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WinterWarm Fireplace Insert or System
2000941
If you have installed the optional outside air kit, pass
the control rod through the latticework at this time. (Fig.
53)
Seat the front against the Fire Chamber assembly, and
attach with the six 1/4-20 X 3/4” (19mm) hex head cap
screws and washers that are provided. There are two
for each side and two for the top.
Make sure the front seats properly before tightening
the cap screws; the edge of the front should be almost
even with the side and top plates, protruding no more
than 1/16” (2mm).
Tighten the left and right sides before tightening the top
screws. Tighten the cap screws that attach the upper
grille.
NOTE:
If the front has been installed too far for-
ward, the door gasket may not make the required seal
and the fire may be difficult to control.
Step 8. Attach the Rheostat Rod Linkages
Untape the rheostat linkage rod from the left side of the
firechamber. Remove the nut from the threaded end.
Insert the rod end into the drilled hole in the rheostat le-
ver. The rheostat box is located on the inside of the left
front column. Thread the rod nut back on and tighten.
NOTE:
The rheostat lever must be tilted towards the
outside of the left column in order to attach the nut.
After connecting the linkage, the lever must be tilted
towards the inside of the column before installing the
left column air divider. It remains in this inside position
during operation. (Fig. 54)
9. Connect the Wiring.
The two-pronged cable for column fans and the four-
pronged wireway cable connect to the metal wire boxes
on each side of the front with snap connector plugs, two
on each side. The power cord must be plugged in as
well.
First expose the receptacle for the power cord by re-
moving the metal plate on the wire box. It is secured by
two Phillips pan head machine screws. Also remove the
nylon cord set clamp from the top of the spacer on the
left wire box, and lay it aside for completing this step.
NOTE:
The power cord always connects to the wire
box on the left side in Fireplace System installations.
For Fireplace Insert installations, it may connect to the
wire box on either the right side or the left.
Next, plug the power cord into the wire box receptacle.
Secure the cord by slipping the nylon cord set-clamp
over the cord and fastening it to the top of the spacer
with a 1/2” (13mm) Phillips pan head machine screw.
For Fireplace Insert installations that have the power
cord connected to the right side, mount the nylon cord
clamp and spacer on the right wire box rather than the
left.
Connect the two-pronged column fans plug and the
four-pronged wireway plug to the wire boxes on both
the right and left sides. (Fig. 55)
Plug the power cord into its electric service receptacle,
either a wall outlet in Fireplace Insert installations, or
into the cabinet junction box in Fireplace System instal-
lations.
FIREPLACE SYSTEM NOTE:
Remember,
connect the power cord to the UPPER receptacle in the
cabinet junction box. The lower receptacle will not be
live unless you are using the optional Cabinet Convec-
tion Blower Kit.
If you are unsure of how to make any of these connec-
tions contact your local Vermont Castings’ Authorized
Dealer.
FP1131
Rheostat wiring
7/01
Rheostat Rod
Linkage
Rheostat Lever
Rheostat Rod
Nut
Rheostat Box Shaft
Power Cord
4-Prong “Wireway” Plug
2-Prong Column Fan Plug
FP1131
Fig. 54
The rheostat lever must be tilted first toward the out-
side of the left column to attach the nut, and then tilted toward
the inside of the column before installing the left column air
divider.
Spacer
Nylon Clamp
FP1132
Snap connectors
7/01
2-Prong
Fan Plug
4-Prong Wire-
way Plug
FP1132
Fig. 55
The snap connectors only fit their respective sockets.
