Operating Instructions
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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.
IMPORTANT:
Please be aware when loading your stove that the air tubes in the rear are lower.
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 too 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 secondary air tubes
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. Using more than five logs at a time can cause
overfiring. Keep logs a few inches from the lowest point of the top of the firebox. If any logs are touching
the tubes in the top of the firebox, you can damage the air tubes. Overloading the stove can cause
damage to the firebox and air tubes and will void the warranty.
c)
DO NOT OVERFIRE
. If the heater or chimney connector glows, you are overfiring. If the stove top
temperatures exceed 550°F, you are overfiring. Overfiring your stove will void the warranty.
d)
WHAT IS OVERFIRING?
Overfiring is when the stove is generating too much heat in the firebox,
causing parts within your stove to glow red and warp. To spot overfiring, place a thermometer on the
stove top. If the stove top temperatures exceed 550°F, you are overfiring. Another way to spot overfiring
is if the heater or chimney connector glows.
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