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Make-up air – A.O. Smith 120 trough 500 User Manual

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BTR TANK TYPE HEATERS

SERVICE HANDBOOK

A.O. Smith Water Products

Service Handbook

Irving, Texas ©2000

Training Department

8

MAKE-UP AIR

HORIZONTAL DUCTS

When the heater is installed in an interior room with no roof access for vertical ducts,
horizontal make-up air ducts should be installed.

When using horizontal ducts, two

openings are required - one within 12 inches of the top of the enclosure and one within
twelve inches of the bottom of the enclosure. Each opening shall have a free area of not
less than 1 square inch per 2000 BTUH of the total input of all appliances within the
enclosure.

1 Square
Inch Per
2,000
BTUH

Daily Schedule