Gasfitting Redseal Flashcards
How far can appliance be from gascock shutting it off?
50ft, as long as its acessible and properly tagged
When can you use one shutoff to shutoff multiple appliances
The appliances need to be direct vent room heaters in residential
Hoses for construction heaters must be how long?
15-75ft
Minimum clearance required from grade to vent below a veranda?
1ft
Minimum working pressure for hoses and fittings?
350psig
Minimum distanced between a direct vent outlet and combustion air hood?
3ft
Maximum domestic pressure of propane gas in a house?
2psig
Max exhaust hose length on dryer
6ft
What must be installed with plastic piping?
Tracer wire
Gas supply to generator needs to be?
Piped seperately from gas supply to building
Whats the difference between bh and b vent
Corrosion resistance
Transformers are sized by what?
Va rating
Max distance between gas labels in resi?
What about commercial?
6ft
20ft
Minimum appliance combustible clearance from a source of ignition in a storage garage?
18”
What prodcedure would be used to measure manifold pressure?
Remove outlet screw, screw in adapter, connect manometer, turn on gas
How do you clean a pipe before electro fusion?
70% isopropyl alcohol
Spark gap on ipi pilot assembly?
1/8”
Va limit on class 2 transformer
100 va
How many exposed threads on a proper connection?
2-3
Clearance between a regulator and an ac unit
10ft
What would happen if your vent on gas regulator is blocked?
Pressure would increase
Minimum biry depth of gas pipe?
15”
What method is used to seal polypropylene?
Gasket
What appliance cannot be used as a double acting barometric damper
Incinerator
Diameter vent pipe for a regulator with a 3/4 vent outlet and a developed length of 92ft?
1”
How what you prepare hdpe pipe before electrofusion?
An approved rasp-type tool
Inspirated
Uses fuel to entrain air
What is aspirated?
Air to entrain fuel
Max c.o allowed in dwelling?
5ppm
How would a partially blocked vent affect the operation of a gas regulator?
Slow or sluggish operation
Max support spacing for 1” gas line?
8ft
Where does the combustion fan recieve an output signal from?
ECM
Propane tanks are inspected by whom?
Provincial boiler pressure vessels branch
Mass of one cubic foot of propane liquid?
31.7 Ibs
Where should a lwco be installed?
In supply or return above the boiler
Clearance to combustibles for B vent
1”
What is the set point of a low temp bouler with a cut-in temp of 20 degrees Fahrenheit
180 degrees Fahrenheit
Hanger spacing 1/2 black
6”
Hanger spacing for 1 1/4- 2 1/2” black pipe?
10ft
What colour wire would 24v power be?
Red
What schedule pipe is required for liquid propane?
80
schedule 40 threaded black iron max pressure
125psig
Smallest concealed pipe
1/2”
Minimum guage size
3”
Maximum reading on a test guage for a 50psig pressure test
200psi
Gaskets used on gas must be?
Synthetic rubber or cork
No natural rubber
When can pipe be reused?
Inspected, cleaned, and tested
A roof over 13ft needs a?
Needs a permanent access
What does a roof over 26ft need?
A stairwell
How is teflon applied?
Clockwise direction with 50% overlap leaving 2 starter threads
Max co in vent
400ppm
Oxygen percentage range in vent
3-9%
C02 percentage in vent
7-10%
12% being optimal
What is fhe sympton of a lifting pilot burner flame?
Too much primary air
What fitting is prohibited?
Continuous thread?
How can a gasfitter determine if a regulator is not a positive shutoff type?
Downstream pressure increase
What light would you use to search for a gas leak
Class 1 group 11a
Whats the minimum service clearance
24”
Minimum acess opening for an appliance
24x30
A clear unobstructed passage leading to an appliance shall have what minimum dimensions?
36x36
Appliance in storage garage minimum distance from floor to burner?
18”
Appliance in repair garage minimum diatance from floor to burner?
4.5ft
Can you repair a heat exchanger in a residential furnance?
Temporarily, if approved by authority having jurisdiction
Maximum pressure allowed in a 4 plex?
5psi
Max pressure in a mechanical room serving a hotel, motel, care or detention centre?
20psig
Maximum gas pressure allowed in any building?
65psi
Maximum pressure downstream of the 1st stage regulator on a propane system is?
10psi
Liquid propane can be piped into the mechanical room of an idustrial building, true or false?
False
Can you have liquid propane in a residence provided its not more then 3ft into the building upstream of the 2nd stage regulator? True or false
True
Minimum clearance from a regulator to a commercial clothes dryer exhaust duct is?
3ft
Pressure regulators shall not be?
Bypassed
Regulators over 0.5psi shall be?
Positive shutoff type
What materials are approved for gas piping and tubing?
Steel, copper, plastic
What certification standards are required for steel pipe?
Astm a53/a53m or ASTM A106
What types of fittings arw approved for use on steel pipe
Malleable iron or steel
Flate nuts shall be what?
Forged
Appliance to edge of roof distance?
6ft
What materials are approved for use as gas tubing?
Seamless copper
Seamless steel
Csst (corrugated)
Every hose or hose fitting needa to have a minimum pressure rating of what?
350psi
Plastic piping may only be installed where?
Outside and underground
Max pressure drop of a system operating between 7-14” wc?
1”
Snallest piping diameter that may be concealed?
1/2”