Gas connections and gas regulator, For natural gas, For lp gas – AquaStar 125B NGS User Manual

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GAS CONNECTIONS and Gas Regulator

NOTE: The Aquastar 125 B”S” is supplied with a gas pressure regulator that must be installed on the heater before
attaching the gas supply line. See figure 5. Failure to install the gas regulator as shown in figure 5 will be a violation
of CSA certification of the unit. The regulator supplied with the heater is preset for the gas shown on the rating
plate to the correct pressure. It is an appliance level regulator designed for (low inlet) pressure (less than 1/2 Psig
or 15” W.C.) DO NOT connect to an unregulated or high pressure propane line or to a high pressure commercial
natural gas line.

FOR NATURAL GAS

Maximum Capacity of pipe in Cubic Feet of Gas per Hour
for Gas Pressure of 0.5 Psig or less and a Pressure drop of
0.3 in Water Column.
(Based on a 0.60 Specific Gravity Gas) Btu numbers given
in thousands.

Follow boxed numbers for piping just one Aquastar 125BS
(example: 3/4” B.I. Natural Gas pipe for 30 ft. will handle
152,000 btu’s). For multiple appliances combine the total
btu input load and then refer to applicable chart below.

FOR LP GAS

Maximum Capacity of Pipe in Thousands of
BTU per Hour of Undiluted Petroleum Gases
(at 11 inches Water Column Inlet Pressure)
(Based on a Pressure Drop of 0.5 Inch Wa-
ter Column).

Maximum Capacity of Semi-Rigid
Tubing in Thousands of BTU per Hour of
Undiluted Liquified Petroleum Gases (at 11
inches Water Column Inlet Pressure)

(Based on a Pressure Drop of 0.5 Inch Water
Column)

* Source National Fuel Gas Code NFPA 54, ANSI Z223.1 - No
Additional Allowance is necessary for an ordinary number of fittings

GAS LINE SIZING

Fig. 4

Nominal

Iron

Pipe

Internal

Length of Black Iron Pipe, Feet

Size,

Diameter

inches

inches

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

125

150

175

200

1/4

0.364

32

22

18

15

14

12

11

11

10

9

8

8

7

6

3/8

0.493

72

49

40

34

30

27

25

23

22

21

18

17

15

14

1/2

0.622

132

92

73

63

56

50

46

43

40

38

34

31

28

26

3/4

0.824

278

190

152

130

115

105

96

90

84

79

72

64

59

55

1

1.049

520

350

285

245

215

195

180

170

160

150

130

120

110

100

1 1/4

1.380

1050

730

590

500

440

400

370

350

320

305

275

250

225

210

1 1/2

1.610

1600

1100

890

760

670

610

560

530

490

460

410

380

350

320

2

2.067

3050

2100

1650

1450

1270 1150 1050

990

930

870

780

710

650

610

2 1/2

2.469

4800

3300

2700

2300

2000 1850 1700

1600

1500

1400

1250

1130

1050

980

3

3.068

8500

5900

4700

4100

3600 3250 3000

2800

2600

2500

2200

2000

1850 1700

4

4.026

17,500 12,000 9,700 8,300

7,400 6,80 6,200 5,800 5,400 5,100 4,500

4,100 3,800 3500

Outside

Copper

Diameter,

Length of Tubing, Feet

Inch

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

3/8

39

26

21

19

_

_

_

_

_

_

1/2

92

62

50

41

37

35

31

29

27

26

5/8

199

131

107

90

79

72

67

62

59

55

3/4

329

216

181

145

131

121

112

104

95

90

7/8

501

346

277

233

198

187

164

155

146

138

nominal

Iron Pipe

Black Iron Pipe

Size,

Length of Pipe, Feet

Inches

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

125

150

1/2

275 189 152

129 114 103

96

89

83

78

69

63

3/4

567 693 315

267 237 217 196 185 173

162

146

132

1

107 732 590

504 448 409 378 346 322

307

275

252

1 1/4

220 149 121

103 913 834 771 724 677

630

567

511

1 1/2

330 229 185

155 141 127 118 108 102

976

866

787

2

622 433 346

299 264 239 220 204 192 1811 1606 1496

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