The manual is complete with excellent quality! One suggestion, show number of pages and weather it is multi-lingual. The AD 600 Manuel is about 76 pages and over half is non English. This results in a larger print job than usually needed. Having this information, one could select the desired pages for printing.
This is an excellent handbook. We had no information on the appliance until we obtained this and are now able to use the appliance to its full potential. Strongly recommended.
Very happy to find this from owners-manual.com and the enclosed spec sheet as well.
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Service and Maintenance (cont'd)
3. Attach a hose to the water heater drain valve and put the other end in a floor drain or outdoors. Open the water heater drain valve. Open a nearby hot water faucet which will relieve pressure in the water heater and speed draining. 6. Lift out the tab as shown to unclip the terminal cover from the thermostat. The terminal cover can now be removed from the thermostat.
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7. Disconnect the two wires on the element and unscrew the old element from the tank.
The water passing out of the drain valve may be extremely hot. To avoid beingscalded, make sure all [ connections are tight and that the water flow is directed away from any person.
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sediment from or around the element opening and inside the tank. Clean the _ area around the element opening. Remove any If you are cleaning the element you have removed, do so by scraping or soaking in vinegar or a de-liming solution,
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