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Safety Rules

SAFETY NOTICE:

SAFETY NOTICE: If this heater is not properly installed a house fire may result. For your safety, follow the
installation directions. Contact local building or fire officials about restrictions and installation inspection
requirements in your area.

Read these rules and the instructions carefully.

Check with local codes. The installation comply
with their rulings. Observe closely the clearances
to combustibles (page 4).

Do not install this heater in a mobile home or
trailer.

Always connect this heater to a chimney and vent
to the outside. Never vent to another room or
inside a building.

Do not connect a wood burning heater to a Type
B gas vent. This is not safe and is prohibited by
the National Fire Protection Association Code.
This heater requires approved masonry or UL/
ULC Listed Residential Type and Building Heat-
ing Appliance Chimney. Use a 6" diameter chim-
ney or larger, that is high enough to give a good
draft.

Be sure that your chimney is safely constructed
and in good repair. Have the chimney inspected
by the Fire Department or a qualified inspector.
Your insurance company may be able to recom-
mend a qualified inspector.

Inspect chimney connector and chimney twice
monthly during the heating season for any de-
posit of creosote or soot which must be removed
(see Chimney Maintenance, page 9).

Provide air for combustion from outside the house
into the room where the heater is located. If the
intake is not in the same room, air must have free
access in to the room.

To prevent injury, do not allow anyone to use this
heater who is unfamiliar with the correct opera-
tion of the heater.

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For further information on using your heater
safely, obtain a copy of the National Fire Pro-
tection Association (NFPA) publication "Using
Coal and Wood Stoves Safely" NFPA No. HS-
10-1978. The address of the NFPA is
Batterymarch Park, MA 02269.
For more information on a Canadian Installa-
tion, obtain a copy of CAN/CSA - B365 - M91
Installation Code for Solid-Fuel-Burning Appli-
ances and Equipment.

Disposal of Ashes- Place ashes in a metal
container with a tight fitting lid. Keep the closed
container on a non-combustible floor or on the
ground, well away from all combustible mate-
rials. Keep the ashes in the closed container
until all cinders have thoroughly cooled. The
ashes may be buried in the ground or picked up
by a refuse collector.

CAUTION- The special paints used on your
heater may give off some smoke while they are
curing during the first few fires. Build small fires
at first.

CARING FOR PAINTED PARTS- This heater
has a painted jacket, which is durable but it will
not stand rough handling or abuse. When
installing your heater, use care in handling.
Clean with soap and warm water when heater
is not hot. DO NOT use any acids or scouring
soap, as these wear and dull the finish. PAINT
DISCOLORATION WILL OCCUR IF THE
HEATER IS OVERFIRED. FOLLOW OPER-
ATING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

All persons, especially children, should be
alerted to hazards from high surface tempera-
tures and kept away while in operation. Small
children should not be left unsupervised when
in the room with the heater.

Keep the area adjacent to the heater free from
all combustible materials, gasoline, and other
flammable vapors.

CAUTION! Do not touch the heater until it has cooled.

NOTE:

FOR YOUR SAFETY, WE RECOMMEND INSTALLING SMOKE DETECTORS IN YOUR HOME IF NOT

ALREADY INSTALLED.