Pacific energy NEO 2.5 INSERT A Installation And Operating Instructions Manual
IMPORTANT:
THESE INSTRUCTIONS ARE TO REMAIN
WITH THE HOMEOWNER
SAFETY NOTICE
SERIAL #
If this stove is not properly installed, a house
re may result. For your safety, follow the
installation instructions. Contact local
building or re officials about restrictions
and installation inspection requirements in
you area.
TESTED and LISTED to CAN/ULC S628
and UL 1482
Meets the Environmental Protection
Agency’s July 1990 Particulate
Emission Standards
INSTALLATION
AND OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
240414-20 NEO 2.5 INSERT-A 5055.950
Model:
NEO 2.5 INSERT
Series: A
Contents
Safety ............................................................................................ 3
Dimensions ............................................................................................ 3
Clearances ................................................................................... 3
Masonry or Factory Built Fireplace ........................................................ 3
Creosote Formation and Need for Removal .......................................... 5
Chimney Fires ........................................................................................ 5
In Case of a Chimney Fire ..................................................................... 5
Avoiding a Chimney Fire ........................................................................ 5
Operation ...................................................................................... 6
Wood Selection...................................................................................... 6
How to Test Your Wood .......................................................................... 6
Lighting the Fire ..................................................................................... 6
Normal Operation .................................................................................. 6
Restarting After Extended or Overnight Burns ....................................... 7
Over Firing ............................................................................................. 7
More Wood, More Heat .......................................................................... 7
Proper Draft ........................................................................................... 7
Ash Removal ......................................................................................... 7
Disposal of Ashes .................................................................................. 7
Maintenance ................................................................................. 8
Blower Maintenance .............................................................................. 8
Baffle Removal ....................................................................................... 8
Blower Replacement .............................................................................. 9
Power Cord Position .............................................................................10
Maintenance Checks ..................................................................11
Installation .................................................................................. 12
Fireplace Specications ........................................................................12
Into a Masonry Fireplace ......................................................................12
Full Flue Liner -(Required in Canada) ...................................................12
Direct Flue Connection - (USA only) .................................................... 13
Into a Factory Built Fireplace ................................................................13
Surround Assembly and Installation .....................................................14
Combustion Air .....................................................................................14
Blowers ....................................................................................... 15
Blowers Operation ................................................................................15
Electrical Supply ...................................................................................15
Troubleshooting ......................................................................... 16
Firebrick Installation Instructions ..........................................................17
Replacement Parts ...............................................................................18
Label .....................................................................................................19
PLEASE SAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE: WE STRONGLY RECOMMEND THAT SMOKE DETECTORS BE INSTALLED.
If smoke detectors have been previously installed, you may notice that they are operating more frequently. This may be due
to curing of stove paint or fumes caused by accidentally leaving the re door open. Do not disconnect the detectors. If necessary, relocate them to reduce their sensitivity.
SAFETY NOTICE: If this stove is not properly installed, a house re may result. For your safety, follow the installation instructions. Contact local building or re officials about restrictions and installation inspection requirements
in you area.
Please read this entire manual before you install and use your new room heater. Failure to follow instructions may result in
property damage, bodily injury, or even death.
WARNING
Surfaces of this replace insert can be extremely hot
when in operation and will cause severe burns when
touched. Do not touch any part of the unit except the
door handle and the primary air control located underneath the ashlip. Keep children away. Never allow
children to touch the unit. Unit may still be hot even
without visible ame or embers.
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1/2
”
16”
16”
11
1/2
”
15”
2”
40"
28 1/2"
21 3/4"
23 7/8"
19 3/4"
21 1/2"
7"
3"
33"
26 3/4"
21 7/8"
14 1/2"
33"
26 1/4"
Safety
Clearances
READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE INSTALLING
AND USING THIS APPLIANCE. FAILURE TO FOLLOW
INSTRUCTIONS MAY RESULT IN PROPERTY DAMAGE,
BODILY INJURY, OR EVEN DEATH.
We strongly recommend that smoke detectors be installed.
If smoke detectors have been previously installed, you may
notice that they are operating more frequently. This may be
due to curing of stove paint or fumes caused by accidentally
leaving the re door open. Do not disconnect the detectors.
If necessary, relocate them to reduce their sensitivity.
SAFETY NOTICE: If this stove is not properly installed, a
house re may result. For your safety, follow the installation
directions. Consult local building or re officials about restrictions and installation inspection requirements in your area.
