Vanguard 18" Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

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7104309OWNER’S MANUALLOG SIZING REQUIREMENTSLog Minimum FireboxSize Height Depth Front Rear *Width Width18" 17" 14" 24" 20"24" 17" 14" 28" 21"30" 17" 14" 34" 24"36" 17" 14" 40" 30"INSTALLATION ANDCLEARANCES(Vent-Free Operation Only)Figure 4 - Minimum Clearance to Wall andCeilingWARNING: Maintain the mini-mum clearances. If you can, pro-vide greater clearances fromfloor, ceiling, and adjoining wall.MINIMUM FIREPLACECLEARANCE TOCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALSLog Size Side Wall Ceiling18", 24", 16" 42"30", and 36"Carefully follow the instructions below. Thiswill ensure safe installation into a masonry,UL127-listed manufactured fireplace, orlisted vent-free firebox.Minimum Wall and CeilingClearances (see Figure 4)A. Clearances from the side of the fire-place opening to any combustible wallshould not be less than 16 inches.B. Clearances from the top of the fireplaceopening to the ceiling should not be lessthan 42 inches.42"16"Left andRight SidesWARNING: Never install theheater• in a bedroom or bathroom un-less installed as a vented ap-pliance, see page 10• in a recreational vehicle• where curtains, furniture,clothing, or other flammableobjects are less than 42 inchesfrom the front, top, or sides ofthe heater• in high traffic areas• in windy or drafty areasINSTALLATIONNOTICE: A qualified service per-son must install heater. Followall local codes.WARNING: Before installingin a solid fuel burning fireplace,the chimney flue and firebox mustbe cleaned of soot, creosote,ashes and loose paint by a quali-fied chimney cleaner. Creosotewill ignite if highly heated. A dirtychimney flue may create and dis-tribute soot within the house. In-spect chimney flue for damage. Ifdamaged, operate heater with fluedamper closed.WARNING: Seal any fresh airvents or ash clean-out doors lo-cated on floor or wall of fireplace.If not, drafting may cause pilotoutage or sooting. Use a heat-resistant sealant. Do not sealchimney flue damper.CAUTION: This heater cre-ates warm air currents. Thesecurrents move heat to wall sur-faces next to heater. Installingheater next to vinyl or cloth wallcoverings or operating heaterwhere impurities (such as to-bacco smoke, aromatic candles,cleaning fluids, oil or kerosenelamps, etc.) in the air exist, maydiscolor walls.IMPORTANT: Vent-free heaters add mois-ture to the air. Although this is beneficial,installing heater in rooms without enoughventilation air may cause mildew to formfrom too much moisture. See Air for Com-bustion and Ventilation, pages 4 through 6.CHECK GAS TYPEUse only propane gas. If your gas supply isnot propane, do not install heater. Call dealerwhere you bought heater for proper typeheater.NOTICE: State or local codes mayonly allow operation of this appli-ance in a vented configuration.Check your state or local codes.ContinuedNOTICE: This heater is intendedfor use as supplemental heat. Usethis heater along with your pri-mary heating system. Do not in-stall this heater as your primaryheat source. If you have a centralheating system, you may runsystem’s circulating blower whileusing heater. This will help circu-late the heat throughout thehouse. In the event of a poweroutage, you can use this heateras your primary heat source.* Measured at 14" depth.