INSTALLATION
NOTICE: This heater is intended for use as supplemental heat. Use this heater along with your primary heat- ing system. Do not install this heater as your primary heat source. If you have a central heating system, you may run system’s circulating blower while using heater. This will help cir- culate the heat throughout the house. In the event of a power outage, you can use this heater as your primary heat source.
IMPORTANT: Installing heater in rooms without enough ventilation air may cause mildew to form from too much moisture. See Air for Combus- tion and Ventilation, pages 5 and 6.
WARNING: A qualified service person must install heater. Follow all local codes.
WARNING
Electrical Grounding Instructions This appliance is equipped with a
Figure 4 -Minimum Clearance to Wall and Ceiling
WARNING: Never install the heater
•in a bedroom or bathroom
•in a recreational vehicle
•where curtains, furniture, clothing, or other flammable objects are less than 42 inches from the front, top, or sides of the heater
•in high traffic areas
•in windy or drafty areas
WARNING: Maintain the mini- mum clearances. If you can, provide greater clearances from floor, ceiling, and adjoining side and back walls.
CAUTION: This heater creates warm air currents. These currents move heat to wall surfaces next to heater. Installing heater next to vinyl or cloth wall coverings or operating heater where impurities (such as tobacco smoke, aromatic candles, cleaning fluids, oil or kerosene lamps, etc.) in the air exist, may dis- color walls.
CHECK GAS TYPE
Be sure your gas supply is right for your heater. Otherwise, call dealer where you bought the heater for proper type heater.
CLEARANCES TO COMBUSTIBLES Carefully follow the instructions below. This stove is a freestanding unit designed to set directly on the floor.
IMPORTANT: You must maintain mini- mum wall and ceiling clearances dur- ing installation. The minimum clear- ances are shown in Figure 4. Measure from outermost point of stove top.
If heater is installed directly on carpeting, tile or other combustible material, other than wood flooring, the heater shall be installed on a metal or wood panel extending the full width and depth of the heater.
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