Heater Inspection; Tools And Supplies Needed For Installation; Heater Installation; Minimum Clearances To Combustible Walls And Ceilings - USSC DR6 Installation, Operation And Maintenance Instructions

Coal burning circulator heater

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FIGURE 8 - CONNECTING HEATER'S CHIMNEY CONNECTOR TO MASONRY CHIMNEY WHEN CHIMNEY CON-

NECTOR DOES NOT HAVE TO PASS THROUGH A COMBUSTIBLE WALL

Before installing the heater, inspect the heater for external damage and missing parts. Check the gaskets around the

doors to assure that they are still in place. Also check inside the heater. Report any deficiencies found to your heater

dealer and make sure all problems are resolved before installing the heater. See figure 12 for illustration of heater

parts.

Electric drill 1/4 or 3/8 inch drive

1/8 inch drill bit

Screw driver (blade type and size to fit screws listed below)

No. 8 sheet metal screws (for chimney connector joints)

Ruler or tape measure

CAUTION: IF THIS HEATER IS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED, A HOUSE FIRE MAY RESULT. FOR YOUR

SAFETY, FOLLOW THE INSTALLATION DIRECTIONS. CONTACT LOCAL BUILDING OR FIRE OFFI

CIALS ABOUT RESTRICTIONS AND INSTALLATION INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS IN YOUR AREA.

CAUTION: DO NOT CONNECT THIS HEATER TO A CHIMNEY FLUE SERVING ANOTHER APPLIANCE. THERE IS

A SERIOUS SAFETY RISK IF TWO APPLIANCES OR HEATERS ARE CONNECTED TO THE SAME

FLUE.

CAUTION: THE HEATER MUST BE PLACED ON A LISTED FLOOR PROTECTOR AS NOTED IN THIS MANUAL IF

THE FLOOR IS WOOD OR OTHER COMBUSTIBLE FLOORING. IF CARPET IS PRESENT, IT MUST

BE REMOVED. THE FLOOR PROTECTOR MUST NOT BE PLACED ON CARPET. (SEE FIGURE 5).

CAUTION: MOST WALLS AND CEILINGS CONTAIN WOOD EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE MADE OF SHEETROCK

OR PLASTER ON THE OUTSIDE. THESE WALLS AND CEILINGS CAN CATCH FIRE FROM THE HOT

HEATER OR CHIMNEY CONNECTOR IF THE HEATER AND CHIMNEY CONNECTOR ARE NOT PROP-

ERLY INSTALLED.

MINIMUM CLEARANCE TO COMBUSTIBLE WALLS AND CEILINGS

Minimum clearances to unprotected combustible walls and ceilings as noted by Figures 1 through 4 must be main-

tained. Drapes, curtains, furniture and other combustible materials should be kept much further away from the heater to

avoid a fire. If you chose to, you may install the heater and chimney connector closer to combustible surfaces than

indicated by Figures 1 through 4 if a clearance reduction system is also installed to protect combustible ceiling and wall

near the heater and chimney connector. However, there are limits as to how close the heater and chimney connector

can be installed to combustible surfaces protected by a clearance reductions system.

A correctly installed clearance reduction system protects the combustible surfaces well beyond the sides and above the

top of the heater and beyond the sides and top of the chimney connector pipe.