About Your Appliance - Vermont Castings WR2500X02 Owner's Manual

Windsor High Efficiency Wood Insert
CAUtIon
After reading these instructions, if you have any doubt
about your ability to complete your installation in a profes-
sional like manner you should obtain the services of an
installer versed in all aspects as to the correct and safe in-
stallation. Do not use temporary makeshift compromises
during installation.

About your Appliance

1. Hot while in operation. Keep children, clothing and
furniture away. Contact may cause skin burns.
2. Do not burn garbage or flammable fluids.
3. Check with the building inspector's office for compli-
ance with local codes; a permit may be required.
4. This appliance requires installation in a masonry
type fireplace only. DO NOT INSTALL IN A FACTO-
RY BUILT FIREPLACE SUCH AS A ZERO CLEAR-
ANCE.
5. Always connect this unit to a chimney and NEVER
vent to another room or inside a building.
6. Do not connect to any air distribution duct or system.
7. Do not connect this unit to a chimney flue serving an-
other appliance.
8. A stainless steel chimney liner may be required.
Check with local building, fire officials or authorities
having jurisdiction in your area.
9. Do not use chemicals or fluids to start the fire.
10. The connector pipe and chimney should be inspected
periodically and cleaned if necessary.
11. Remember the clearance distances when you place
furniture or other objects within the area. DO NOT
store wood, flammable liquids or other combustible
materials too close to the unit.
12. Contact your local municipal or provincial fire author-
ity for information on how to handle a chimney fire.
Have a clearly understood plan to handle a chimney
fire. In the event of a chimney fire, turn air control to
closed position and CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
13. DO NOT tamper with air control beyond normal ad-
justment.
14. Once the required draw is obtained, operate only with
doors closed and open door slowly when re-fueling.
(This will reduce or eliminate smoke from entering the
room). These units are not mobile home approved.
Do not install this unit in a mobile home or trailer.
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Why the correct chimney size is important
Your appliance operates best using a minimum 6" (152
mm) diameter chimney. The maximum chimney diame-
ter must not exceed 10" (254 mm) in diameter or have a
cross sectional area greater than 85 in
Today's solid fuel appliances are much more efficient than
in the past. The units are designed to give you controlled
combustion, as well as maximum heat transfer, using less
fuel to do so. The result of better heat transfer is lower
chimney temperatures, making the chimney size impor-
tant for good draft. Poor draft will create poor performance
of your appliance, and a safety hazard.
Should you experience a problem with smoke enter-
ing the room or poor combustion, call in a local chim-
ney expert.
Burn Rate
With the door closed, the rate of burning is regulated by
the amount of air allowed to enter the unit through the air
control. With experience you will be able to set the control
for the desired heat and burning time.
Attempts to achieve higher output rates that exceed heat-
er design specifications can result in permanent damage
to the heater. The recommended wood load is level with
the top of the firebricks. Overloading may prevent suffi-
cient air entering the heater to properly fuel the fire.
Do not tamper with air control beyond the normal ad-
justment capacity.
WARnInG: Operate this heater only with the door
closed.
ALWAyS PRoVIDE A SoURCE of fRESH AIR Into
tHE RooM WHERE tHE UnIt IS InStALLED. fAIL-
URE to Do So MAy RESULt In AIR StARVAtIon
of otHER fUEL BURnInG APPLIAnCES AnD
tHE PoSSIBLE DEVELoPMEnt of HAZARDoUS
ConDItIonS.
tHIS HEAtER IS EXtREMELy Hot WHILE In oP-
ERAtIon.
SERIoUS BURnS CAn RESULt fRoM ContACt.
KEEP CHILDREn, CLotHInG AnD fURnItURE
AWAy.
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
(550 cm ).
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