HearthStone Quality Home Heating Products Inc
®
Model 8390
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Operating Your
Craftsbury Wood Stove
Once your Craftsbury has been set in place,
connected, and assembled, you are ready to light
a fire. HearthStone Stoves tests each wood
stove before we ship, so you should be able to
easily light your first fire. You may, however,
have to make a few small adjustments to
compensate for altitude and other factors
particular to your installation.
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WARNING:
HOT WHILE IN OPERATION. KEEP
CHILDREN, CLOTHING AND
FURNITURE AWAY. CONTACT MAY
CAUSE SKIN BURNS.
Please 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 break-in your stove and
use it on a daily basis.
C
ONTROLS
A
ND
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.
For your own safety, do not modify these
features in any way.
FRONT DOOR HANDLE
: The front door
allows you to load wood into your stove. To
open the door, lift the handle to the 10 o’clock
position and pull the door. To latch the door
lower the handle to the 7 o’clock position. Pull
on the door to make sure it is properly latched.
The wooden handle can be removed or left in
place.
PRIMARY AIR CONTROL:
This feature is
located on the lower left front of the stove,
under the ash lip. The primary air control
allows you to regulate the amount of air entering
the firebox. Generally speaking, the more air
allowed into the firebox, the faster and hotter
the rate of burn; conversely, less air creates a
slower burn. Pull the lever out, away from the
ash lip to open the primary air control; push the
lever in under the ash lip of the stove to close
the primary air control.
ASH PAN DOOR & ASH PAN
: Open the ash
pan door by lifting up on the handle bar and
allowing the door to fall into the open position.
The ash pan tray can now be easily removed by
carefully pulling it straight out, use fireplace
gloves if hot ashes or coals are present. You can
now empty ashes that have been sifted into the
tray through the grate in the firebox. After you
have properly emptied the ashes into a covered,
noncombustible container, push the ash pan all
the way into the stove and close the ash door by
lifting it up and locking it in place by pulling
down on the handle bar.
Do not operate the stove unless the ASH
PAN DOOR is tightly closed. This could
cause the stove to overheat and damage
the components of the stove.
It is best to remove ashes when the stove is cold.
If the ash pan is warm, use protective fireplace
gloves. Exercise extreme caution when
handling, storing or disposing of ashes.
CONTROL HANDLE
RONT DOOR HANDLE
PRIMARY AIR
ASH DOOR
ASH LIP
FRONT DOOR
FLUE COLLAR
FRONT VIEW
HIGH
LOW
PRIMARY AIR
CONTROL HAND
