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Heritage 8024
OPERATION
Once your Heritage 8024 is installed, you are ready
to light a fire.
Every installation, season’s firewood, and operator’s
technique varies. Learn how to use your stove most
efficiently for your installation. We can give you the
basic principles, but only you can ensure maximizing
the potential of your stove while also operating it
safely.
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WARNING: HOT WHILE IN OPERATION! KEEP
CHILDREN, PETS, CLOTHING AND FURNITURE
AWAY. CONTACT MAY CAUSE SKIN BURNS.
Read this entire chapter before lighting your first fire.
It explains the controls and features of your wood
stove, how to choose firewood, and how to use your
stove on a daily basis.
C
ONTROLS AND
F
EATURES
Before lighting any fires,
become familiar with the
location and operation of your stove's controls and
features and learn how to use them (
See Figure 12
).
For your own safety, do not modify these features in
any way. We recommend you use fireplace gloves
when the stove is in operation and hot.
Figure 7 - Controls & Features
FRONT DOOR HANDLE:
The firebox door allows
you to load wood into your stove; a wood handle
operates the door. To open the door, pull up on the
handle and swing the door away from the stove. To
latch the door, push the door tightly towards the
firebox then continue to push the handle in and down
until it latches shut. Gently pull on the door handle to
make sure it is properly latched.
PRIMARY AIR CONTROL:
The handle is located on
the front lower left of the stove, just under the ash lip.
The primary air control allows you to regulate the
amount of air entering the firebox. Generally, the
more air allowed into the firebox, the faster and hotter
the rate of burn; conversely, less air creates a slower
burn. To fully open the primary air intake, move the
handle as far as it will go to the left; move the handle
as far as it will go to the right, to close the primary air
control.
Figure 8
– Air Control
OPTIONAL ASH PAN:
See the installation
instructions included with the ash pan kit if installation
is necessary. The ash pan collects burned ash from a
fire and allows you to conveniently remove the ash
from your wood stove. The ash pan and ash pan
access door is located under the ash lip. To operate
the ash grate, open the ash pan door, and simply pull
the handle out to open the ash grate and push the
handle in to close the ash grate. When the ash door
is closed, it will automatically close the ash grate.
(Refer to figure below to see the attachment of the
ash grate control handle to the control slide.)
The
firebox should be cleared of ashes periodically by
sliding the ash grate towards the front door, sifting the
ashes across the grate into the ash pan, then
returning the grate to its closed position.
The ash pan is easy to remove and has a handle for
convenient disposal of ashes. Before removing the
ash pan, push it
(hard!) into the stove, which kicks the
ashes further into the pan. To close the ash door,
push the door closed and turn the handle from vertical
down to its previous position. Note: The ash grate
can only be opened when the ash door is ajar or open.
Do not operate the stove unless the ASH PAN is
inserted into the stove and the ash door is closed.
This could overheat and damage the stove.
