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Vermont Castings Defiant

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, and not an attractive or efficient wood stove to be found anywhere, two entrepreneurs set out to create a stove that was a thing of beauty as well as utility. Finely crafted from cast iron, the Defiant was the first wood stove to combine an artistically designed exterior with a methodically 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, the new Defiant incorporates all the finest aesthetic, convenience, and performance features to be found on any wood stove. 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 Smithsonian Institution. Each new purchase of the Defiant stove continues that history.

Table of Contents
Specifications	4
Installation	5
Clearance Charts	12
Assembly	16
Operation	17
Maintenance	26
Appendix: Catalytic Combustor	32
Appendix:
Chimney & Fireplace Hazards ...	33
Parts Diagram	34

Installation Accessories

#1560 Warming Shelf

#1902 Mobile Home Kit

#1904 Outside Air Adaptor

#1905 Bottom Heat Shield Kit

#1906 Rear Heat Shield Kit

#1907 Firescreen

#1860 6" x 12" Oval Starter Pipe

A line of porcelain enamel stove pipe is avail- able in Sand, Blue, and Forest Green colors.

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