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Baffle Board even with front tube & resting
on all tubes
Burn Rate
Air Control
Start-Up Air
Control
Figure 12.1
E. Building A Fire
Before lighting your first fire in the appliance:
NOTE
: The special high temperature paint that your
appliance is finished with will cure as your appliance
heats. You will notice an odor and perhaps see some
vapor rise from the appliance surface; this is normal.
We recommend that you open a window until the odor
dissipates and paint is cured.
Tube Channels
Ceramic Blanket on Top
2 pc Baffle Board
Figure 12.2
NOTE:
•
Build fire on brick firebox floor.
• Do NOT use grates, andirons or other methods to
support fuel. It will adversely affect emissions.
1. Confirm the baffle is correctly positioned. It should be
even with the front tube and resting on all tubes
(Figure
12.1 and Figure 12.2).
2. Remove all labels from glass and inside of appliance.
There are many ways to build a fire. The basic principle
is to light easily-ignitable tinder or paper, which ignites the
fast burning kindling, which in turn ignites the slow-burning
firewood. Here is one method that works well:
1. Open the Burn Rate Air and ACC Controls fully (Refer to
the
Quick Start Guide
).
2. Place several wads of crushed paper on the firebox floor.
Heating the flue with slightly crumpled newspaper before
adding kindling keeps smoke to a minimum.
3. Lay small dry sticks of kindling on top of the paper.
4. Make sure that no matches or other combustibles are in
the immediate area of the appliance. Be sure the room is
adequately ventilated and the flue unobstructed.
5. Light the paper in the appliance. NEVER light or rekindle
fire with kerosene, gasoline, or charcoal lighter fluid; the
results can be fatal.
6. Once the kindling is burning quickly, add several full-
length logs 3 inches (76mm) or 4 inches (102mm) in
diameter. Be careful not to smother the fire. Stack the
pieces of wood carefully; near enough to keep each
other hot, but far enough away from each other to allow
adequate air flow between them.
7. Set the Burn Rate Air Control and activate the ACC timer
system.
8. When ready to reload, It is best to fully open both the Burn
Rate Air and Start-up Air Controls
before reloading
. This
livens up the coal bed and reduces excessive emissions
(opacity/smoke). Open door slowly so that ash or smoke
does not exit appliance through opening. Large logs
burn slowly, holding a fire longer. Small logs burn fast
and hot, giving quick heat.
9. As long as there are hot coals, repeating steps 6 through
8 will maintain a continuous fire.
Fire Risk.
• Do not leave the fire unattended when
the door is unlatched or when using the
fire screen.
• Unstable firewood could fall out of the
firebox creating a fire hazard to your home.
WARNING
Fire Risk.
Do NOT store wood:
• Closer than required clearances to
combustibles to appliance
• Within space required for loading or
ash removal.
Do NOT operate appliance:
• With appliance door open.
• With ash removal system door open.
WARNING
Fire Risk.
• Do NOT burn wet or green wood.
• Store wood in dry location.
• Stack wood so both ends are exposed
to air.
Wet, unseasoned wood can cause
accumulation of creosote.
WARNING
