a.
Always set the air control to high for 20 to 30 minutes when starting or after refueling your
stove. This allows the stove and chimney to come up to operating temperature.
b.
When set to high, the primary air washes the glass as it feeds the fire to help keep it clean. If
your glass has built up any smoke deposits from slow burning, set the air control to high for 20
to 30 minutes.
c.
Never over fire the stove by leaving the air control on high for too long (see Catalytic and
Catalytic Thermometer below).
3.
Secondary Burn System
– There are no controls for this system. The stove will automatically draw air
into the secondary burn tubes to re-burn smoke before it reaches the catalyst.
4.
Catalytic & Catalytic Thermometer
– The catalytic is a metal honeycomb shaped device that cleans
up most of the remaining smoke before it travels up the chimney. The catalytic thermometer shows
you the correct temperature to operate the stove at.
a.
Always operate the stove in the active range (anywhere in the light
grey area is perfectly normal).
b.
There is a caution symbol on the probe warning you that you may be
exceeding the
recommended
operating temperature of the catalyst
(1300°F). It is fine to go above the recommended operating range for short
periods of time. The
maximum
operating temperature is well beyond the caution symbol
(1600°F).
c.
Use the Primary Air Control to change the temperature of the stove.
d.
As your stove cools there is an indicator on the dial reminding you to reload your stove before
the catalytic combustor becomes inactive.
LIGHTING A FIRE
1.
Start by sliding the air control out to fully open
.
2.
Pull open the bypass control to the
Start/Reload Position
(A
short pull forward
(about ¾”)
and down will engage the
bypass in the Start/Reload Position). Open the wood loading
door.
3.
Do not use a grate or elevate the fire – Build the wood fire
directly on the fire brick. Start by loading larger pieces of wood
into the firebox bottom then stack progressively smaller pieces
so that the kindling pieces are at the top of the stack. You may
use a fire starter such as shredded paper on top of the kindling.
When starting a fire you should never use un-split pieces of
wood unless they are small, such as twigs and branches.
