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Vermont Castings 1990 Homeowner's Installation And Operating Manual

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INSpecTIoN ReqUIReMeNTS IN yoUR aRea.
Do Not Discard This Manual: Retain for Future Use
0966
Intrepid Cover
11/00
The Intrepid
Woodburning Stove
Model 1990
Homeowner's
Installation and
Operating Manual
For use in the
United States and Canada
II
®
2000966 9/10 Rev. 30

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  • Page 1 The Intrepid ® Woodburning Stove Model 1990 Homeowner’s Installation and Operating Manual For use in the United States and Canada SaFeTy NoTIce: IF ThIS applIaNce IS NoT pRopeRly INSTalleD, opeRaTeD aND MaIN- TaINeD, a hoUSe FIRe May ReSUlT. 0966 To ReDUce The RISk oF FIRe, FolloW The INSTallaTIoN INSTRUcTIoNS. FaIlURe To...
  • Page 2 This heater meets the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s emission limits for wood heaters sold on or after July 1, 1990. Under specific test conditions this heater has been shown to deliver heat at rates ranging from 8,200 to 26,700 Btu/hr.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Maintenance ........28 Catalytic Combustor ......34 Parts List ..........35 Warranty ..........39 Ask your Vermont Castings dealer how these instal- lation accessories can enhance the versatility, ap- pearance, and safety of your Intrepid Stove. 0307 Bottom Heat Shield...

  • Page 4: Specifications

    (460 mm) (540 mm) 24" 25 " (610 mm) (640 mm) 20 " (520 mm) Top exit flue collar height 7 " (180 mm) 21 " 13 " 0966 (545 mm) (350mm) Fig. 1 Intrepid II 1990 dimensions. 2000966 0966...

  • Page 5: Installation

    An Outside Air Adaptor Kit for the The metal label permanently attached to the back of Intrepid II is available from your local Vermont Castings every Vermont Castings stove indicates the stove has dealer.
  • Page 6 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® If you use an existing masonry chimney, it must be prefabricated chimneys inspected to ensure safe condition before the stove is A prefabricated metal chimney must be one tested and installed. Your local professional chimney sweep, build- listed for use with solid-fuel burning appliances to the ing inspector, or fire department official will be able to High Temperature (650°C) Standard ULC S-629 for...
  • Page 7 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Keep the horizontal run of chimney connector as short • Be sure the installed stove and chimney connector and direct as possible, with no more than two 90° turns. are correct distances from nearby combustible material. Slope horizontal runs of connector upward 1/4”...
  • Page 8 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® The opening through the chimney wall to the flue (the Fireplace chimney Installations - “breach”) must be lined with either a ceramic or metal above a Fireplace cylinder, called the “thimble”, which is cemented firmly in place.
  • Page 9 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® In the United States, the National Fire Protection As- Fireplace chimney Installations - sociation (NFPA) has established guidelines for passing Through a Fireplace chimney connectors through combustible walls. Many If your fireplace height is at least 25” (635 mm), you building code inspectors follow these guidelines when may install an Intrepid II with standard legs through approving installations.
  • Page 10 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Most installations will require that the bottom heat Your local dealer or your local building inspector can shield be attached. only when the stove is placed provide details for other approved methods of passing on a completely noncombustible surface, such as a chimney connector through a combustible wall in your unpainted concrete over earth, may it be used with- area.

  • Page 11: Clearances

    Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Floor protection for Fireplace Installations keep the Stove and connector a Safe Distance from Do not assume your fireplace hearth is completely Surrounding Materials noncombustible. Many fireplace hearths do not satisfy the “completely Both a stove and its chimney connector radiate heat in noncombustible”...
  • Page 12 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® connector) and nearby shields carries away heat. Do Air Flow not block the air flow by filling this empty space with any insulating material. The shiny shield surface facing the heat source must be left unpainted, enabling it to reflect heat back towards the stove or connector and away from the wall.
  • Page 13 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Noncombustible shields installed 1” (25 mm) away from the combustible surface on noncombustible spacers, called ventilated shields, may be used to reduce clear- ances. (Fig. 14) 1" (25mm) ST253 Fireplace Mantel and Trim clearances 1/4" (6mm) ST501 Measured from the top and sides of the stove Fig.
  • Page 14 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Joist Shield (Sup- Existing Combustible plied by Chimney Framing 24" Manufacturer) 11" Min. Metal studs support 7/16” Durock® (or 36" equivalent) Metal Max. ceiling Stud 14¹⁄₄" Combustible 1” air gap top facing may 48" Min. and bottom, ST505 overlap metal...
  • Page 15 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Intrepid II clearance chart See pages 15 and 16 for illustrations of these clearances. Unprotected Surfaces protected Surfaces Stove clearance Stove Installed Stove in Stove Installed Stove in parallel to Wall corner parallel to Wall corner Side Rear...
  • Page 16 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Intrepid II clearance Diagrams See the chart on page 14 for dimensions indicated by letter in the diagrams below. Unprotected Surfaces protected Surfaces Stove Installed Stove in Stove Installed Stove in parallel to Wall corner parallel to Wall corner Top Exit Installations, no heat shields...
  • Page 17 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Wall Shield Requirements for Some common Intrepid II Installations A = 36” (914 mm) A = 36” (914 mm) B = 30” (762 mm) B = 30” (762 mm) C = 1” (25 mm) C = 1” (25 mm) D = 35”...
  • Page 18 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Distance from the center of the Flue collar to the Wall in Top-exit Installations The information on this page is helpful in planning stove placement for top-exiting installations, particularly those in- stallations with chimneys that pass through the ceiling. However, this is not a clearance chart. Final stove clearances must adhere to the guidelines stated in the clearance charts on Page 14.

