Date:         Fri, 4 Dec 1998 03:06:41 EST
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Subject:      Re: Carver P4 installation Question
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>  Date:        12/3/98 3:40:53 PM Central Standard Time
>  From:        joe_ernest@ccgate.unionsanitary.com
>
>       ... When installing the heater "flat on the floor", with its larger
>       surfaces top and bottom, is there a top side and bottom side? The
>       drawings show the electrical connections and green LEDs along the
>       bottom edge, but can the unit be flipped through 180 degrees along its
>       longest axis such that the electrical connections and green LEDs are
>       at the top?

No.  I asked Carver about this, and they said it can be flipped no more than
90 degrees. If you're going to have one of the big sides down, it has to be
the side with the LED's and electrical connection.  (I was surprised they
didn't
make that clearer in the instructions, which are generally very good.)

>       Why would I want to do this? To have the other (combustion air in/out
>       and gas connections pointing either backwards or forwards, and to have
>       the forced air inlet or outlet closer to the center of the van (old
>       engine coolant heater cutout in wood kickpanel).

It sounds like the same orientation I used would work: under the rear seat,
on the passenger side, bottom down, combustion air in/out facing forward,
forced air in/out facing toward the driver's side.  It would be very easy to
duct into the existing heater cutout that way.

>       ... Is it safe to use this type of plastic hose simplify routing?

I would think so, as long as it's standard flexible propane hose.

                                             -Steven Sittser