The services of competent installer, certied by the Wood
Energy Technical program (WETT) - in Canada, Hearth Education Foundation (HEARTH) - in U.S.A. (or equivalent) are
strongly recommended.
Dimensions
Masonry or Factory Built Fireplace
The minimum required clearances to surrounding combustible
materials when installed into a masonry or factory built replace
are listed below and in Fig. #1.
Minimum Clearances to Combustibles
Adjacent Sidewall ................ **16 1/2 in. (419 mm)
............................................... *15 in. (381 mm)
Mantel ........................................... 16 in. (406 mm)
Top Facing .............................. 16 in. (406 mm)
Side Facing .......................... **13 in. (330 mm)
......................................... *11 1/2 in. (292 mm)
Ceiling ........................................... 68 in. (1.7m)
**Measured from door opening.
* Measured from edge of door.
Fig. # 1
SIDE FACING AND ADJACENT
WALL MEASURED FROM
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EDGE OF DOOR
Adjacent
Wall
MINIMUM 68” FROM BASE OF
UNIT TO CEILING
Mantel or Top Facing
Hearth
Side Facing
Fireplace hearth requirements: (Measured without the insert)
The hearth must be raised 2” above an adjacent combustible oor and must extend 16” in front and 8” beyond each side
*
of the replace opening.
MINIMUM FIREPLACE
OPENING AND HEARTH
DIMENSIONS
34”
21”
26 1/2”
20”
8”8”
Ember protection:
Combustible oor in front of the replace insert must be protected from hot embers by non-combustible material extend-
**
ing 16” (USA) and 18” (CANADA) to the ring side and 8” to other sides of the unit.
Consult CAN/CSA-B365 Installation Code for Solid-Fuel-Burning appliances and equipment in Canada, and N.F.P.A.
211 Standard for chimneys, replaces, vents and Solid-Fuel-Burning appliances in USA.
Non-combustible replace
hearth
2”
16”
20”
MINIMUM EMBER
PROTECTION
DIMENSIONS
Non-combustible hearth
Non-combustible ember
protection
(Type 1 oor protector - approved to UL1618)
Minimum 20GA steel
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17 1/8” USA
**
19 1/8” CANADA
16” USA
**
18” CANADA
2”
Creosote Formation and Need for
Removal
When wood is burned slowly, it produces tar and other organic vapours, which combine with expelled moisture to form
creosote. The creosote vapours condense in the relatively
cool chimney ue of a slow burning re. As a result, creosote
residue accumulates on the ue lining. When ignited, this
creosote makes an extremely hot re. The chimney connector and chimney should be inspected at least once every two
months during the heating season to determine if a creosote
buildup has occurred. If creosote has accumulated, it should
be removed to reduce the risk of a chimney re.
1. Highest smoke densities occur when a large amount of
wood is added to a bed of hot coals and the air inlet is
closed. The heated wood generates smoke, but without
ample air, the smoke cannot burn. Smoke-free, clean
burning requires small fuel loads, two or three logs at a
time or 1/4 to 1/2 of a fuel load and leaving the air inlet
relatively wide open, especially during the rst 10 to 30
minutes after each loading, when most of the smoke
generating reactions are occurring. After 30 minutes or
so, the air inlet can be turned down substantially without
excessive smoke generation. Wood coals create very little
creosote-producing smoke.
2. The cooler the surface over which wood smoke is passing, the more creosote will be condensed. Wet or green
wood contributes signicantly to creosote formation as the
excess moisture that is boiled off cools the re, making
it difficult for the tars and gasses to ignite, thus creating
dense smoke and poor combustion. This moisture-laden
smoke cools the chimney, compounding the problem by
offering the smoke the ideal place to condense.
In Case of a Chimney Fire
1. Prepare to evacuate to ensure everyone’s safety. Have
a well understood plan of action for evacuation. Have a
place outside where everyone is to meet.
2. Close air inlets on stove.
3. Call local re department. Have a re extinguisher handy.
Contact your local re authority for further information on
how to handle a chimney re. It is most important that
you have a clearly understood plan on how to handle a
chimney re.
4. After the chimney re is out, the chimney must be cleaned
and checked for stress and cracking before star ting another
re. Also check combustibles around chimney and the
roof.
- The services of a competent or certied installer, (certied
by the Wood Energy Technical Training program (WETT) - in
Canada, Hearth Education Foundation (HEARTH) - in U.S.A.,)
are strongly recommended.
Avoiding a Chimney Fire
There are two ways to avoid chimney res:
1. Do not let creosote build up to a point where a big chimney
re is possible.
