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10
INSTALLING HEATER BASE ASSEMBLY
WARNING: If installing in a sunken fireplace, special
care is needed. You must raise the fireplace floor to
allow access to heater control panel. This will insure
adequate air flow and guard against sooting and con-
trols being damaged. Raise fireplace floor with non-
combustible material. Make sure material is secure.
CAUTION: Do not pick up heater base assembly
by the burner. This could damage heater. Only handle
base assembly by grates.
IMPORTANT:
Make sure the heater burners are level. If heater is
not level, heater will not work properly. For thermostat models,
avoid damage to thermostat bulb. Avoid nicks or sharp bends in
thermostat bulb wire. Keep thermostat bulb in mounting bracket
until ready to mount base to floor. See Optional Positioning Of
Thermostat Sensing Bulb, page 25.
Installation Items Needed
• hardware package (provided with heater)
• approved flexible gas hose (not provided) (if allowed by local codes)
• sealant resistant to propane (propane/LP) gas, not provided
• electric drill with 3/16" drill bit
• flathead screwdriver
1.
Apply pipe joint sealant lightly to male threads of the fitting to
be threaded into gas regulator. Connect approved flexible gas
hose to gas regulator of heater (see Figure 12).
IMPORTANT:
Hold gas regulator with wrench when
connecting flexible gas hose.
2.
Locate masonry screws in hardware package.
3.
Position heater base assembly in fireplace.
4.
Place logs in their proper position on heater base, see Installing
Logs on pages 13 through 17.
5.
Center heater base and logs front-to-back and side-to-side in
fireplace.
6.
Carefully remove logs without moving heater base.
WARNING: You must secure this heater to fire-
place floor. If not, heater will move when you adjust
controls. Moving heater may cause a gas leak.
INSTALLATION
Continued
INSTALLING DAMPER CLAMP ACCESSORY
FOR VENTED OPERATION
Note:
When used as a vented heater, appliance must be installed
only in a solid-fuel burning fireplace with a working flue and
constructed of noncombustible material.
If your heater is a manually controlled model, you may use this
heater as a vented product. There are three reasons for operating
your heater in the vented mode.
1.
The fireplace does not meet the clearance to combustibles re-
quirements for vent-free operation.
2.
State or local codes do not permit vent-free operation.
3.
You prefer vented operation.
If reasons number 1 or 2 above apply to you, you must permanently
open chimney flue damper. You must install the damper clamp
accessory (to order, see Accessories, page 26). This will insure vented
operation (see Figure 11). The damper clamp will keep damper open.
Installation instructions are included with clamp accessory.
See chart below for minimum permanent flue opening you must
provide. Attach damper clamp so the minimum permanent flue
opening will be maintained at all times.
Area of Various Standard
Round Flues
Diameter (ins.)
Area (sq. ins.)
5"
20 sq. inches
6"
29 sq. inches
7"
39 sq. inches
8"
51 sq. inches
Chimney
Minimum Permanent
Height (ft.) Flue Opening (sq. ins.)
6' to 15'
39 sq. inches
15' to 30'
29 sq. inches
CAUTION: Do not remove the data plates attached
to the heater base assembly. The data plates contain
important warranty and safety information.
INSTALLATION
Installing Damper Clamp Accessory for Vented Operation
Installing Heater Base Assembly
Figure 11 - Attaching Damper Clamp
Manufactured Fireplace
Masonry Fireplace
Damper
Damper Clamp
Damper
Damper Clamp
Damper
