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CAUTION: Hot while in operation. Keep children, clothing and furniture away. Contact may cause skin
burns.
WARNING: Always keep loading door closed when burning. This heater is not designed for open door
burning.
WARNING: No alteration or modification of the combustion air control assembly is permitted. Any
tampering will void warranty and could be very hazardous.
WARNING: Do not use grates or andirons to elevate the fuel. Burn directly on the fire bricks. Replace
broken or missing bricks. Failure to do so may create a hazardous condition.
WARNING: Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar
liquids to start or ‘freshen up’ a fire in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while
in use.
Your True North heater is designed for maximum overall efficiency at a moderate firing rate. Overfiring is
hazardous, a waste of fuel and will damage your stove. Too slow a burn may contribute to creosote buildup
and lowers combustion efficiency.
Wood Selection
This heater is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher efficiency and lower emissions generally result when
burning air-dried seasoned hardwoods, as compared to softwoods or to green or freshly cut hardwoods.
Wood should be properly air dried (seasoned) for six months or more. Wet or undried wood will cause the fire
to smoulder and produce large amounts of creosote. Wet wood also produces very little heat and tends to go
out often.
DO NOT BURN:
Operation
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Salt water wood *
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Treated wood
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Wet or green wood
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Coal/charcoal
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Garbage*
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Solvents
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Lawn clippings/yard waste
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Unseasoned wood
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Railroad ties
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Manure or animal remains
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Materials containing rubber, including tires
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Materials containing plastic
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Waste petroleum products, paints or paint thin-
ners, or asphalt products
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Materials containing asbestos
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Construction or demolition debris
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Paper products, cardboard, plywood, or
particleboard.
* These materials contain chlorides which will rapidly destroy metal surfaces and void warranty.
Burning these materials may result in the release of toxic fumes or render the heater ineffective and cause
smoke.
The prohibition against burning these materials does not prohibit the use of fire starters made from paper,
cardboard, saw dust, wax and similar substances for the purpose of starting a fire in an affected wood heater.