7104385OWNER’S MANUALWARNING: Never install theheater• in a bedroom or bathroom un-less installed as a vented ap-pliance (Variable Manually-Controlled Models Only) (seepage 10)• in a recreational vehicle• where curtains, furniture,clothing, or other flammableobjects are less than 42 inchesfrom the front, top, or sides ofthe heater• in high traffic areas• in windy or drafty areasINSTALLATIONWARNING: A qualified ser-vice person must install heater.Follow all local codes.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 flue may create and dis-tribute soot within the house. In-spect chimney flue for damage. Ifdamaged, operate heater with fluedamper closed.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.CAUTION: 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.CHECK GAS TYPEUse only natural gas. If your gas supply isnot natural gas, do not install heater. Calldealer where you bought heater for propertype heater.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.NOTICE: State or local codes mayonly allow operation of this appli-ance in a vented configuration.Check your state or local codes.NOTICE: 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.42"16"INSTALLATION ANDCLEARANCES(Vent-Free Operation Only)WARNING: Maintain the mini-mum clearances. If you can, pro-vide greater clearances fromfloor, ceiling, and adjoining wall.Figure 4 - Minimum Clearance to Wall andCeilingLOG SIZING REQUIREMENTSMinimum Firebox SizeLog Front RearSize Height Depth Width Width*18" 17" 14" 24" 20"24" 17" 14" 28" 21"MINIMUM FIREPLACECLEARANCE TOCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIALSLog Size Side Wall Ceiling18", 24" 16" 42"Left andRightSides*Measured at 14" depth.Carefully follow the instructions below. Thiswill ensure safe installation into a masonry,UL127 listed manufactured fireplace, or listedvent-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.Continued