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Operating Instructions
MAINTENANCE:
At the end of each heating season clean the chimney and the smoke pipe. If soot has accumulated above
the top baffle bricks, remove, clean, and then replace them. If the secondary air tube is badly eroded,
replace it. Replace worn door gaskets and broken bricks as needed.
FAILURE TO INSPECT AND CLEAN YOUR CHIMNEY SYSTEM REGULARLY CAN RESULT IN A
CHIMNEY FIRE, WHICH COULD DAMAGE THE CHIMNEY OR CAUSE A HOUSE FIRE.
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Proper operation of your stove will help to ensure safe, efficient heating. Please take a few moments to
review these simple operating procedures.
1. Fuel Selection:
This stove is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher efficiencies and lower emissions generally
result when burning air-dried seasoned hardwoods, as compared to softwoods or to green or freshly cut
hardwoods. DO NOT BURN the following: treated wood, coal, garbage, solvents, colored papers, or trash.
Burning these may result in the release of toxic fumes and may poison or render the catalytic ineffective.
Burning coal, cardboard, or loose paper can produce soot, or large flakes of char or fly ash that can coat
the combustor, causing smoke spillage into the room, and rendering the combustor ineffective.
2. Building/Maintaining a Fire:
a) Open the primary air slide by pulling it all the way to the right.
b) Place a base of crumpled uncolored newspaper in the bottom of the stove. Lay pieces of kindling on
top of the newspaper and light it.
CAUTION: “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 heater while it is in use.
c) As the kindling begins to burn, add several larger pieces of wood until the fire is burning well. At this
point, regular size logs may be added.
NOTE:
Until the fire is burning well, leave the air controls fully open.
d) Regulate the heat output of the stove by adjusting the air controls to allow a larger fire and vice versa.
A short period of experimentation with the control settings will allow you to regulate the heat output
to keep your home comfortable.
Do not use a grate or elevate the fire. Build wood fire on the stove firebox hearth floor.
3. Refueling the Stove:
Use a long pair of gloves (barbecue gloves) when feeding the fire because these stoves burn at the front.
They are clean and efficient but they are also very hot and gloves are useful. Keep a small steel shovel
and whisk nearby for moving a log or lifting a fallen ember and for keeping the hearth clean.
a) Before attempting to add fuel to the stove, OPEN the damper control fully by pulling it all the way out.
This allows the chimney to carry away the additional smoke, which occurs when the door is open.
b)
DO NOT OVERLOAD THE STOVE.
Normally, three or four logs will provide heat for several hours.
Never operate this stove where portions glow red hot.
