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    Vermont Castings Reliant cleaning question

    I cleaned my chimney today for the first time since I installed my used VC Reliant (with a top draft). When I went to clean out the stove, I wasn't sure if I was actually getting all of the soot and creosote or it if was going back behind a steel (or probably cast iron) plate that has a row of...
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    Reliant T40 Hopper seal. Need info.

    I inherited this t-40 in a house we bought. All in all decent shape, but the hopper seals are trash. And what was on there is black foam weather stripping style. What's odd about this is that when the sides and back are in place, there is about a 1/4 in. gap from the lip of the hopper, to the...
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    User manual needed

    Does anyone have any idea where I could get a user manual for a Reliant R-T-4-90 pellet stove? It is old, no window but seems to function. No electric start (too old). Fan and pellet drop seem to work good. Please, any help in operation or manual would be greatly appreciated.