 
forthefollowingfittingsandtheirconnections. 
•Theconnectionbetweenthemanifoldandthegas 
controlvalve(AtoB)arelefthand.threads. 
•Theconnectionbetweenthemainburnerorifice...

  
ServiceandAdjustment(contd) 
DrainValveWasher 
Replacement 
NOTE:Forreplacement,usea_ax_/.x*Athickwasher 
availableatyournearesthardwarestore.Fororderingreplace- 
mentwnshers,refertothePartsOrderListsection. 
TurnOFFgassupplytowaterheater. 
FollowDraininginstructions. 
Turningcounterclockwise,removethehexcapbelowthe 
screwhandle. 
Removethewasherandputthenewoneinphce. 
Screwthehandleandcapassemblybackintothedrainvalve 
andretightenusingawrench.DONOTOVERTIGHTEN....

  
TroubleshootingGuide 
StartUpConditions 
THERMALEXPANSION 
Watersup,plysystemsmay,becauseofsucheventsashighline 
pressure,trequentcut-offs,theeffectsofwaterhammeramong 
bthers,haveinstalleddevicessuchaspressurereducingvalves, 
checkvalves,backflowpreventers,etc...tocontrolthesetypesof 
problems.Whenthesedevicesarenotequippedwithaninternal 
by-pass,andnoothermeasuresaretaken,thedevicescausethe 
watersystemtobeclosed.Aswaterisheated,itexpands(ther- 
malexpansion)anddosedsystemsdonotallowfortheexpan-...

  
TroubleshootingGuide(contd) 
StartUpConditions(contd) 
CONDENSATION 
Wheneverthewaterheaterisfilledwithcoldwater,acertain 
amountofcofidensationwillformwhiletheburnerison.A 
waterheatermayappeartobeleakingwheninfactthewateris 
condensation.Thisusuallyhappenswhen: 
•Whenanewwaterheaterisfilledwithcoldwaterforthe 
firsttime. 
•Whengasburnsandwatervaporisproducedinwater 
heaters,particularlyhighefficiencymodelswherefluetem- 
peraturesarelower. 
•Whenyouuselargeamountsofhotwaterinashorttime...

  
TroubleshootingGuide(contd) 
HIGHTEMPERATURESHUTOFFSYSTEM 
Thiswaterheaterisequippedwithanautomaticgasshutoffsys- 
tern.Thehightemperatureshutoffisbuiltintothegascontrol 
valve.Thissystemshutsoffthegassupplytothewaterheater 
burnerswhenhighwatertemperaturesarepresent.Itisnon- 
resetsable.Ifthehightemperatureshutoffactivates,thegascon- 
trolvalvemustbereplaced.Ifthisweretooccur,turnOFFthe 
entiregassupplytothewaterheater.ContacttheSearsService 
Center. 
AWARNING...

  
TroubleshootingGuide(contd) 
LeakageCheckpoints 
Usethisguidetochecka_Leakingwaterheater,Manysuspect- 
edULeakersarenotleakingtanks.Oftenthesourceofthewater 
canbefoundandcorrected. 
Ifyouarenotthoroughlyfamiliarwithyourlocalgascodesyour 
waterheater,andsafetypractices,contacttheSear_s_.._ 
Centertocheckthewaterheater. ACAUTION 
Readthismanualfirst.ThenbeforecheckingthewaterI 
beatermakesurethegassupplyhasbeenturned 
OFF,andneverturnthegasONbeforethetankis 
competelyfoofwater. 
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PartsOrderList 
POWERMISERTM8GASWATERHEATERS 
MODELNUMBERS: 
153.33711350Gal.ShortHighAltitnde 
153.33716250Gal.Short 
153.33721340Gal.ShortHighAltitude 
153.33726240Gal.Short 
153.33736230Gal. 
153.33741340Gal.HighAltitude 
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