Ecotec Amalfi - 1.1 Heater Location Guidelines; 1.2 Clearances to Combustibles

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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 Amal Freestanding
This pellet heater requires oor 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 oor protector must
be used from any door opening extremity as an absolute minimum. Due to the operating nature of
the Amal pellet heater where opening the door causes a loss of vacuum and the re 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 oor protector will be sufcient.
Hearth testing of the Ecoteck Amal showed that on exposed combustible surfaces in front of the
freestanding heater. No measured locations exceeded the temperature limits specied in AS/NZS2918.
From the body of the heater to the side wall 200mm
From the rear of the heater to wall (external ue) 200mm
From the rear of ue to wall (internal ue) 50mm
Rear corners to wall (corner installation) 100mm
Alcove Height from Heater 200mm
20cm
20cm
10cm
10cm
If positioned this way,
you must keep at least
20cm from the walls of
the room,
If positioned this way,
you must keep at least
10cm from the walls of
the room,
Figure 20.