PANAMA HE GAS FIRE USER INSTRUCTIONS INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS SERVICE INSTRUCTIONS It is a regulaon that these instrucons be handed to the customer aer installaon is complete. It is also the responsibility of the installaon engineer to ensure that the customer is able to fully operate the appliance and is aware of any cleaning or maintenance requirements.
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CONTENTS Regulatory Informaon and Installaon Requirements …………………………... 3 Installaon Requirements (connued) ………………………………………………….. 4 Sing the Appliance ……………………………………………………………………………… 5 Installaon of ‘fixing plate’ assembly …..………………………………………………. 6 Installing the Back Panel …………………………………………………………………………. 7 Fixing the Appliance ……………………………………………………………………………… Connecng the Appliance to the Gas Supply ……………………………………….. Front glass removal and replacement …………………………………………………….
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REGULATORY INFORMATION AND INSTALLATION REQUIREMENTS THE FOLLOWING MUST BE NOTED PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION OF THIS APPLIANCE. This gas appliance MUST be installed by a GAS SAFE registered installer by law. It must be installed in accordance to these installaon instrucons and the GAS SAFETY (Installaon & Use) REGULATIONS 1998 as amended.
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No purpose made venlaon is normally required for this appliance when installed in G.B. If the appliance is being installed in I.E then refer to I.S 813:1996 (Domesc Gas Installaon—Naonal Standards Authority of Ireland). Venlaon areas (if applicable) should be checked periodically to ensure there is no obstrucon, even though none is normally required for this appliance.
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SITING THE APPLIANCE Fireplace Opening IMPORTANT NOTE: This appliance DOES NOT seal onto a marble or stone back panel. The fire is installed directly onto the FIXING PLATE assembly. This is detailed on pages 6 & 7. This FIXING PLATE is also used to support the marble or stone back panel. This back panel should have the following cut- out : WIDTH 560mm—580mm HEIGHT: 585mm—605mm...
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Checking the Flue Use a smoke pellet prior to the appliance installaon to ensure the viability of the flue and check that the smoke can be seen being emied from the terminal / chimney pot outside. There must be no leakage of smoke through the structure of the chimney/flue during or aer the smoke pellet test and it is important to check inside upstairs rooms adjacent to the chimney/flue.
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Installing the Back Panel Ideally the back panel should be constructed from a 3 piece panel and reassembled using suitable materials. This type of back panel will ensure that no corner cracking occurs over me. A ’loose’ 3 piece panel can be installed but care should be taken to ensure that the joint line is square.
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Now unroll and fit the rock wool as shown below. This should sit around the perimeter of the FIXING PLATE. Under NO circumstances should this fireplace be commissioned without the installaon of the Rockwool provided. The mantel can now be fied, and the back panel adjusted into the correct posion.
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Prepare the Appliance for Installaon Remove the glass front panel and the ceramic components from the unit (see glass removal instrucons on page 10). Remove the burner tray from the appliance. (For instrucons see page 14). If the concealed installaon method is chosen, there are three oponal entry points at the rear/side of the appliance. The relevant ‘knock-out’...
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Removal of the front glass panel. The top glass clamp is held in place with 3 screws. This panel is concealed behind the top cover strip which is held in place by two magnets. The two magnets are fied to the top glass clamp as shown in this diagram.
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Install the ceramics into the appliance according to these instrucons—see pages 17 through to 23. Refit the glass panel and the decorave strip to cover the screws and retaining clamp—See page 10 Test the operang pressure of the appliance by aaching a pressure gauge to the test point of the appliance. This connecon should take place when the appliance is OFF.
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Compleng the Installaon of the Appliance Remove the protecve covering (if applicable) from the face of the decorave trim. To fit the trim to the appliance the four adjustable mounng features at the rear of the trim need to be set. To allow for a tolerance with the installaon the trim can be adjusted to sit fore and a...
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Appliance Technical Informaon Gas Type : Natural Gas Category : I2H Inlet Pressure: (Cold) 20mbar Heat Input Gross : 5.3kW Injector : 69 Desnaon Countries : GB/ IE HEALTH AND SAFETY NOTICE This appliance uses fuel effect pieces manufactured from Refractory Ceramic Fibres (RCF). Care must be taken to avoid excessive exposure to these materials as they may cause irritaon to the eyes, skin, nose and throat.
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Cleaning the Appliance (connued) Trim, Fret and Painted Metal Parts There are a variety of trim and fret opons which may have been supplied with your appliance and these are normally a plated material on a steel substrate. It is important that no abrasive cleaners or chemical agents are used in the cleaning of these components.
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Removal / Replacement of Gas Carrying Components (connued) Slide Control Valve Remove the locknut from the front of the valve. Undo the three (3) nuts around the periphery of the valve body—Gas Inlet / Burner / Pilot. Remove the thermocouple nut from the back of the valve. The valve can be removed and serviced / replaced as necessary.
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS This appliance is available with two operang methods, namely manual control and slide control. The following instrucons detail both methods of operaon however the basic operaon of the appliance involves the ignion of a pilot burner (See page 11 for spillage monitoring details—ODS), then the control of the main burner with LOW and HIGH sengs.
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FUEL BED LAYOUT The following instrucons detail how the ceramic fuel bed and loose components are to be installed onto the appliance. Great care should be taken when handling these ceramic parts as they are fragile and can easily be broken. Do not force any component into posion, if it does not fit easily then you are not fing the part correctly.
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Step 3 Fit the Right Hand front ceramic rail in front of the burner as shown in the picture below. Step 4 Fit Log A onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below.
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Step 5 Fit Log B onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below. Step 6 Fit Log C onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below.
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Step 7 Fit Log D onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below. Step 8 Fit Log E onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below.
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Step 9 Fit Log F onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below. Step 10 Fit Log G onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below.
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Step 11 Fit Log H onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below. (Note this log sits parally hidden behind log ‘F’) Step 12 Fit Log onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below.
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Step 13 Fit Log J onto the fuel bed as shown in the picture below. Now refit the glass panel, retainer and trim cover—see page 10 for details Fit Trim to Appliance The trim has four adjustable fings on the rear face. By winding the screws in and out, the posion of the trim can be adjusted.
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Product Fiche Manufacturer : Hearth Products Ltd Model No. F-061XX2 Fuel Type Natural Gas I2H Energy Efficiency Class Indirect Heang Funconality Direct Heat Output kW 4.2kW Indirect Heat Output kW Useful Energy Efficiency (NCV) High : 87.2% Useful Energy Efficiency (NCV) Nominal Heat Output High : 4.2kW Nominal Heat Output...
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User Replaceable Parts Part Number Descripon P-XX11701 Ceramic Fuel Bed—Driwood P-XX11711 Ceramic Front Rail-LH Driwood P-XX11721 Ceramic Front Rail-RH Driwood P-XX1173A (BCDEFGHIJ) Ceramic Log/Twig A—J (order separately) P-XX1390 Glass Panel (Silk Screened) To order spare parts for your appliance visit www.hearthproducts.co.uk/sparesshop or call us directly on 01785 225401 It is important to note that the above spares are user serviceable components that can be changed by the customer.
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