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All installations and services must be performed by qualified service personnel.
 
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it is mandatory the input to the burner be reduced 4.0% for every 1,000 feet that it is 
above sea level.  If the furnace is installed at an elevation of 5,000 feet, its input must 
be reduced 20.0%.  Example: a furnace rated at 80,000  
BTU at sea level must be reduced to a firing rate of 64,000 (80,000 x .80 = 64,000) at 
an elevation of 5,000 feet.  If the furnace is installed at an elevation of 2,000 feet or 
less, no reduction in input is required.  Your gas supplier may supply you with the 
correct orifice sizing information. 
 
To check the heat input rate of your natural gas furnace, allow the unit to operate for 10 
to 15 minutes and proceed as follows: 
 
a. Call your gas supplier and ask for the BTU content (heating value) of one cubic foot 
of the gas, supplied to the installation area.  An alternate approach is to assume a value 
of 1025 BTU/Cu Ft, which is the national average. 
 
b. With all other gas appliances turned off and using a stopwatch, clock the time 
required for the (small) dial on the gas meter to make one full revolution.  The meter 
dial will state the cubic feet of flow for one revolution usually one, two or five. 
 
FORMULA: 
BTU/Cu Ft x Number of Cu Ft x 3600 Seconds = Input BTU/hr 
                                 Seconds for one revolution 
 
EXAMPLE:
 1025 BTU/Cu Ft x 2 Cu Ft x 3600 = 78,678 BTU Input 
                                   93.80 Seconds 
 
Check the model number of the furnace, the input rate, the type of gas, and the 
manifold pressure on the rating label located in the burner vestibule.  If using the above 
example, the furnace is a GMD1-80N model and the input rate is 78,678 BTU/hr.  The 
input rate would be acceptable because it was within + 2% of the listed input of 80,000. 
 
c. Make sure that the gas supply pressure to the furnace is within the allowable range of 
5.5" to 14" WC pressure on natural gas and 11.0" to 14.0" WC on propane gas.  The 
pressure to the furnace must be checked while the furnace burner and any other gas 
appliances on the same supply system are operating, using the 1/8 in. NPT manifold 
pressure tap shown in figure 8. 
 
         GAS PRESSURE CHART FOR ALL GMD1-80 MODEL FURNACES 
                              
 
SUPPLY PRESSURE
MANIFOLD PRESSURE 
NAT 
MAX 14” WC 
MIN 5.5” WC 
3.5 + .3” WC 
PROPANE 
MAX 14” WC 
MIN 11” WC 
10.0” + .3” WC