  • Page 19: Assembly

    Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® assembly clean the griddle before Use At the factory the griddle is coated with vegetable oil to prevent rusting while the stove is in transit and storage. 10³⁄₄" Remove the oil with a dry rag or paper towel before you use the stove.

  • Page 20: Operation

    Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® operation Flue Collar Screws your Intrepid II’s controls and What They Do The stove has two controls to regulate performance: a primary air control supplies oxygen for the fire, and a damper directs air flow within the stove to activate and deactivate the catalytic combustor.
  • Page 21 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® a Damper Directs air Flow andirons Within the Stove Your stove has andirons to keep logs away from the glass panels. The andirons are important to maintain The damper handle opens and closes the damper to clear fireviewing and should be removed only while direct air flow within the stove, and is next to, and to the reloading through the front doors.
  • Page 22 Surface Thermometer is a valuable guide to operation Intrepid II spark screens are available from your vermont castings’ authorized Dealer. An optional surface thermometer tells you when to To open the front doors, insert the handle into the door adjust the air control, when to refuel, and helps to tell latch stub and turn it to the left and up.
  • Page 23 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Use the air control Settings Intrepid II control Settings that Work best for you burn Rate primary air control From far right to 1/3 the No single air control setting will fit every situation. Set- distance to left tings will differ depending on the quality of the fuel, the amount of heat desired, and how long you wish the fire...
  • Page 24 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® coat the combustor and cause smoke to spill into the room. Coal smoke also can poison the catalyst so that it won’t operate properly. In general, the fire must be sufficiently well-established to ensure catalytic activity is initiated. When first starting a fire, maintain a medium- to high- firing rate for at least twenty minutes.
  • Page 25 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® ST264a ST264 Fig. 40 Add larger pieces of wood as the fire begins to burn Fig. 41 Add full size logs when the ember bed is 3” (75mm) well. deep. caUTIoN: The Intrepid II will be hot while in opera- Continue adding split logs of this size to the briskly- tion.

  • Page 26: Draft Management

    Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Draft Management A stove is part of a system, which includes the chimney, Flue sizing the operator, the fuel, and the home. The other parts of the system will affect how well the stove works. When The inside size of a chimney for an ‘airtight’...
  • Page 27 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® back-puffing creosote Back-puffing results when the fire produces volatile Creosote is a by-product of slow wood-burning. It’s an organic tar that can condense in the flue if it’s dense gases faster than the chimney draft pulls them out of in the smoke, and slow-moving, and cools off to less the firebox.

  • Page 28: Maintenance

    If you replace If setting is incorrect, the thermostat coil may be bent or broken. Call your Vermont Castings Dealer for assis- it, use only Part No. 1203556. Be sure the channel tance.
  • Page 29 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Tighten the Damper handle as Needed Thermostat Lever The damper handle is attached to the damper rod with a set screw bearing against a flat spot on the rod. Check the set screw periodically for tightness; tighten as needed.

  • Page 30: Catalytic Combustor

    Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® You should see significantly more smoke after the sec- The catalytic combustion System ond step, when the stove damper is open and smoke Inspection and cleaning does not go through the combustor. However, do not confuse smoke with steam form wet wood;...
  • Page 31 If you need to change a gasket, first obtain an appropri- NoTe: Use only replacement catalyst supplied by an ate replacement from your Vermont Castings, Dealer. authorized Vermont Castings dealer. Wait until the fire is out and the stove has cooled. Be...
  • Page 32 If you cannot inspect or clean the chimney yourself, together. If this is the case, the job should be done only contact your local Vermont Castings authorized dealer by a qualified service technician. The diameter of the or hire a professional chimney sweep.
  • Page 33 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® • • Inspect and clean the catalytic block, and vacuum Check heat shield screws. Tighten as necessary. out the ash at the bottom of the back plate after • Clean dust from the inner sides of bottom, rear and removing the lower fireback.
  • Page 34 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® appendix: catalytic combustor In any chemical reaction, including the combustion Masking and poisoning process, there are certain conditions which must be met before the reaction can take place. For example, a While the catalyst itself does not enter into the combus- reaction may require a certain temperature, or a certain tion process, it is possible for certain elements, such concentration of the reactants (the combustion gases...
  • Page 35 ® 0966 MHSC reserves the right to make changes in design, materials, specifications, prices and discontinue colors and products at any time, without notice. Intrepid II Woodburning Stove Model 1990 Item Description part Number Item Description part Number 1. Secondary Air Cover 1306762 12.
  • Page 36 II Woodburning Stove ® MHSC reserves the right to make changes in design, materials, specifications, prices and discontinue colors and products at any time, without notice. Intrepid II Woodburning Stove Model 1990 (continued) 0966 Item Description part Number Item Description...
  • Page 37 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Intrepid II Woodburning Stove Model 1990 (continued) Item Description part Number please record the following information 45. Right Griddle Quad (Pre-2010_ 1301832 for future reference. 45a. Right Griddle Quad 30005119 46. Left Griddle Quad (Pre-2010) 1301807 Stove Serial No.
  • Page 38 Intrepid II Woodburning Stove ® Shell enamel parts - Intrepid II Model 1990 enamel left Right Flue left Door Right Door Single color bottom Side Side collar Front only only Classic 1308657 1306764 1308656 1308655 1306561 1308647 1308649 1308648 1306333...

  • Page 39: Warranty

    9. MHSC shall have no obligation to enhance or update any unit once For stove purchases made after June 30, 1990, a third year manufactured. (25 - 36 months) of no charge replacement will be made when combus-...
  • Page 40 MhSc 149 Cleveland Drive • Paris, Kentucky 40361 www.mhsc.com...

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