ENERGY KING 385EK, Installation, Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Rev 03/12/14 ENERGY KING
®
385EK Wood/Coal Furnace Owner’s Manual  U. S. 27
Operation
Starting a Coal Fire
1. Pull the sliding smoke baffle (located above
the fuel loading door) out about 4-inches to
open.
2. Place a small amount of crumpled paper in
the center of your ENERGY KING
Wood/Coal Furnace. Crisscross a couple of
handfuls of dry, 3/4” thick kindling wood,
then several small pieces of firewood. Wait
until the wood fire is established with hot, red
embers before adding coal.
3. It will take 5 to 10 minutes for the wood fire
to establish itself. Once you have some red-
hot burning embers, add several small
shovels of coal over the wood coals until you
have a 2
″-3″ bed of burning coals. Be sure
to give each small layer about 5-10 minutes
to ignite before covering it with the next layer
of coal.
4. After the coal fire is established and spread
throughout the burn chamber, gently shake
the grate until ashes fall in the ash removal
pan. Add larger amounts of coal to build up
the coal bed.
5. Push in the sliding smoke baffle after loading
your ENERGY KING and your fire is
established.
6. The burning time is controlled totally by the
draft controls on the Furnace. Allow your
ENERGY KING Wood/Coal Furnace to
operate with draft controls fully open for
approximately 15 minutes or until the fresh
coal ignites. When the coal is properly
ignited, adjust the thermostat accordingly.
Check the fire periodically to make sure it is
spreading throughout the coal bed.
Refueling / Recharging
To refuel/recharge the anthracite coal fire in
your ENERGY KING Wood/Coal Furnace:
1. Pull the sliding smoke baffle out.
2. Gently shake the grates down
3. Open the fuel loading door slowly: open the
door about 1″-2″ then wait about 15 to 20
seconds before opening fully.
4. If the coal fire has died down before
recharging, a fresh supply of kindling will
need to be added. Only add fresh coal to a
deep, hot bed of coals.
5. Spread fresh coal evenly over existing coal,
leaving some hot coals exposed in the
center of the burn chamber. Be careful not to
smother your existing coals.
6. Close the fuel loading door and sliding
smoke baffle.
Be sure the sliding smoke baffle
is fully open.
Never overload your burn
chamber. Do not load coal above
the top of the firebrick.
When recharging, fresh coal tends
to give off large quantities of
volatile gas which may accumulate
and possibly ignite, causing a
backpuff. Always open the fuel
loading door slowly to prevent
backpuffing.
Never stand in front of the fuel
loading door when refueling;
always stand to the side.
Never overload your burn
chamber. Do not load coal above
the top of the firebrick.