2. Do not have res in the heater that may ignite chimney
res. These are hot res, such as when burning household
trash, cardboard, Christmas tree limbs, or even ordinary
fuel wood; (eg. with a full load on a hot bed of coals and
with the air inlet wide open).
In summary, a certain amount of creosote is inevitable and
must be lived with. Regular inspection and cleaning is the
solution. The use of dry, seasoned wood and ample combustion air will help to minimize the buildup.
Chimney Fires
The result of excessive creosote buildup is a chimney re.
Chimney res are dangerous. Chimney inside temperatures
can exceed 2000 degrees F. This causes much higher than
normal temperatures in the chimney and on its exterior surfaces thus ignition of nearby or touching combustible material
is more likely during a chimney re. Proper clearances are
critical during such a re.
Chimney res are easy to detect; they usually involve one or
more of the following:
- Flames and sparks shooting out of the top of the chimney
- A roaring sound
- Vibration of the chimney
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Operation
CAUTION: Never use gasoline, gasoline type lantern fuel,
kerosene, charcoal lighter uid or similar liquids to start or
“freshen up” a re in this heater. Keep all such liquids well
away from the heater while it is in use.
Lighting the Fire
WARNING: Never use chemicals or any other volatile
liquid to start a re.
1) Adjust air control to “High” position(all the way to the left)
and open door.
CAUTION: Hot while in operation. Keep children, clothing and furniture away. Contact may cause skin burns.
Your PACIFIC ENERGY heater is designed for many years of
trouble free operation. Over ring the appliance will shorten
the life of the product. Failure to recitify an over ring condition
can be hazardous and may void the manufacturer’s warranty.
NOTE: Left and Right as referred to in this manual are considered your left and right when facing the front of the woodstove.
Wood Selection
This heater is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher
efficiency and lower emissions generally result when burning
air-dried seasoned hardwoods, as compared to softwoods or
too green or freshly cut hardwoods.
Wood should be properly air dried (seasoned) for six months
or more. Wet or undried wood will cause the re to smoulder
and produce large amounts of creosote. Wet wood also produces very little heat and tends to go out often.
DO NOT BURN :
-Salt water wood * -Treated wood
-Wet or green wood -Coal/charcoal
-Garbage/Plastic * -Solvents
* These materials contain chlorides which will rapidly
destroy metal surfaces and void warranty.
Do not burn anything but wood. Other fuel, e.g. charcoal,
can produce large amounts of carbon monoxide, a tasteless,
odourless gas that can kill. Under no circumstances should
you attempt to barbecue in this heater.
How to Test Your Wood
Add a large piece of wood to the stove when it has a good
large bed of coals. It is dry if it is burning on more than one
side within one minute. It is damp if it turns black and lights
within three minutes. If it sizzles, hisses and blackens without
igniting in ve minutes it is soaked and should not be burnt.
2) Place crumpled newspaper in the centre of the heater and
criss-cross with several pieces of dry kindling. Add a few
small pieces of dry wood on top.
3) Ignite the paper and close the door.
4) After the re has established itself, open the door and add
a few small logs. Close door.
5) Begin normal operation after a good coal base exists and
wood has charred.
Normal Operation
1) Set air control to desired setting. If smoke pours down
across the glass (waterfall effect), this indicates you have
shut the control down too soon or you are using too low a
setting. As every home’s heating needs vary (i.e. insulation, windows, climate, etc.), the proper setting can only
be found by trial and error and should be noted for future
burns.
2) To refuel, adjust air control to “High” position(all the way
to the left), and give the re time to brighten. Open door
slowly, this will prevent backpuffing.
3) Use wood of different shape, diameter and length
(recommended 18”). Load your wood and try to place the
logs so that air can ow between them. Always use dry
wood.
4) Do not load fuel to a height or in such a manner that would
be hazardous when opening the door.
5) For extended or overnight burns, unsplit logs are preferred.
Remember to char the wood completely on ”High” setting
before adjusting air control for overnight burn.
WARNING: Always keep loading door closed when burning. This heater is not designed for open door burning.
WARNING: Do not use grates or andirons to elevate the
fuel. Burn directly on the rebricks. Replace broken or
missing bricks. Failure to do so may create a hazardous
condition.
Your PACIFIC ENERGY heater is designed for many years of
trouble free operation. Over ring the appliance will shorten
the life of the product. Failure to recitify an over ring condition
can be hazardous and may void the manufacturer’s warranty.
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