SPECIFICATIONS:
Your
Fire
Chief
Furnace
is
designed
to
be
a
supplemental
or
central
heating
source
for your home. This wood burning furnace may be installed parallel with a properly
operating
electric
,
gas
or
oil-fired
central
furnace
that
is
listed
or
certified
in
accordance
with a nationally recognized safety standard within installation clearances
as
specified
on
the Fire Chief nameplate. When
in
a parallel installation the static pressure of the central
furnace
plenum
may
not
exceed
0.15
inch
of
water
column
and
maximum
setting
on
central furnace limit switch
is
182
°F. With the Fire Chief wood burning furnace
in
an
"Interconnection
Arrangement"
your
wood
burning
furnace
should
be
upstream
of
the
central
furnace
.
The
Fire
Chief
furnace
wann
air
supply
should
never
be
connected
to
return air of the central furnace. Installation should
be
perfoffi1ed
by
a qualified installer.
Laboratory testing has proven that a central solid fuel furnace provides the most
viable solution to the on going problem of homeowner utility dependence.
In
consider-
ation of this fact, the Fire Chief has been engineered
to
accommodate the heating
requirements
of
the
average
sized
home
,
even
during
winter's
coldest
months
.
It
is
constructed with high grade, heavy gauge steel and
is
continually welded
to
assure the
utmost
in
structural strength.
In
addition, the firebox
is
lined with firebrick to ensure
many years of energy efficient service. The design of the secondary combustion cham-
ber
increases
fuel
efficiency
by
creating
a
"secondary
burn"
of
smoke
and
wood
gases
before they are vented up the chimney. The cast iron door is custom fitted to
provide
an
air
tight
seal
,
greatly
extending
the
burn
time
and
insuring
maximum
effi-
ciency
in
fuel
consumption
.
The
heavy-gauge
cast
iron
grate
,
designed
for
maximum
heat
transfer
,
aid
in
convenient
ash
removal
and
reduce
maintenance.
For total comfort and convenience,
we
added a thermostatically controlled
circulation
blower
system
.
These
fully
automatic
components
furnish
rapid
heat
disbursement
to
your
home
,
minimizing
recovery
time
.
We have included
all
of these features as standard equipment, offering you the
most effiCient, durable and affordable indoor wood burning furnace possible.
FORCED HOT AIR CIRCULATION:
The plenum size of your Fire Chief must not
be
reduced to less than 8" (eight
inches)
round
or
50
square
inches
and
must
provide
a
minimum
of
eighteen
inches
between the top of your Fire Chief
and
the main trunk connection. The plenum installed
to
the furnace must be constructed of metal. The warm air supply duct system should
be
constructed
of
materials
with
a
minimum
temperature
rating
of
2500 Fahrenheit.
CLEARANCES:
Unit
must
be
placed
on
a
non
-
combustible
floor
;
non-combustible
floor
must
extend at least 16"
in
front;
8"
on
either side of fuel loading and
ash
removal doors;
underneath
the
chimney
connector
and
extending
2"
on
either
side
of
the
chimney
connector
The furnace must maintain the following clearances to combustibles:
(al/
measurements are
in
inches)
Heat
Plenum
2";
Chimney
Connector
18";
Front
48";
Rear 31 "; Side
12";
Main
Furnace 12".
These are minimum clearances
and
should
be
strictly adhered
to
because should a
power
outage
occur
, a
dangerous
level
of
heat
accumulation
may
develop
.
00
not
store
fuel
or
other
combustible
materials
within
marked
installation
clearances
.
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