{"id":226,"date":"2021-04-13T23:34:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:34:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/knowall.dev19.bigideas.io\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=226"},"modified":"2021-04-13T23:34:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T23:34:37","slug":"side-clearances-larger-stainless-steel-model","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/side-clearances-larger-stainless-steel-model\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are the side clearances larger for the new stainless steel models?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the new stainless steel models, the rating plates are located on the side of the heater instead of the front. A larger clearance was required by CSA in order to read the rating plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See your installation manual for more details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Clearance<\/strong><br>A set distance required for proper and safe operation of the heater.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>CSA<\/strong><br>Canadian Standards Association. Approval agency that governs the design and performance of water heaters per ANSI standards. All gas water heaters must obtain a CSA approval before they can be sold in the US or Canada.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the new stainless steel models, the rating plates are located on the side of the heater instead of the front. A larger clearance was required by CSA in order to read the rating plate. See your installation manual for more details. ClearanceA set distance required for proper and safe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[17],"ht-kb-tag":[64,66],"class_list":["post-226","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-professionals-questions","ht_kb_tag-clearance","ht_kb_tag-csa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/226\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/226\/revisions\/227"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=226"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/help.noritz.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}