Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 1500 Weber
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GENESIS ® 1500 Natural Gas Barbecue Serial Number Please use this number in registering your warranty and any correspondence with the factory . Owner’ s Manual 98635 10/97 ® FOR Y OUR SAFETY Do not store or use gasoline or other flammable v apors and liquids in the vicinity of this or any other appliance.
2 D ANGER Failure to f ollo w the Dangers, W arnings and Cautions contained in this Owner’ s Manual may result in serious bodil y injury or death, or in a fire or an explosion causing damage to property . W ARNINGS Do not store a spare or disconnected LP tank under or near this barbecue .
3 Weber-Stephen Products Co. (W eber) hereby warrants to the ORIGINAL PURCHASER of this Weber Gas Barbecue that it will be free of defects in material and workmanship from the date of purchase as foll.
4 © 1997 Weber . Weber , , Genesis, Flavorizer and Crossover are registered U.S. trademarks; Perma-Mount, Gas Catcher , FlameCheck, Steam-N-Chips, Spider Stopper , and W arm-Up are U.S. trademarks of Weber-Stephen Products Co., 200 East Daniels Road, Palatine, IL 60067-6266.
5 Contents WARNINGS ................................................................ 2 W arranty & Patents .................................................. 2-3 General Instructions .................................................... 6 Assembly .
6 General Instructions Y our Weber Gas Barbecue is a stationary outdoor cooking appliance. With the Weber Gas Barbecue you can grill, barbecue, roast and bake with results that are difficult to duplicate with indoor kitchen appliances. The closed lid and Flavorizer Bars produce that "outdoor" flavor in the food.
7 General Specifications f or Piping American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Recommendations for gas suppl y installations: Connections: ■ This barbecue is designed to operate at 7 inches of water column pressure (.
8 T ypical natural gas supply installation to a concrete patio or pad View from behind barbecue Accessible Locking Shut off Outside Inside Gas Supply Indoor Shut off Figure 1 CA UTION: Follow "General Specifications for Piping" in this manual.
9 Recommended concrete pad requirements We recommend a pad a minimum of 40 inches left to right, 20 inches front to back and 4 inches deep (1.85 cubic feet). Figure 4. Note - Cubic f eet is determined by m ultiplying length times width times depth and dividing by 1728.
10 Assembl y T ools needed Regular screwdriver Phillips screwdriver Hammer One 7/16 inch or an adjustable wrench Pliers T ape Measure Pencil Electric drill Supplies needed Y ou will need a soap and water solution to check for gas leaks. (See Step "Check for gas leaks.
11 Front Panel Cooking grate (2) Catch pan holder Catch Pan Drip pans (2) Thermometer Condiment basket Left frame Right frame Side frame (2) Accessory rack W arm-Up Basket W arming Rack Five long Flav.
12 Check contents of hardware packs Three burner control knobs Three tool holders Three tubing plugs Manifold bracket T wo hinge pins (hardware size: 1/4 x 1 1/2 inch clevis pin) (actual size) One 1/4.
13 Step 2 Assemble the frame Y ou will need: left frame, right frame, two nylon washers, two 1/4-20 x 1/2 inch bolts and a 7/16 inch wrench. Note - W ork on car peted area (on grass, or on one of the bo x es) to protect the finish during frame assembly .
14 Figure 3 Figure 5 Figure 4 26 1/2 1 2 3 4 Step 4 Measure and drill holes Y ou will need: Completed frame assembly , base panel, tape measure, and pencil. CA UTION: Combustib le materials should never be within 24 inches of the top, bottom, bac k or sides of the barbecue.
15 3/8-16 x 1 1/2 machine screw 3/8 inch flat washer Mount plate 3/8 inch screw anchor Drilled hole Figure 8 Concrete lag bolt 3/8 inch flat washer Mount plate Lag shield Drilled hole Figure 7 Strike .
Step 6 Add front panel and tighten all frame bolts Y ou will need: front panel and two plastic buttons. Align the panel with the holes in the frame and insert the plastic buttons through the front panel and frame.
17 Guide screw (a) (b) Wing nuts View from behind cooking box Figure 15 Figure 13 Burner tubes Frame brace Slide the cooking box to the left within the frame. Put nylon washer on bolt. Insert the bolt through the frame and cooking box with the head of the bolt outside the frame.
Step 8 Connect barbecue gas supply line to the natural gas supply Note - W e recommend that the connection between the barbecue gas supply line and the natural gas supply be flare to flare. A 3/8-inch flare fitting has been included with the barbecue gas supply line of y our gas barbecue .
19 Figure 19 Igniter lock nut Keyhole in frame brace Small part of keyhole in frame brace Frame brace Frame brace (a) (b) (c) Figure 20 Step 11 Install igniter Note - The igniter wires are already attached to the Gas Catcher Ignition Chamber and the igniter .
