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USINGYOURHEATER
Beforeusingyourwoodheater,studythisentiresectioncarefully.Itwillassistyouinachieving
maximumefficiencyandenjoyment.
CuringthePaint
Variouspartsofyourheaterhavebeencoated
withhighqualitypaintstoprotectthemandto
givethemanattractivefinish.Youwillneedto
break-inyourheatertohardenorcurethese
coatings.
While curing, be careful not to touch the
paintedsurfacesasthepaintwillbequitesoft.
Thebasicruleis:cureslowly,overaboutthree
burns, without a hot fire. During the curing
processitisnormalforsomesmokeandsmell
tobegivenofffromthesurfaceoftheheater.
Eachtime,somewindowsshouldbeopened
toallowthepaintodourstoescape.Usinga
fan also helps disperse the odours. For this
reasonitisbestdoneduringtheday.
1. The first fire should be kindling only and
shouldlastforabout20minutes.Leavethe
doorslightlyajartostopthedoorropefrom
sticking.
2.Oncetheheaterhascooleddown,repeat
theprocess.
3.Thethirdfireshouldbeanormalfireofat
least45minutes.
Bythistime,yourheatershouldbecured.In
colderconditions,oriftheheaterusesafan,it
maytakeslightlylonger.Thehouseshouldbe
ventilateduntilallodoursaregone.
OperatingTheAirControl
Youcancontrolwhetheryourheaterburnson
highorlowwiththeaircontrolleverfoundon
the front of the heater. The high and low
positionisclearlymarkedonyourheater.
Forlowburns-Usethissettingforlowburning,
orforextendedburntimes.
Formediumburns-Thisistheoptimalsetting
fornormaluse.
Forhighburns-Usethissettingforstartingthe
fireandforatleast30minutesafterloading
andreloading.
LightingTheFire
Woodburnsmostefficientlywhenplacedina
veryhotfire.Theseproceduresaredesigned
tobringyourfireboxtotherighttemperatureas
quicklyaspossible.
Puttheaircontrolonhigh.
Place a large amount of kindling in a criss-
cross pattern over a firelighter. Make sure
plentyofaircangetintothestackandaround
eachpieceofkindling.
Addafewsmallpiecesofwoodontop.The
fireboxshouldbeabouthalffulloffuel.
Ignitethefirelighter.
Continuetoaddsmallpiecesofwooduntila
bedofhotglowingcoalsisestablished.
Place two or three thoroughly dry split logs
(about 80-100mm diameter) on the well
established fire. Logs will burn better if they
areplacedwiththeirendsneartheglass,ie
fronttoback.
Leave the air control on high for about 30
minutes.Afterthistime,thefireboxshouldbe
hotenoughfornormaloperation,soyoucan
turndowntomediumorlow.
Adding fresh wood cools the fire down, so
whenyouneedtoreplenishthefuel,turnthe
aircontroltohighforabout30minutestobring
thefireboxtemperaturesbackuptonormal
Alwaysleavetheaircontrolonhighforatleast
30minutesafterreloading.