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Wood too green or wet.
Use seasoned wood.
Combustor plugged or coated.
Clean combustor, see Page 38.
Combustor not functioning.
Check and test combustor
If needed replace combustor. See page 29.
Thermostat not operating properly.
Consult your blaze King Dealer.
By-pass door leaking or not
Inspect and clean area around by-pass doors.
closing completely.
Adjust or replace gasket if necessary. Consult your
Blaze King Dealer.
PROBLEM: Spots of creosote accumulation in chimney or chimney connector.
CAUSE
SOLUTION
Air leaks in chimney or chimney connector.
Inspect chimney and/or chimney connector. Repair
or replace as necessary Check to be sure that
the chimney connector is installed correctly.
CAUTION: a leaking chimney connector is a fire hazard and demands immediate attention.
Poor draft caused by an oversize flue, single
Measure draft with Manometer.
wall pipe, to many elbows, etc.
See DRAFTS, page 31.
See CHIMNEY, page 15-17.
.
Consult your Blaze King dealer or a chimney sweep.
PROBLEM: Door glass quickly becomes coated with creosote.
CAUSE
SOLUTION
Low thermostat setting or lowering the thermostat
Turn the thermostat to the warmest setting
setting too far, too quickly.
during the first 20-30 minutes or until
the fire is well established after each reloading.
Poor draft caused by an oversize or short flue, etc.
Measure draft with Manometer.
See DRAFTS, page 31. See CHIMNEY, page 15-17.
Consult your Blaze King dealer or a chimney sweep.
Obstruction in chimney or cap screen.
Remove obstruction. Clean chimney and/or cap screen.
Strong, gusting winds causing downdraft in chimney.
Install wind-resistant chimney cap.
Tightly sealed house, inadequate air supply.
Open a window, slightly, near the stove.
Burning poorly seasoned wet wood, or
Use seasoned wood with low pitch content.
wood with high pitch content,
such as some types of pine.
PROBLEM: The catalyst temperature cannot be controlled. Turning the thermostat down often makes the
catalyst temperature go up.
CAUSE
Turning the thermostat down, particularly in the first half of the burn cycle, causes the fire to emit more smoke, which is
fuel for the catalyst. The catalyst temperature therefore climbs for up to several hours. This is normal, and is of no
concern. As long as only the catalyst temperature is elevated, there is nothing to worry about.
PROBLEM: Smoke spills from door opening when loading fuel
CAUSE
SOLUTION
Spark arrestor screen plugged.
Clean spark arrestor screen to bare metal wire
Chimney too cold.
Make certain double wall stove pipe is used in installation
Not enough vertical rise.
Make certain a minimum vertical rise of 36” is observed prior to
elbows. Use two 45 elbows instead of 90 elbow.
Chimney not drafting.
Turn thermostat to highest setting, open bypass, leave loading
door closed and wait 5-10 minutes to increase chimney or flue
temperature.
TROUBLESHOOTING
