9 Appliance Preparation

A. Top Vent

CAUTION! Risk of Cuts, Abrasions or Flying Debris. Wear protective gloves and safety glasses during instal- lation. Sheet metal edges are sharp.

NOTICE: Once appliance is set up for top or rear venting, it CANNOT be changed at a later time.

Note: Actual unit may look different than the fireplace shown in this section.

2 SCREWS

Figure 9.4 Remove the seal cap.

Figure 9.1 For top vent, remove the two screws holding the top heat shield in place. For rear vent, see Section 9B.

WARNING! Risk of Fire! Do not remove heat shield. El- evated header temperatures may cause a fire.

Figure 9.2 Rotate the top heat shield to the vertical position as shown above. The heat shield must remain in the vertical position.

Figure 9.5 Remove the insulation basket and white insula- tion from the center vent pipe.

2 SCREWS

Figure 9.3 Replace the two screws as shown.

Figure 9.6 Remove the insulation from the outer vent pipe.

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Hearth and Home Technologies SL-750TR-IPI-E, SL-950TR-E, SL-750TR-E, SL-950TR-IPI-E Appliance Preparation, Top Vent

SL-750TR-E, SL-750TR-IPI-E, SL-550TR-IPI-E, SL-550TR-E, SL-950TR-IPI-E specifications

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