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Encore Woodburning Stove
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Never use gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, char-
coal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to start or “freshen
up” a fire. Keep all such liquids well away from the
Encore while it is in use.
3. Light the newspaper and close the door. Gradually
build up the fire by adding a few 76-127mm (3-5”) di-
ameter splits. If this is one of the first few “break-in”
fires, let the fire burn brightly, and then let it die out.
During the break-in fires, do not let the stove get hot-
ter than 260° C (500° F) as measured on an optional
stove-top thermometer. Adjust the air control lever as
necessary to control the fire.
Some odor from the stove’s hot metal, the paint, and
the cement is normal for the first few fires.
NOTE:
Some chimneys need to be “primed,” or
warmed up, before they will draw sufficiently to start
a fire. To correct this situation, roll up a couple pieces
of newspaper, place them on top of the kindling and
toward the back of the stove, light them, and close
the doors. This will encourage smoke to rise rapidly,
encouraging a good draft.
Once the draft is established, open the front door and
light the rest of the fuel from the bottom. Do not light
the main bed of fuel until the chimney begins drawing,
and repeat the procedure as often as necessary if the
initial attempt is unsuccessful.
4. If your Encore has been broken-in previously using
Steps 1-3, continue to build the fire gradually. Add
larger wood with a diameter of 76-102 mm (3-4”).
Continue adding split logs of this size to the briskly-
burning fire until there is a glowing ember bed at
least 76 mm (3”) deep. A good ember bed is neces-
sary for proper functioning of the catalytic system
and may take an hour or more to establish.
NOTE:
Stove installations vary, and the operating
guidance given here is only a starting point. The draft
management information on Page 25 will explain in
detail how the features of your installation may help or
hinder good draft.
Refuel While the Embers Are Still Hot
When reloading, best results will be achieved if you first
de-ash the stove by stirring the fuel bed to allow ash to
fall through the grate into the ash pan.
Do not break the charcoal into very small pieces or
pound or compress the charcoal bed.
It is important that air can circulate through the charcoal
bed during the burn. Larger pieces of charcoal allow
more air to circulate under the wood, resulting in the
fire reviving more quickly.
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Add larger pieces of wood as the fire begins to burn
well.
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Fig. 27
Add full-size logs when the kindling has burned down
to a bed of embers.
5. Close the damper when the griddle temperature
reaches 230° C (450° F).
6. Adjust the air control for your desired heat output.
For best results when refueling, wear stove gloves to
protect your hands, add fuel while the stove still has
plenty of glowing embers to re-kindle the fire, and
include some smaller pieces of wood in the new fuel
load to help the stove regain its operating temperature
quickly. Use this sequence as a guide to successful
refueling.
NOTE:
Door handles can be hot. A glove has been in-
cluded with your stove.We recommend using this glove
whenver operating door or damper controls and espe-
cially when operating the top griddle.
1. Open the damper.
2. De-ash the stove as described above. Open the
front doors and check the level of ash in the ash
pan. Empty the pan if necessary and replace it in the
stove. Close the front doors.
3. Open the griddle, load the wood (smaller pieces
first), and close the griddle.
4. Close the damper.
5. When the surface temperature reaches 230° C
(450°F), adjust the air control for the amount of heat
you desire.
NOTE:
If the remaining charcoal bed is relatively thick
and if your fuel is well seasoned, it is possible to add
