Counterflow Model Installed Horizontally With Left Side Down - Maytag Amana MEC96 Series Installation Instructions Manual

Hose #7 Hose #7
Counterflow Model Installed Horizontally
with Left Side Down (See Figure 29)
*Also see Front Cover Pressure Switch Tube Location on
page 9.
Minimum 5 1/2" clearance is required for the drain trap
beneath the furnace.
NOTE: For horizontal installations, some of the required
hoses are found in the factory-installed hose assemblies.
Remove the hose clamps to obtain the respective hoses
needed for installation, and install per the following
directions.
1. Remove the factory installed drain trap and hose
assemblies. Leave the 100° elbow inserted and
clamped in the vent-drain elbow.
2. Remove two 1"plugs from left side of cabinet
3. (Draining the Collector Box) Remove the cap from
the left side of the collector box drain port (bottom
in horizontal left position) and install it on right side
drain port.
4. Place radius end of hose #4 (factory installed) on
the collector box drain port and secure with a silver
clamp.
5. Insert hose #2 from outside the cabinet in the front
drain hole.
6. Connect hose #4 & hose #2 together using a straight
barbed coupling and two gold clamps (factory
installed).
7. (Draining the Vent Elbow) Remove rubber plug from
vent – drain elbow side port.
Hose #8 Hose #7
Figure 28
8. The unused vent-drain elbow drip leg port must be
plugged to prevent flue gases from escaping. Insert
rubber plug removed in step 7 into the 100°elbow.
(Inserting a blunt tool such as a 3/16'' Allen wrench
into the center of the rubber plug will stretch the
plug and allow complete insertion)
9. Place radius end of hose #4 on the side port of vent
– drain elbow and secure with a gold clamp.
10. Insert a ½" diameter PVC pipe (factory installed)
into hose #4 and secure with a gold clamp.
11. Insert the non-grommet end of hose #5 (factory
installed) from outside the cabinet in the back drain
hole.
12. Insert 100º elbow in hose #5 and secure with a red
clamp.
13. Locate hose #4 and cut a cut off a 4" straight section
and discard the radius end.
14. Connect the 4" straight section of hose #4 to the 100º
elbow and the PVC pipe and secure with red clamps.
15. Connect the hoses to the trap inlets and secure
with silver clamps, drain trap outlet must point to
the original bottom
of the furnace.
16. Using the two sheet metal screws provided in the
cabinet, secure the trap to the furnace.
17. Refer to Field Supplied Drain section for instructions
on field supplied / installed drain on outlet of furnace
trap.
Hose #4
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Hose #4
Hose #5
Hose #2
Figure 29