Sunbeam (Bennet-Ireland) Benefire
One of the nicest looking inserts made in 1979, when most were quite ugly. It was for the occassional fires as opposed to a 24-7 house heater. The units were faced with brass plated steel.
The Benefire had large glass, tempered, not ceramic - and had stamped sheet metal doors with some air wash which kept the glass at a relatively low temp. Two muffin fan provided the air stream. The top of the unit inside had 5 three inch holes going through the convection chamber vertically (like boiler tubes) to give more heat exchange.
Was UL approved and was slip-in - no other possible way to install it.
No firebrick, just some steel fire dogs which kept the fire raised and back away from the glass.
One of the nicest looking inserts made in 1979, when most were quite ugly. It was for the occassional fires as opposed to a 24-7 house heater. The units were faced with brass plated steel.
The Benefire had large glass, tempered, not ceramic - and had stamped sheet metal doors with some air wash which kept the glass at a relatively low temp. Two muffin fan provided the air stream. The top of the unit inside had 5 three inch holes going through the convection chamber vertically (like boiler tubes) to give more heat exchange.
Was UL approved and was slip-in - no other possible way to install it.
No firebrick, just some steel fire dogs which kept the fire raised and back away from the glass.