Table Of Contents - Vermont Castings Defiant 1975-CAT-C Installation & Operating Manual

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1 Product Specific and Important Safety Information
A. Appliance Certification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
B. California safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
C. BTU & Efficiency Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
D. Stove Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Installation
A. Outside Air. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
B. Types of Chimney to Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
C. Chimney Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
D. Chimney Connector Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
E. Fireplace Installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
F. Floor Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
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G. Clearances to Combustibles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
H. Install Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3 Assembly
A. Setting up your Stove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
B. Install Bottom Heat Shield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
C. Adjust Leg Levelers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
D. Reverse Flue Collar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
E. Attached Damper Handle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
F. Installing Catalyst Temperature Probe . . . . . . . . . . . 20
G. Attach Primary Air Thermostat Handle . . . . . . . . . . 20
H. Assemble the Removable Insert Handle . . . . . . . . . 20
I. Fan Kit Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
J. Installing/Removing Catalyst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Smoke Alarm / Safety Tips
A. Smoke and CO Detectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
B. Safety Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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5 Operation
A. Air Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
B. Damper Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
C. Conditioning Your Stove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
D. Wood Burning Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
E. Adding Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
F. Ash Disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
G. Draft Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
6 Maintenance
A. Glass Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
B. Damper Adjustment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
C. Front Door Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
D. Ash Door Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
E. Gasket Rveplacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
F. The Chimney System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
G. The Catalytic Element . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
7 Service Parts List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
8 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
 = Contains updated information
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