20 Figure 22 Figure 21 (a) Gas supply shut off at the house (c) (b) Step 13 Check for gas leaks D ANGER Do not use an open flame to chec k f or gas leaks.
21 Figure 23 Figure 24 (a) Base panel Left side panel top bottom Right side panel Step 14 Add base panel Y ou will need: Base panel. Put the right side in and down, tilt and set the left side in place. Figure 23. Step 15 Install side panels Y ou will need: two side panels, and eight plastic buttons.
22 Figure 28 Figure 27 Figure 29 Bottom tray Finger grip on front edge of bottom tray Finger grip Front side of catch pan holder Figure 25 Figure 26 Step 16 Install Flavorizer Bars and Cooking Grates Y ou will need: five long Flavorizer Bars, eight short Flavorizer Bars and two cooking grates.
23 Hair pin cotter Hinge pin Figure 30 Figure 31 T ool holders Control panel push-in buttons (a) (b) Step 18 Install Lid Y ou will need: lid, two hinge pins and two hair pin cotters. Set the lid in place. Align the hinges at the rear of the barbecue. Insert hinge pins from the outside.
24 Figure 33 (b) (a) Slot in frame (view from below) Figure 32 (c) (b) Right side frame Left side frame slots Left hooks Wire end (a) Step 20 Install the condiment basket Y ou will need: condiment basket and end bracket. Insert one wire end of the condiment basket into the hole in the side frame.
25 Figure 34 (a) (b) (c) (d) (e) Step 22 Complete accessory installation Y ou will need: W arm -Up B asket, warming rack, work table, three tubing plugs, thermometer and a hammer . Insert one end of the Weber W arm-Up Basket into the hole in the right end of the lid and the other end into the slot in the left end of the lid.
26 26 1 2 7 5 4 6 Figure 1 Crosso ver Ignition System OPERA TING INSTR UCTIONS Lighting Summary lighting instructions are on the control panel. 1) Open the lid. Figure 1. 2) Make sure all burner control knobs are turned OFF . (Push each burner control knob down and turn clockwise.
27 1 2 7 5 4,6 Figure 2 Manual Lighting W ARNING: If the burner does not light, turn the Fr ont burner contr ol knob to OFF and wait 5 minutes to let the gas clear bef ore y ou try again or try to light with a match. 7) After the FRONT burner is lit you can turn on the other burners.
28 Cooking Y ou can adjust the FRONT , CENTER and BACK burners as desired. The control settings High (H), Medium (M), Low (L), or Off (O) are described in your Weber cookbook. The cookbook uses these notations to describe the settings of the FRONT , CENTER, and BACK burners.
29 (a) (c) (b) Figure 3 Annual Maintenance After a period of nonuse we recommend that you perform the following maintenance procedures f or y our saf ety . W ARNING: Check gas supply line bef ore each use of barbecue for nic ks or cracking. If the gas suppl y line is found to be dama ged in an y wa y , d o not use the barbecue.
30 Burner inside cooking box Figure 6 Dark blue Light blue T ips occasionally yellowish Figure 4 V enturi Air shutter V enturi fin Weber Spider Stopper Guard Figure 5 Flames Figure 7 Figure 8 General Maintenance W eber Spider Stopper Guar ds Y our Weber Gas Barbecue, as well as any outdoor gas appliance, is a target for spiders and other insects.
31 View from behind cooking box Wing nuts Burner valve V alve orifice Figure 10 Guide screw Figure 11 Crossover tube Figure 12 V enturi fin Figure 14 Figure 13 (a) (b) Check fit around valve Check fit around burner Figure 9 d) Unlatch the Spider Stopper Guards and remove.
32 Figure 15 White wire Black wire Crosso ver Ignition System Operations If the Crossover Ignition System fails to ignite the Front burner , light the Front burner with a match. If the Front burner lights with a match, then check the Crossover Ignition System.
33 Prob lem Burners b urn with a yellow or orange flame, in conjunction with the smell of gas. Burner does not light, or flame is low in HIGH position. Experiencing flare-ups: CA UTION: Do not line the bottom tray with aluminum f oil. Burner flame pattern is erratic.
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35 1 Lid (assembly) 2 Lid handle 3 W arm-Up Basket 4 W arming rack 5 Short Flavorizer bars (8) 6 Long Flavorizer bars (5) 7 Cooking grates (2) 8 Work table 9 T ubing plugs (3) 10 1/4-20 x 2 inch bolts.
A F INAL W ORD OF T HANKS hank you for choosing a W eber Barbecue. Our family here at W eber has worked hard to produce the highest quality products for your satisfaction.
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