CAUTION: HOT SURFACES: KEEP CHILDREN AWAY. DO NOT TOUCH DURING
OPERATION.
WARNING: RISK OF FIRE DO NOT OPERATE WITH FLUE DRAFT EXCEEDING -
0.06 IN WATER COLUMN. DO ON OPERATE WITH FUEL LOADING OR ASH
REMOVAL DOORS OPEN. DO NOT STORE FUEL OR OTHER COMBUSTIBLE
MATERIAL WITHIN MARKED INSTALLATION CLEARANCES.
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INSPECT AND
CLEAN FLUES AND CHIMNEY REGULARLY.
WARNING: LACK OF ENOUGH AIR FOR PROPER COMBUSTION
If your house is fairly well insulated and relatively air tight, it may be necessary for you to think of
providing an additional source of fresh air into your house to eliminate the possibility of starving
your Hitzer furnace of the necessary amount fresh air for good combustion. Also other appliances
may be competing for the available air. These would include clothes dryer, kitchen or a bathroom
exhaust fans, a fireplace burning and any other appliance that exhausts air out of the house.
These can put the house into a negative pressure that could result in some smoke backing up into
your house. You might need to look at installing an air to air exchanger or finding another way to
get some fresh air to prevent the smoke back up.
The furnace could also be starved for air if it is installed in a furnace room closed off from the
rest of the house. The furnace room can be put into a negative pressure that could result in some
smoke backing up into your house. This can be rectified by opening the furnace room door to the
rest of the house, installing a return grill into the furnace room from the house, or adding a fresh
air intake into the furnace room from the outside.
Note:
For the first fire in your new Hitzer Furnace, create a small hot fire to allow paint to cure to
the stove. This will create an odor as paint cures to the stove. Let this small fire burn for at least 2
hours before you fully load the stove to maximum heating potential.
Starting An Anthracite Coal Fire:
Starting an Anthracite coal fire takes time and patience. Take several sheets of newspaper,
crumble into balls and place on top of grates. Next, lay fine kindling on top of the paper. The
kindling must be dry and no larger than 3/4” in diameter. Layer the kindling in a crisscross fashion
to allow good air flow. Open the draft control fully, this can be found on the back of the free
standing units and the ash door slide. Then light the paper just inside the door. Now, close the
loading door and allow the kindling to catch fire. After a few minutes, open the loading door an
inch or two for a few seconds before opening completely. This method will allow smoke to clear
away from the door opening before the loading door is completely opened. Add a good amount of
small, compact pieces of hardwood when the kindling fire is burning hot. Keep the draft controls
fully open to establish a hot fire quickly. Anthracite coal requires a hot sustained fire to ignite.
When there is a well-established kindling wood fire going spread it out with a poker and start
adding coal. Nut and/or pea are the preferred sizes. Add a thin layer, approximately the thickness
of the coal, covering the entire grate area. If the entire grate area is not covered, the coal will not
ignite. Keep the draft controls open. Once a layer has started to burn and turn red, another layer
can be added.
Another method for starting an Anthracite coal fire is by using self-starting charcoal briquettes.
DO NOT USE LIGHTER FLUID OR ANY OTHER FLAMMABLE LIQUID
! First, start by making a
substantial mound of briquettes in the center of the grates. Light the mound of briquettes. Allow
the mound to burn until the charcoal has turned white. Once the charcoal fire has reached this
stage it should be spread out over the entire grate area and start adding coal. Add a thin layer,
approximately the thickness of the coal, covering the entire grate area. If the entire grate area is
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