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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY assist consumers in making purchase control, DOE agrees that a waiver

„. ,. decisions.-These test procedure s appear" should be granted, to allow the 20 second

Office of Conservation and at 10-CFR Part 430,.Subpart B. blower time delay when testing the

Renewable Energy The Department of Energy amended Coleman 2900 model series furnace.

the prescribed test procedure Accordingly, with regard to testing the

[Case-No: F•-013] regulations, by adding § 430.27, to allow 2900 model series furnaces only, today's

the Assistant Secretary for Conservation . Decision and Order exempts Coleman

Energy Conservation Program for and Renewable Energy to waive from the existing provisions regarding

Consumer Products; Decision and temporarily test procedures for a blower controls and allows testing with

Order Granting Waiver From Furnace particular basic model when a petitioner the 20 second delay.

',Test Procedures to Coleman Co., Inc. shows that the basic model contains one It is therefore ordered that:

- or more design characteristics which (1} The "Petition for Waiver" filed by

AGENCY. Office of Conservation and. prevent testing of the basic model..,,. Coleman Company, Inc. (F-013), is

Renewable Energy, DOE. ' according to the prescribed test hereby granted as set forth in paragraph

ACTION: Decision and order.. procedures or when the prescribed test (2) below, subject to the provisions of

SUMMARY: Notice is given of the -

Decision and Order [Case No. F-013]

granting Coleman Company, Inc. a

waiver for its 2900 model series warm'

air furnaces, from.,the existing DOE

furnace-test procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael J. McCabe, U.S. Department of

Energy, Office of Conservation and

procedures may evaluate the basic paragraphs (3) and (4).

model in a manner so unrepresentative (2) Notwithstanding any contrary

of its true energy consumption provisions of Appendix N of 10 CFR Partcharacteristics as to provide materially 430, Subpart B, Coleman Company, Inc.

inadequate comparative data. 45 FR shall be permitted to test its 2900 model

6.4108 (Sept.26, 1980). 'series gas furnaces 'on the basis of the

Pursuant to § 430.27(g), the Assistant test procedure specified in 10 CFR Part Secretary shall publish in the Federal 430, with the modification set forth Register notice of each waiver, granted, , below:

and any limiting conditions of each - (i) Section 9

.3.1 of ANSI/ASHRAE

Renewable Energy, Mail Station CE-. waiver. Standard 103-1982'is deleted and

113,1, Forrestal Building, 1000 Coleman Company, Inc. (Coleman), replaced with the following paragraph:

Independence Avenue, SW, filed a "Petition for Waiver" in "Gas- and Oil-Fueled Central

Washington, D.C. 20585,, (202) 252- accordance with § 430.27 of 10 CFR Part :Furnaces. After equilibrium conditions

9127. • ' - 430. DOE published in the Federal h d f ll i h l d

Eugene,Margolis, Esq., U.S. Department Register the Coleman petition and

of Energy, Office of General Counsel, solicited comments, data, and

Mail Station GC-12,'Forrestal information respecting the petition. 49

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, FR 39207 (October 4,1984). No

SW, (202) 252-9513. comments were received. DOE

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION : In consulted with the Federal Trade

accordance with 10 CFR 430.27(g), notice Commission on October 28, 1984,

is hereby given of the issuance of the concerning the Coleman petition.

Decision and Order set out below. In the Assertions and Determinations

Decision and Order, Coleman Company, Coleman's petition seeks a waiver

Inc. has been granted a waiver for its P

. from the DOE test provisions that 2900 model series warm air furnaces ,

permitting the company to use an

alternate test method.

Issued in Washington, D.C., January 4,

1985.

Pat Collins,

Under Secretary. , __

require a 1.5 minute time delay between

the ignition of the burner and the

starting of the circulating air blower. .

Instead, Coleman requests the ..

allowance to test using a'20 second

blower time delay when testing its 2900

model series gas furnaces. Coleman

Decision and Order of the Department of states that since the 20 second delay is

Energy Assistant Secretary for indicative of how the 2900 models

Conservation and Renewable Energy

In the Matter of: Coleman Company,'Inc.;

Case No. F-013.

actually operate and since such a delay

results in an improvement in efficiency

of approximately 0.5%, the waiver

should be granted.

The Energy Conservation Program for . Under specific circumstances, the

Consumer Products was established DOE test procedures contain exceptions

pursuant to the Energy Policy and which allow testing with blower delay

Conservation Act, Pub. L. 94-163, .89 times of less than the prescribed 1.5

Stat. 917, as amended by the National minute-delay. Coleman indicates that it

Energy Conservation Policy Act, Pub..L. is unable to take advantage of any of

95-619, 92 Slat. 3266, which requires the ._these exceptions for the 2900 model

Department of Energy (DOE) to series. r -.. ... -

prescribe standardized test procedures Since the blower controls

to fneasure the energy consumption of incorporated on the Coleman furnace

certain consumer products, including' .^; are designed to impose a 20 second

furnaces. The intent of the test blower delay in every-instance of start

procedures-is to provide a-comparable up, and since the% current -provisions do

measure of energy consumption that will not specifically address this type of

are ac ieve o ow ng t e coo - own

test and the required measurements

performed, turn on the furnace and

measure the flue gas temperature, using

the thermocouple grid described above,

at 0.5 and 2.5 minutes after the main

burner(s) come on. After the burner .

start-up, delay the blower start-up by 1.5

minutes (t-), unless: (1) The furnace

employs a single motor to drive the

power burner and the indoor air

circulating blower, in which case the

burner and blower shall be started

together; (2) the furnace is designed to

operate using an unvarying delay time

that is other than 1.5 minutes, in which

case the fan control shall be permitted,

to start the blower; or (3) the delay time

would result in the activation of a

temperature safety device which shuts

off the burner, in which the fan control

shall be permitted to start the blower. In

the latter case, if the fan control is

adjustable, set it to start the blower at

the highest temperature. If the fan

control is permitted to start-the blower,

measure time delay, (t-), using a stop

watch. Record the measured

tempetPatures. During the heat-up test for

oil-fueled furnaces, maintain the draft in

the flue pipe within ±0.01 in. of water

gauge of the manufacturer's

recommended on-period draft."

(ii) With the exception " of the

modification set forth in subparagraphs

(i) above, Coleman Company, Inc. shall

comply in all respects with the test

procedures specified in Appendix N of

10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B.

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-(3) The waiver shall remain in effect.::

from the date of issuance of this Order'

until the Department of-Energy., :

prescribes final teat procedures :

appropriate to the 2900 model series

warm air furnace manufactured-by

Coleman Company,- Inc.: ;. ;

14) This waiver is based upon the

presumed validity of statements,

allegations, and documentary materials

submitted by the applicant. This ' waiver

maybe revoked or modified at any time

upon a determination that the factual :

basis underlying the application is

incorrect.

Issued in Washington, D.C., January 4,

1985.

Pat Collins,

Under Secretary.

[FR Doc: 85-1534 Filed 1-17-85; 8:45 am]

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