Desa CFS18PRA Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

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7104417OWNER’S MANUALLOG SIZING REQUIREMENTSMinimum Firebox SizeLog Front Rear*Size Height Depth Width Width18" 17" 14" 20" 14"24" 17" 14" 26" 18"30" 17" 14" 32" 22"INSTALLATION ANDCLEARANCES(Vent-Free Operation Only)WARNING: Maintain the mini-mum clearances. If you can, pro-vide greater clearances fromfloor, ceiling, and adjoining wall.MINIMUM FIREPLACE CLEARANCETO COMBUSTIBLE MATERIALSLog Size Side Wall Ceiling Floor*18" 24" 30" 16" 42" 5"*SeeFloor Clearances, page 9.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.Figure 4 - Minimum Clearance to Wall andCeiling Continued42"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, cloth-ing, or other flammable objectsare less than 42 inches fromthe front, top, or sides of theheater• in high traffic areas• in windy or drafty areasCAUTION: 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 gas, do not install heater. Calldealer where you bought heater for propertype heater.NOTICE: A qualified service per-son must install heater. Followall local codes.INSTALLATIONNOTICE: 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.NOTICE: State or local codes mayonly allow operation of this appli-ance in a vented configuration.Check your state or local codes.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.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 may create and distrib-ute soot within the house. Inspectchimney flue for damage. If dam-aged, operate heater with fluedamper closed.WARNING: Make sure theselector switch is in the OFF po-sition before installing heater.*Measured at 14" depth