CAUTION: DO NOT USE CHEMICALS OR FLUIDS TO START FIRE.
NEVER USE GASOLINE OR KEROSENE OR ANY OTHER FLAMMABLE
FLUID WHEN STARTING OR REFRESHING YOUR FIRE. DO NOT BURN
GARBAGE OR FLAMMABLE FLUIDS.
NOTE: When your first fire your heater, the exterior paint will go through a curing
process. This
may emit some smoke or odor. The first few fires should be small and
slow, this allows the paint to cure and the steel to temper. Adequate room ventilation
should be used in case of smoking.
NOTE: Keep ash door, glass fuel door, and hopper lid closed and sealed during
operation. Keeping any door open during operation may cause your appliance to over
heat and possibly result in damage to your appliance or a house fire. Operating this
appliance with doors open can result in carbon monoxide entering the house. Adequate
room ventilation is also necessary for the chimney to operate correctly. Room air
starvation can be caused by well-sealed vapor barrier and tight windows, exhaust fans, or
other chimney ventilated appliances. Room air starvation can cause your appliance to not
draw steadily, smoke rollout to occur, fuel to burn poorly, or back-drafts to occur whether
or not there is combustion present. It can also result in carbon monoxide not venting
properly or entering the house. Outside combustion air may be required. It is a very good
idea to install a carbon monoxide detector no matter what type of fuel you burn and what
type of appliance you burn it in. Carbon monoxide is produced when burning gas, oil,
wood, coal, and anything else that burns and any venting problems can cause it to back
up into the house. Carbon monoxide is extremely dangerous and can result in serious
injury or even death
Starting your fire with anthracite coal:
First open the draft slide in the ash door to full open position. This is your
primary air control. Also slide open the sliding flue damper by pulling handle directly
above glass door all the way out.
CAUTION: BUILD FIRE ONLY ON INTEGRAL GRATE. DO NOT RAISE
FIRE BY ADDING ANOTHER GRATE
.
Place crumpled paper and kindling wood on grate and ignite with a match or lighter.
Watch your fire very closely. When kindling wood is burning well add approximately 2”
of coal over the entire grate area. As the coal starts burning and glowing red another
layer of coal can be added. Keep adding layers of coal waiting between layers for each to
start burning until coal level reaches almost the hopper bottom. Now fill your hopper and
close hopper lid.
CAUTION: MAKE SURE THERE IS NO COAL OR OTHER DERBIES ON
LEDGE WHERE HOPPER LID SEALS. IF HOPPER LID DOES NOT SEAL
STOVE MAY OVER HEAT AND POSSIBLY DAMAGE THE STOVE OR
CAUSE A HOUSE FIRE.
Adjust draft slide in the ash door for the amount of heat desired. Sliding knob on ash
door to the right opens the air holes producing more heat. Sliding it to the left closes the
holes producing less heat. Burn stove at the lowest setting to produce the heat you need.
This will increase the life of the stove and make your coal last longer. Close the sliding