Direct Vent Oil Furnace Installation

The vent cap installs on the outside wall of the home.

Direct vent oil furnace installation.

The slp98dfv must be installed only as a direct vent gas central furnace. The thermo products line features warm air furnaces heat pumps central air conditioning systems and a full line of related accessories. If this is a new furnace installation the technician needs to install the furnace create a vent install an oil line and install the oil tank. Note in direct vent installations combustion air is tak en from outdoors and flue gases are discharged outdoors.

Wall furnace direct vent systems mount on an outside wall and have a vent within a vent system to draw in outdoor air to support combustion and exhaust flue products to the outdoors. Direct venting systems eliminate the need for a chimney. This system normally requires an air flow proving switch to confirm that the required draft is present before combustion begins. The furnace is equipped for installation in natural gas applications only.

This is a complete install of an american standard furnace. An induced draft fan typically provides the draft required to exhaust the combustion products through a side wall. Direct vent oil fired warm air furnace all installations must meet all local provincial state and federal codes which may differ from this manual read and understand this manual before beginning installation. A changeover kit may be ordered for lp applications.

Thermo pride is the premium brand in the furnace and central air conditioning market. Instructions must be kept with furnace for future reference. Single wall metal flue vents another type of venting system for an oil furnace is single wall metal flue vent pipes. According to the international code council install type l vents a minimum of two feet higher than anything inside a 10 foot radius of the chimney.

Direct venting uses a power ventilating blower or fan and in some models a heat exchanger plenum to cool outgoing gases passing through the building wall sidewall direct exhaust or roof or through an existing unused chimney through which a vent pipe is passed vertical direct exhaust.