Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 38, September 20, 2024
A.
Application and scope. The provisions of this rule are applicable to the
following types of gas appliances:
1. All
residential gas-fired space heating equipment requiring electrical supply for
operation,
2. All residential
gas-fired clothes dryers,
3. All
residential gas-fired household cooking appliances having an electrical supply
cord or electrical junction box,
4.
All residential gas-fired air conditioners,
5. All residential decorative gas lots which
are automatically ignited and require electrical supply for
operation,
6. All residential
vented decorative gas appliances which are automatically lighted and require
electrical supply for operation.
B. Prohibition of distribution, sales and
installation
1. No person shall cause to be
distributed, sold or installed in this state a newly produced gas appliance
subject to this rule which has not been certified by the Commission. This
prohibition shall not take effect for any particular type of gas appliance
until 24 months after at least one model of that type of appliance has been
certified by the Commission.
2. All
gas appliances certified by the Commission shall have the statement, "This
appliance is equipped with an intermittent type ignition device" or "Equipped
with IID" or "IID Equipped" on the rating plate.
C. Definitions. For the purpose of this rule,
and unless otherwise indicated, the following definitions shall apply in
addition to those definitions shown in Title 40, Section 1, Chapter 7, Article
1, Paragraph 40-1201, of the A.R.S.:
1.
"Certified by the Commission" means that the Commission has acknowledged
receipt of one of the following for an appliance equipped with an intermittent
type ignition device; a photostatic copy of the A.G.A. Appliance Certificate or
the UL Listing Certificate; a listing of the appliance in the A.G.A. "Directory
of Certified Appliances and Accessories" or the UL "Gas and Oil Equipment
List"; or a certified test report from a recognized independent testing
laboratory acceptable to the Commission stating that the appliance has been
tested and conforms to the applicable American National Standards as mentioned
below.
2. "Newly produced" means
not previously used for the purpose for which designed or any other related
purpose and constructed entirely of new unused parts and materials.
3. "Rating plate" means a plate, or
combination of adjacent plates located so as to be easily read when the
appliance is in a normally installed position.
D. Gas-fired space heating equipment.
1. Except as otherwise provided, all
intermittent type ignition devices used on gas-fired space heating equipment
shall be certified by the Commission if they comply with the standards approved
by the American National Standards Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI Z21.20-1975,
Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Components.
2. Except as otherwise provided, gas-fired
space heating equipment shall be certified by the Commission if it complies
with one of the standards approved by the American National Standards
Institute, Inc., known as:
a. ANSI
Z21.47-1973-Gas-Fired Gravity and Forced Air Central Furnaces, addenda
Z21.47a-1974, and addenda Z21.47b-1975.
b. ANSI Z21-11.1-1974-Vented Room Heaters,
addenda Z21.11.1a-1975 and addenda Z21.11.1b-1976.
c. ANSI Z21.13-1974-Gas-Fired Low-Pressure
Steam and Hot Water Boilers, and addenda Z21.13a-1976.
d. ANSI Z21.44-1977-Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan
Type Sealed Combustion System Wall Furnaces.
e. ANSI Z21.49-1975-Gas-Fired Gravity and Fan
Type Vented Wall Furnaces and addenda Z21.49a-1977.
f. ANSI Z21.48-1973-Gravity and Fan Type
Floor Furnaces and addenda Z21.48a-1974 and addenda Z21.48b-1975.
E. Gas clothes dryers.
1. Except as otherwise provided, all
intermittent type ignition devices used on gas clothes dryers shall be
certified by the Commission if they comply with the standards approved by the
American National Standards Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI
Z21.20-1975-Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Components.
2. Except as otherwise provided, gas clothes
dryers shall be certified by the Commission, if they comply with the standards
approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc., known as ANSI
Z21.5.1-1975-Type 1 Clothes Dryers.
F. Household cooking gas appliances.
1. Except as otherwise provided, all
intermittent type ignition devices used on a household cooking gas appliance
shall be certified by the Commission if they comply with the standards approved
by the American National Standards Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI
Z21.20-1975-Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Component.
2. Except as otherwise provided, household
cooking gas appliances shall be certified by the Commission if they comply with
the standards approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc.,
known as: ANSI Z21.1-1974-Household Cooking Appliances, addenda Z21.1a-1974,
and addenda Z21.1b-1976.
G. Gas-fired air conditioners.
1. Except as otherwise provided, all
intermittent type ignition devices used on a gas-fired air conditioner shall be
certified by the Commission if they comply with the standards approved by the
American National Standards Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI
Z21.20-1975-Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and Components.
2. Except as otherwise provided, gas-fired
air conditioners shall be certified by the Commission, if they comply with the
standards approved by the American National Standards Institute, Inc., known
as: ANSI Z21.40.1-1973-Gas-Fired Absorption Summer Air Conditioning Appliances,
and addenda Z21.40.1a-1974.
H. Decorative gas logs.
1. Shall be certified by the Commission if
they comply with the standards approved by the American National Standards
Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI Z21.20-1975-Automatic Gas Ignition Systems and
Components.
2. Except as otherwise
provided, gas-fired decorative gas logs shall be certified by the Commission if
they comply with the standards approved by the American National Standards
Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI Z21.60-1975-Decorative Gas Appliances for
Installation in Vented Fireplaces and addenda Z21.60a-1976.
I. Vented decorative gas
appliances.
1. Shall be certified by the
Commission if they comply with the standards approved by the American National
Standards Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI Z21.20-1975-Automatic Gas Ignition
Systems and Components.
2. Except
as otherwise provided, gas-fired vented decorative appliances shall be
certified by the Commission if they comply with the standards approved by the
American National Standards Institute, Inc., known as: ANSI Z21.50-1973-Vented
Decorative Gas Appliances, addenda Z21.50a-1974 and addenda
Z21.50b-1974.
J. The
statement mentioned in subsection (B)(2) which is required on the rating plate
will be the Seal of Certification for Arizona. The rating plate will be
furnished and applied and distributed by the manufacturer.
K. The Utilities Division of this Commission
is charged with the duty of maintaining the records necessary for the control
of the Certification Program and will notify manufacturers in accordance with
paragraph 40-1204, Article 1, Chapter 7, Title 40 of the Arizona Revised
Statutes.
L. Variance. Variation
from the terms and conditions of this rule shall be permitted only upon the
verified application of an affected party to the Commission, setting forth the
circumstances whereby the public interest requires such variation, and upon the
issuance of a special Order of the Commission. The Commission may require an
application for such variation to be presented in a public hearing.
