Table Of Contents - Vermont Castings Defiant FlexBurn Homeowner's Installation And Operating Manual

No wood-burning appliance, save for Ben Franklin's Pennsylvania Fireplace, has a stronger heritage than the Vermont
Castings Defiant. Named for a 19th-century steamship, the original Vermont Castings Defiant Wood Stove came to
epitomize America's resolve and independence during the Energy Crisis of the 1970s.
The year was 1975. With energy prices going through the roof, without an attractive or efficient wood stove to be found
anywhere, two entrepreneurs set out to create a stove that was both beautiful and highly functional. Finely crafted from
cast iron, the Defiant was the first wood stove to combine an artistically designed exterior with a methodically engineered
interior, using new technologies for efficient combustion.
Americans purchased over a quarter-million Defiants, as they rediscovered the common sense of heating with wood, a
home-grown fuel with none of the political and economic entanglements of foreign oil.
Thirteen years later, in 1988, Vermont Castings 'retired' the Defiant, replacing it with modern wood-burners such as the En-
core. A decade later the Defiant was resurrected and updated with aesthetics and features that again led the industry.
In 2010, the third generation of the Defiant maintains the product's rich tradition by introducing the most advanced wood-
burning stove on the market. The quality and classic look that consumers have come to expect from Vermont Castings
is combined with the latest combustion technology, an innovative design that allows the stove to quickly be converted to
burn in either a catalytic or noncatalytic mode. In a sense, the Defiant Model 1975 has been 35 years in the making.
Due to its significant role in American history, the original Defiant model is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian
Institution in our nation's capitol. Each new purchase of the Defiant continues that proud history.

Table of contents

Specifications .......................................................... 4
Installation ............................................................... 5
Clearance Charts................................................... 14
Assembly ............................................................... 18
Operation ............................................................... 21
Draft Management ................................................. 27
Maintenance .......................................................... 29
The Catalytic Element ........................................... 33
Replacement Parts ................................................ 35
Warranty ................................................................ 39
proposition 65 warning: Fuels used in gas, woodburn-
ing or oil fired appliances, and the products of combus-
tion of such fuels, contain chemicals known to the State
of California to cause cancer, birth defects and other
reproductive harm.
California Health & Safety Code Sec. 25249.6
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Defiant FlexBurn
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The Story of the Defiant
1975 Non-Catalytic / Catalytic Woodburning Stove
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installation accessories
Warming Shelf
#0210 Classic Black
#0211 Biscuit
#0213 Ebony
#0214 Bordeaux
#0217 Brown Majolica
#3265* Outside Air Kit
#3180 Outside Air Adapter
#1907 Firescreen
#1860 6" x 12" Oval Starter Pipe
FK26 Fan Kit
#3190 Connector Pipe Heat Shield
A line of porcelain enamel stove pipe is available in
Biscuit, Bordeaux, Ebony, Brown Majolica colors.
*If you order #3265, you will also need #3180.
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