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Breckwell
The First Fires
The fresh paint on your stove needs to be cured to preserve its quality. Once the fuel charge is properly ignited, only burn small
fi
res
in your stove for the
fi
rst four hours of operation. Never open the air control more than necessary to achieve a medium burn rate.
Make sure that there’s enough air circulation while curing the stove. The odors could be smelled during the 3 or 4
fi
rst
fi
res. Never
start your stove outside. You will not be able to see if you are over heating.
Ignition
After making sure that the stove air intake controls are fully open (completely push in toward stove), place several rumpled sheets of
paper in the center of the combustion chamber. Place 8 to 10 pieces of small dry kindling wood over the paper in the form of a tent.
You may also place a few pieces of heating wood but choose the smaller ones. No chemical product should be used to light the
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re.
Before igniting the paper and kindling wood, it is recommended that you warm up the chimney. This is done in order to avoid back
draft problems often due to negative pressure in the house. If such is the case, open a window slightly near the stove and twist together
a few sheets of newspaper into a torch. Light up this paper torch and hold it as close as possible to the mouth of the pipe inside the
combustion chamber to warm up the chimney. Once the updraft movement is initiated, you are ready to ignite the stove by lighting
the paper and kindling wood inside the combustion chamber.
When you have achieved a good bed of hot embers, we recommend the following burn procedures:
Heating
Controlled combustion is the most ef
fi
cient technique for wood heating because it enables you to select the type of combustion you
want for each given situation. The wood will burn slowly if the wood stove air intake control is adjusted to reduce the oxygen supply
in the combustion chamber to a minimum. On the other hand, wood will burn quickly if the air control is adjusted to admit a larger
quantity of oxygen in the combustion chamber. The air intake control on your stove is very simple. If you pull on it out completely
towards you, it is fully closed. If you push on it until it stops the combustion air is fully open. Real operating conditions may give
very different results than those obtained during testing according to the species of wood used, its moisture content, the size and
density of the pieces, the length of the chimney, altitude, and outside temperature.
CAUTION: Never alter the damper slide or the adjustment range to increase
fi
ring for any reason. Doing so
could result in heater damage and will void your warranty.
SW740
Primary Air Settings
(Slide Damper is located in center of stove under hearth plate)
(Damper Adjustment: Pulling out on damper decreases air)
Electric Blower Speed Setting (Variable)
(Blower is on High when turned “ON”, Rotate
clockwise until stop for “LOW”.)
Burn Rate
Adjust Damper from fully closed
Burn Time
Blower Speed
Low
0
@ 30 minutes
Low
Medium - Low
0
@ 30 minutes
Low
Medium - High
1/8
@ 30 minutes
Low
High
1 1/2”
all minutes
High
