Hearth & Home Quadra-Fire Castile Series, Owner'S Manual

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CASTILE INSERT
User Guide
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Operating Instructions
D. Fuel Material and Fuel Storage
Pellet fuel quality can greatly fluctuate. This appliance has
been designed to burn a wide variety of fuels, giving you
the choice to use the fuel that is most economical in your
region.
Hearth & Home Technologies strongly recommends only
using Pellet Fuel Institute (PFI) certified fuel.
Fuel Material
• Made from sawdust or wood by-products
• Depending on the source material it may have a high or
low ash content.
Higher Ash Content Material
• Hardwoods with a high mineral content
• Fuel that contains bark
• Standard grade pellets, high ash pellets, corn and other
biomass fuels
Lower Ash Content Material
• Softwoods
• Fuels with low mineral content
• Premium grade pellets
Corn
• Moisture content must be 15% or less
• Corn must be free of debris. Never burn corn straight
from the field. It will clog the auger mechanism.
• Corn with excessive grain dust must be screened by
sifting with 3/16 (4.76mm) inch mesh screening
• Do no sue corn that contains additives such as oils or
means or has been chemically treated with pesticides.
It will void your warranty and destroy the exhaust
system.
Clinkers
Minerals and other non-combustible materials such as sand
will turn into a hard, glass-like substance called a clinker
when heated in the fire pot.
Trees from different areas will vary in mineral content. That
is why some fuels produce more clinkers than others.
Moisture
Always burn dry fuel. Burning fuel with high moisture
content takes heat from the fuel and tends to cool the
appliance, robbing heat from your home. Damp pellet fuel
can clog the feed system.
WARNING
Fire Risk.
• Do not operate appliance before reading and
understanding operating instructions.
• Failure to operate appliance properly may
cause a house fire.
A. Fire Safety
To provide reasonable fire safety, the following should be
given serious consideration:
• Install at least one smoke detector and CO monitor on
each floor of your home.
• Locate detectors away from the heating appliance and
close to the sleeping areas.
• Follow the detector’s manufacturer’s placement and
installation instructions and maintain regularly.
• Conveniently locate a Class A fire extinguisher to
contend with small fires.
• In the event of a hopper fire:
• Evacuate the house immediately.
• Notify fire department.
CAUTION
Do not burn fuel that contains an additive; (such as
soybean oil).
• May cause hopper fires
• Damage to product may result
Read the ingredients list on the package.
B. Non-Combustible Materials
Material which will not ignite and burn, composed of any
combination of the following:
C. Combustible Materials
Material made of/or surfaced with any of the following
materials:
- Steel
- Plaster
- Brick
- Iron
- Concrete
- Tile
- Glass
- Slate
Materials reported as passing
ASTM E 136, Standard
Test Method for Behavior of Metals, in a Vertical Tube
Furnace of 750° C.
- Wood
- Compressed Paper
- Plant Fibers
- Plastic
- Plywood/OSB
- Sheet Rock (drywall)
Any material that can ignite and burn: flame proofed or not,
plastered or non-plastered.
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