Vermont Casting 1610CE installation instructions Story of the Defiant, Table of Contents

Defiant 1610CE Non-Catalytic Woodburning Stove

The Story of the Defiant

No wood-burning appliance, save for Ben Franklin’s Pennsylvania Fireplace, has a stronger heritage than the Ver- mont Castings Defiant. Named for a 19th-century steamship, the original Vermont Castings Defiant Wood Stove came to epitomize America’s resolve and independence during the Energy Crisis of the 1970s.

The year was 1975. With energy prices going through the roof, without an attractive or efficient wood stove to be found anywhere, two entrepreneurs set out to create a stove that was both beautiful and highly functional. Finely crafted from cast iron, the Defiant was the first wood stove to combine an artistically designed exterior with a methodi- cally engineered interior, using new technologies for efficient combustion.

Americans purchased over a quarter-million Defiants, as they rediscovered the common sense of heating with wood, a home-grown fuel with none of the political and economic entanglements of foreign oil.

Thirteen years later, in 1988, Vermont Castings ‘retired’ the Defiant, replacing it with modern wood-burners such as the Encore.

With its 1998 return, a new Defiant incorporated all the finest aesthetic, convenience, and performance features to be found on any wood stove. After continued development, this Defiant model 1610CE non-catalytic model continues the tradition of the original Defiant while incorporating the very latest combustion technology. In a sense, the new Defiant has been 23 years in the making.

Due to its significant role in American history, the original model Defiant is in the permanent collection of the Smithso- nian Institution. Each new purchase of the Defiant stove continues that history.

Table of Contents
Specifications	4
Installation	5
Assembly	12
Operation	14
Draft Management	19
Maintenance	21
Replacement Parts	25
Warranty	28

Installation Accessories

Warming Shelf

#0210 Classic Black

#0211 Biscuit

#0212 Midnight Blue

#0213 Ebony

#0214 Bordeaux

#0215 Chestnut Brown

#0216 Vt. Classic Green

#3265 Outside Air Kit

#1860 6” x 12” Oval Starter Pipe

#2767 Fan Kit

#0178 Flue Collar Heat Shield

#0168 Connector Pipe Heat Shield

A line of porcelain enamel stove pipe is available in Biscuit, Bordeaux, Chestnut Brown, Ebony, Midnight Blue, Vt.Classic Green colors.

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