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1.1
Deciding where to locate your wood pellet burning heater:
1.
Do not install the pellet heater in a bedroom or room where people sleep.
2.
Locate the pellet heater in a large and open room that is centrally located in the house.
This will optimize heat circulation.
3.
Check clearances to combustibles.
1.2
Clearances to Combustibles – Ecoteck Monica Plus Freestanding
This pellet heater requires floor protection which must be non-combustible, extending beneath the
stove the full width and depth of the unit including (150mm) in front for ember protection.
AS/NZS2918 states that a 300mm forward projecting and 200mm side projecting floor protector must
be used from any door opening extremity as an absolute minimum. Due to the operating nature of the
Monica Plus pellet heater where opening the door causes a loss of vacuum and the fire will shut down
completely, meaning the likelihood of any hot embers or burning fuel escaping from the combustion
chamber is extremely minimal. Therefore a 150mm forward projecting floor protector will be sufficient.
Hearth testing of the Ecoteck Monica Plus (09/1910) showed that on exposed combustible surfaces in
front of the freestanding heater. No measured locations exceeded the temperature limits specified in
AS/NZS2918.
From the body of the heater to the side wall
100mm
From the rear of the heater to wall (external flue)
100mm
From the rear of flue to wall (internal flue)
50mm
Rear corners to wall (corner installation)
120mm
456,5mm
17,97in
20mm
0,79in
508mm
20,01in