Determine boiler location – Lochinvar CREST 3.5 User Manual
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Installation & Operation Manual
Installation must comply with:
• Local, state, provincial, and national codes, laws,
regulations, and ordinances.
• National Fuel Gas Code, NFPA 54 / ANSI Z223.1 –
latest edition.
• Standard for Controls and Safety Devices for
Automatically Fired Boilers, ANSI/ASME CSD-1 - 
latest edition, when required.
• National Electrical Code, NFPA 70 - latest edition.
• For Canada only: CSA B149.1 Installation Code, 
CSA C22.1 Canadian Electrical Code Part 1 and any 
local codes.
ƽ WARNING
This appliance is certified as an indoor appliance. 
Do not install the appliance outdoors or locate 
where the appliance will be exposed to freezing 
temperatures or to temperatures that exceed 100°F 
(37.8°C).
Failure to install the appliance indoors could result 
in severe personal injury, death, or substantial 
property damage.
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Determine boiler location
The Crest gas manifold and 
controls met safe lighting and other 
performance criteria when the boiler 
underwent tests specified in ANSI 
Z21.13/CSA 4.9 – latest edition.
Before locating the boiler, check:
1. Check for nearby connection to:
• System water piping
• Venting connections
• Gas supply piping
• Electrical power
2. Locate the appliance so that if water connections 
 
should leak, water damage will not occur. When
 such locations cannot be avoided, it is 
 
recommended that a suitable drain pan, adequately
drained, be installed under the appliance. The
pan must not restrict combustion air flow. Under no
circumstances is the manufacturer to be held
responsible for water damage in connection with
this appliance, or any of its components.
3. Check area around the boiler. Remove any 
 combustible materials, gasoline and other 
 flammable 
liquids.
This appliance requires a special venting system. 
Use only the vent materials specified in this 
manual. Failure to follow all instructions can 
result in flue gas spillage and carbon monoxide 
emissions, causing severe personal injury or death. 
NOTICE
ƽ WARNING
Failure to keep boiler area clear 
and free of combustible materials, 
gasoline, and other flammable 
liquids and vapors can result in 
severe personal injury, death, or 
substantial property damage.
4. The Crest must be installed so that gas control
system components are protected from dripping or 
spraying water or rain during operation or service.
5. If a new boiler will replace an existing boiler, check
for and correct system problems, such as:
• System leaks causing oxygen corrosion or heat
exchanger cracks from hard water deposits.
• Incorrectly-sized expansion tank.
• Lack of freeze protection in boiler water causing 
system and boiler to freeze and leak.
6. The appliance must be installed on a level floor, 
 
both front to back and side to side, for proper
condensate
drainage.
Provide clearances:
Clearances from combustible materials
 - Hot water pipes ........................................................ 1/4"
 - Sides .......................................................................... 0"
 - Rear ........................................................................... 0"
 - Front ......................................................................... 0"
 - Top ........................................................................... 0"
 - Floor ....................................................... Combustible
- Vent pipe - Follow special vent system manufacturer’s instructions
Recommended clearances for service access
 - Sides .......................................................................... 24" 
- Rear ........................................................................... 24"
 - Front ......................................................................... 30"
 - Top ........................................................................... 24"
ƽ WARNING
1/4" (6 MM) MINIMUM CLEARANCE
AROUND HOT WATER PIPES 
VENTILATING* 
AIR OPENING 
VENTILATING*
AIR OPENING 
CLOSED DOOR
24"
LEFT
24"
RIGHT
24"
TOP
30"
FRONT
24"
REAR
Figure 1-1 Recommended Service Clearances
If you do not provide the recommended service 
clearances shown, it may not be possible to service 
the boiler without removing it from the space.
NOTICE
