Ecotec Monica Plus - Deciding Where to Locate Your Wood Pellet Burning Heater; Clearances to Combustibles - Ecoteck Monica Plus Freestanding

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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 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
Monica Plus 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 Monica Plus (09/1910) 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 100mm
From the rear of the heater to wall (external ue) 100mm
From the rear of ue to wall (internal ue) 50mm
Rear corners to wall (corner installation) 120mm
456,5mm
17,97in
20mm
0,79in
508mm
20,01in