Desa VUL18NR Owner's Operation And Installation Manual

Also see for VUL18NR: OWNER'S OPERATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL OWNER'S OPERATION AND INSTALLATION MANUAL

Contents

Desa VUL18NR Owner's Operation And Installation Manual Manual pdf 9 page image

www.desatech.com122001-01C 9INSTALLATIONWARNING: Seal any freshair vents or ash clean-out doorslocated on floor or wall of fire-place. If not, drafting may causepilot outage or sooting. Use aheat-resistant sealant. Do notseal chimney flue damper.WARNING: Never install theheater• in a bedroom or bathroomunless installed as a ventedappliance, see page 12 (Re-mote-Ready Models Only)• in a recreational vehicle• where curtains, furniture,clothing or other flammableobjects are less than 36" fromthe front and 42" from topheater, For side clearancessee Figure 4 page 10• 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, butnot limited to, tobacco smoke,aromatic candles, cleaning flu-ids, oil or kerosene lamps, etc.) inthe air exist, may discolor wallsor cause odors.IMPORTANT: Vent-free heaters add moistureto the air. Although this is beneficial, installingheater in rooms without enough ventilationair may cause mildew to form from too muchmoisture. See Air for Combustion and Ventila-tion, page 6.NOTICE: This heater is intendedfor use as supplemental heat.Use this heater along with yourprimary heating system. Do notinstall this heater as your pri-mary heat source. If you have acentral heating system, you mayrun system’s circulating blowerwhile using heater. This will helpcirculate the heat throughout thehouse. In the event of a poweroutage, you can use this heateras your primary heat source.WARNING: A qualified ser-vice person must install heater.Follow all local codes.NOTICE: State or local codes mayonly allow operation of this appli-ance in a vented configuration.Check your state or local codes.WARNING: Make sure theselector switch is in the OFFposition before installing heater(Remote-Ready Models Only).WARNING: Before installingin a solid fuel burning fireplace,the chimney flue and fireboxmust be cleaned of soot, creo-sote, ashes and loose paint bya qualified chimney cleaner.Creosote will ignite if highlyheated. A dirty chimney flue maycreate and distribute soot withinthe house. Inspect chimney andfirebox flue for damage. If dam-aged, repair flue and fireboxbefore operating heater.