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22 Operating Your Appliance
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Understanding Your Heater’s Combustion System
This heater uses a dual combustion system detailed below:
Primary Combustion : This is the combustion (fire) that takes place directly on the wood. Primary combustion
determines how fast the fire burns. Air for primary combustion is supplied through the air control. When you
adjust the air control you control the amount of air that reaches the fire and creates primary combustion. The air
control supplies air to the air wash (the air holes above the door opening – used to help clean the glass) and
through the pilot orifice (center bottom of the door opening). By using the air control, and supplying air through
these two openings, you control primary combustion.
Secondary Combustion : This is the combustion (fire) that does not contact the wood. Secondary combustion
burns the visible emissions or smoke that is not consumed during primary combustion. During some phases of
combustion you will see secondary combustion. It appears as a glowing flame at the top of the firebox. Air for
secondary combustion is supplied by the air tubes at the top of the firebox.
Items to Consider:
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During medium and high burn rates the stove will manage secondary and primary combustion on its own.
When the heater is set to a low burn rate more care is needed to ensure the secondary combustion system
works properly. Make sure the stove is hot and a good coal bed is established before adjusting your heater to
low burn.
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Understanding the combustion system in this heater will help minimize the visible emissions this heater
releases into the environment. The primary pilot orifice at the center bottom of the door opening is designed to
help the secondary combustion at low burn settings. The pilot provides a small amount of air that burns up
through the fuel load providing the heat and flame needed for the secondary system to ignite. The air tubes
under the baffle need to remain ignited for low burns to be effective.
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As you load your heater for a low burn, take care in placing the wood. This will affect how well your
secondary system works as the wood is consumed. Do not block the pilot orifice. Stack wood so the pilot air
can burn its way up between the pieces, helping your heater burn effectively throughout the low fire. This will
reduce the visible emissions your heater produces and increase the amount of heat you get from the wood. If
you are unsure how well your heater is burning look at the chimney cap to monitor visible emissions.
Burning Your Heater
Starting a Fire: There are many ways to start a fire and you will become adept as you become familiar with the
way your heater burns. Before you start, make sure your burn rate setting (air control) is all the way open and the
by-pass (if equipped) is open. Starting a wood appliance can produce a lot of smoke. To reduce the smoke when
starting your fire the top down method described here was found to have the cleanest starts. Stack four or five
layers of medium sized kindling 1 to 2” in diameter in a tic tac toe pattern, three to four pieces per layer with about
½” to 1” spacing. On top of your kindling stack place crumpled newspaper and a nest of pencil sized kindling.
Light the paper and small kindling on top and let it burn down through your layers of kindling. With this method
you should be able to close the door about two to three minutes after lighting, if the fire starts to die out reopen
the door and leave it cracked until the fire takes off. Never leave your heater unattended if the door is not latched
shut. Three to five minutes after closing the door you should be able to shut the by-pass, again if the fire starts to
die out open the bypass until the fire is established and stays lit. Reload the unit with regular cord wood when the
kindling pile has burned about three quarters of the way through. Put enough wood in to establish a good coal
bed, five to seven pieces. The presence of a hot coal bed is critical to good combustion. We cannot overstate the
importance of a hot coal bed before slowing your burn rate down. We recommend burning this first full load of
cord wood completely through at the high burn rate to get your heater up to temperature and to establish a coal
bed before reloading and slowing the burn rate.
Reloading: When reloading a hot heater set the burn rate on high for at least 15 min before slowing it down.
Low Burn: If preparing for an overnight or low burn a longer heat up period may be necessary. Reload the
heater full of wood making sure there are air gaps between the wood pieces so the pilot air can burn up through
the middle load keeping the secondary combustion system hot and active throughout the burn. After loading, burn
the heater on high for at least 15 minutes before setting the air control to low. Excessive creosote buildup (or
sooting) in the heater at the end of a low burn signifies that the heater was not hot enough and the wood load was
not burned long enough on high after loading before shutting down the air control.