Installation and Owner’s Guide 11Certification and Code RequirementsSafety AwarenessSafety InstructionsRead this manual carefully and understand the contents beforeyou install the refrigerator.Be aware of possible safety hazards when you see the safetyalert symbol on the refrigerator and in this manual. A signal wordfollows the safety alert symbol and identifies the danger of thehazard. Carefully read the descriptions of these signal words tofully know their meanings. They are for your safety.WARNING: This signal word identifies a hazard, which ifignored, can cause dangerous personal injury, death, ormuch property damage.CAUTION: This signal word identifies a hazard, which ifignored, can cause small personal injury or much propertydamage.WARNING:- This refrigerator is not approved for use as a free standingrefrigerator. It is equipped for the use of propane gas onlyand can not be changed to use any other fuels (naturalgas, butane, etc.).- Incorrect installation, adjustment, changes to, or mainte-nance of this refrigerator can cause personal injury,property damage, or both.- Obey the instructions in this manual to install the intakeand exhaust vents.- Do not install the refrigerator directly on carpet. Put therefrigerator on a metal or wood panel that extends the fullwidth and depth of the refrigerator enclosure.- Do not allow anything to touch the refrigerator coolingsystem.- Propane gas can ignite and cause an explosion that canresult in property damage, personal injury, or death. Donot smoke or create sparks. Do not use an open flame toexamine the propane gas supply line for leaks. Alwaysuse two wrenches to tighten or loosen the propane gassupply line connections.- Make sure the electrical installation obeys all applicablecodes. See the “Certification and Code Requirements”section of this manual.- Do not bypass or change the refrigerator’s electricalcomponents or features.- Do not spray liquids near electrical outlets, connections, orthe refrigerator components. Many liquids are electricallyconductive and can cause a shock hazard, electricalshorts and in some cases, fire.Installation Manual - The refrigerator cooling system is under pressure. Do nottry to repair or to recharge a defective cooling system.- The cooling system contains sodium chromate. Thebreathing of certain chromium compounds can causecancer. The cooling system contents can cause severeskin and eye burns, and can ignite and burn with anintense flame. Do not bend, drop, weld, move, drill,puncture, or hit the cooling system.CAUTION:- The rear of the refrigerator has sharp edges and corners.To prevent cuts or abrasions when working on therefrigerator, be careful and wear cut resistant gloves.This refrigerator is certified by CSA International as meeting thelatest edition of ANSI Z21.19 / CAN 1.4 standards for installation inmobile homes or recreational vehicles.The installation must obey these standards and this “InstallationManual” for the NORCOLD limited warranty to be in effect.Installation must conform with the following as applicable:In the United States and Canada:- Local codes, or in the absence of local codes, the NationalFuel Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1/NFPA 54, the Natural Gas andPropane installation Code, CSA B149.1, ANSI A119.2Recreational Vehicles Code, and CSA Z240 RV Series,Recreational Vehicles.- A manufactured home (mobile home) installation mustconform with the Manufactured Home Construction andSafety Standard, Title 24 CFR, Part 3280 [formerly theFederal Standard for Mobile Home Construction and Safety,Title 24 (part 280), and the current CSA Z240.4, Gas-equipped Recreational Vehicles and Mobile Housing.- If an external power source is utilized, the appliance, wheninstalled, must be electrically grounded in accordance withlocal codes or, in the absence of local codes, the NationalElectrical code, and ANSI/NFPA 70, or the CanadianElectrical Code, CSA C22.2. Parts 1 and 2.All propane gas supply piping and fittings must obey local, state,and national codes about type and size. These componentsmust also obey the current NFPA 501C section 2-4, and inCanada with the current CAN 1-6.10 Standard.