OPERATING
&
INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS
FOR
PEDESTAL
WOOD
HEATERS
5
PART
A
‐
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
Please
see
Part
B
for
installation
instructions.
1
SAFETY
INFORMATION
1.1
SUMMARY
OF
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
CAUTIONS
AND
WARNINGS
•
HOT
WHILE
IN
OPERATION,
KEEP
CHILDREN,
CLOTHING
AND
FURNITURE
AWAY.
CONTACT
MAY
CAUSE
SKIN
BURNS.
GLOVES
MAY
BE
NEEDED
FOR
WOOD
FIRE
OPERATION.
•
USING
A
WOOD
FIRE
WITH
CRACKED
OR
BROKEN
COMPONENTS,
SUCH
AS
GLASS
OR
FIREBRICKS
OR
BAFFLES
MAY
PRODUCE
AN
UNSAFE
CONDITION
AND
MAY
DAMAGE
THE
WOOD
FIRE.
•
OPEN
THE
AIR
CONTROL
FULLY
BEFORE
OPENING
FIRING
DOOR.
•
THIS
STOVE
IS
NOT
DESIGNED
TO
BE
USED
WITH
THE
DOOR
OPEN.
THE
DOOR
MAY
BE
OPEN
ONLY
DURING
LIGHTING
PROCEDURES
OR
RELOADING.
DO
NOT
LEAVE
THE
STOVE
UNATTENDED
WHEN
THE
DOOR
IS
SLIGHTLY
OPENED
DURING
IGNITION.
ALWAYS
CLOSE
THE
DOOR
AFTER
IGNITION.
•
NEVER
USE
GASOLINE,
GASOLINE
‐
TYPE
LANTERN
FUEL
(NAPHTHA),
FUEL
OIL,
MOTOR
OIL,
KEROSENE,
CHARCOAL
LIGHTER
FLUID,
OR
SIMILAR
LIQUIDS
OR
AEROSOLS
TO
START
OR
‘FRESHEN
UP’
A
FIRE
IN
THIS
WOOD
FIRE.
KEEP
ALL
SUCH
LIQUIDS
OR
AEROSOLS
WELL
AWAY
FROM
THE
WOOD
FIRE
WHILE
IT
IS
IN
USE.
•
DO
NOT
CONNECT
TO
ANY
AIR
DISTRIBUTION
DUCT
OR
SYSTEM.
•
DO
NOT
STORE
FUEL
WITHIN
HEATER
MINIMUM
INSTALLATION
CLEARANCES.
•
BURN
ONLY
SEASONED
NATURAL
FIREWOOD.
•
THE
USE
OF
SOME
TYPES
OF
PRESERVATIVE
‐
TREATED
WOOD
AS
A
FUEL
CAN
BE
HAZARDOUS.
•
DO
NOT
BURN:
o
GARBAGE
OF
ANY
KIND,
o
COAL
OR
CHARCOAL,
o
TREATED,
PAINTED
OR
COATED
WOOD,
o
PLYWOOD
OR
PARTICLE
BOARD,
o
FINE
PAPER,
COLORED
PAPER
OR
CARDBOARD,
o
SALT
WATER
DRIFTWOOD,
OR
o
RAILROAD
TIES.
o
MANUFACTURED
LOGS
•
DO
NOT
ELEVATE
THE
FIRE
BY
USING
A
GRATE
IN
THIS
WOOD
FIRE.
•
THIS
APPLIANCE
SHOULD
BE
MAINTAINED
AND
OPERATED
AT
ALL
TIMES
IN
ACCORDANCE
WITH
THESE
INSTRUCTIONS.
•
ECOMAXX
WOODHEATING
PTY
LTD
ACCEPTS
NO
LIABILITY
WHAT
SO
EVER
FOR
INTERPRETATION
OF
AS
2918
–
1990.
