Table Of Contents - Vermont Castings Encore 2550 Homeowner's Installation And Operating Manual

Encore Woodburning Stove
®
Congratulations on your choice of a Vermont Castings Encore. With this purchase you have made a commitment to
make the hearth a place of warmth, beauty, and comfort in your home. At MHSC, we share that joy and appreciation
for the hearth. You may be assured that your cast-iron Vermont Castings stove has been made with the utmost care
and will provide you with many years of service.
As you become acquainted with your new stove or fireplace, you will find that its visual appearance is matched by its
functionality, due to cast iron's unique capability to absorb and radiate heat.
Also, MHSC units are among the cleanest-burning wood stoves and fireplaces available today. As an owner of a
Vermont Castings stove, you make a strong statement for pollution-free energy. Clean burning, however, depends on
both the manufacturer and the operator. Please read this manual carefully to understand how to properly operate and
maintain your stove or fireplace.
At MHSC, we are equally committed to your satisfaction as a customer. That is why we maintain an exclusive network
of the finest dealers in the industry. Our dealers are chosen for their expertise and dedication to customer service.
They are factory-trained and knowledgeable about every MHSC product. Feel free to contact your Authorized Vermont
Castings Dealer anytime you have a particular question about your stove or its performance.
This manual contains valuable instructions on the installation and operation of your Vermont Castings stove. It also
contains useful information on maintenance and assembly of this product. We urge you to read the manual thoroughly
and to keep it as a reference.
Sincerely,
All of us at MHSC
This manual describes the installation, operation,
and maintenance of the Vermont Castings Encore
Model 2550 catalytic-equipped wood burning heater.
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 8,700 to 41,700 Btu/hr.
The Encore Model #2550 is listed by OMNI-Test Labo-
ratories of Portland, Oregon. The test standards are
ANSI/UL-1482 and ANSI/UL-737 for the United States,
and ULC S627 for Canada. The Encore is listed for
burning wood. Do not burn other fuels. The Encore
is listed and approved for use in mobile homes in the
United States only when installed with Vermont Cast-
ings Mobile Home Kit #3251.
We recommend that you hire a professional installer
certified by the Wood Heat Education and Research
Foundation (WHERF) or the Wood Energy Techni-
cal Training (WETT) to install your stove, or to advise
you on the installation should you attempt to install it
yourself.
Please read this entire manual before you install and
use your new stove. Failure to follow instructions may
result in property damage, bodily injury, or even death.
proposition 65 warning: Fuels used in gas, wood-
burning or oil fired appliances, and the products of
combustion 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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table of contents

Specifications ................................. 3
Installation ...................................... 4
Assembly ...................................... 18
Operation ...................................... 19
Maintenance ................................. 27
Appendix: Catalytic Combustor .... 33
Replacement Parts ....................... 34
Warming Shelves
#1560 Classic Black
#1553 Brown Majolica
#1555 Biscuit
#1557 Ebony
# 0127 Sparkscreen
# 0173 Rear Heat Shield
# 3257 Outside Air Adapter
# 3251 Mobile Home Kit
# 0191 Heat shields for the chimney connector
- Matching porcelain stovepipe
accessories
#1558 Vt. Classic Green
#1565 Bordeaux
#1567 Midnight Blue
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