RSF Energy OPEL 2000, Owner'S Manual

OPEL 2000

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OPEL 2000 OPTIONS

Just a few comments about your OPEL 2000 options.

The size and shape of your home and how you intend to

use your fireplace will determine the options you require.

For a basic, high-efficiency fireplace, you won’t need

any options or electricity.

Automatic temperature control can be accomplished by

adding the thermostat option (part FD-HC4). The ther-

mostat automatically controls the amount of combus-

tion air to the fire, leaving your home at an even preset

temperature. If you seriously plan to heat your home

with the fireplace, the thermostat option will increase

comfort, end the fuss of continued manual adjustment,

and reduce wood consumption.

For more heat output and increased air circulation, you

throughout your home - even a couple of stories up or

down.

WALL THERMOSTAT (FD-HC4)

This optional kit allows you to control the temperature

by a remote mounted electric wall thermostat.

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that this kit be

installed during framing so that the wiring can be easily

hidden.

1. Remove both top and bottom louvers. They are held

in place by springs underneath, so push down from the

top, then rotate and pull forward.

2. The damper motor and transformer are mounted on a

bracket in the bottom right hand corner of the fireplace

(see figure 15).

Figure 15: Thermostat control installation

draft control

black
white

g r o u n d

(bare)

wall thermostat

(FD-HC4 kit)

terminal block

(cover removed)

damper motor

(FD-HC4 kit)

transformer

m o u n t i n g

bracket

See wiring

d i a g r a m

Figure 34

keyhole with

p e n d a n t

stops

to thermostat

110V

pendant

 and chain

(FD-HC4 kit)

screw

can add the internal blower (part FD-

HB5). For larger homes in colder

climates, this is an important option

if you plan to use the fireplace as a

serious source of heat.

NOTE:  It will be difficult to install the

internal blower if wiring is not run during

framing. If there is any chance that

this option will be installed in the

future, power should be run to the

fireplace and wire must be run to a

switch box at a convenient place on

the wall for mounting the blower

control.

If you have rooms directly above or

adjacent to the room with the fireplace

that you would like to heat, you may

consider the gravity vent option (part

FD-V). The gravity vent distributes hot

air to these rooms and requires no

blower to assist its operation.

However, with the internal blower (FD-

HB5-N) installed, there will be some

increase in warm air movement to

rooms serviced by the gravity vent.

If you desire even heat throughout your

home strictly from your fireplace, or if

you want to move heat to a remote

area of your home, it is recommended

that you incorporate the central heat

option (parts FD-HB6, FD-HC6 and

FD-HC6-1). A thermostatically

controlled blower takes heat from the

fireplace, and distributes the warm air

top louvres