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Travis Industries 10/24/2018 - 93508094 44 Elite Owner’s
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.
Catalytic Combustion : This is the combustion (fire) that does not contact the wood. Catalytic combustion takes
place inside the catalytic combustor and is not viewable (you may, however, see the combustor glow). It burns
the visible emissions or smoke that is not consumed during primary combustion. Catalytic combustion can be
monitored by using the included temperature meter. Your catalytic combustor is working when the out put
temperature is above 500° F. (260°C).
Items to Consider:
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During medium and high burn rates the stove will manage combustion on its own. When the heater is set to a
low burn rate more care is needed to ensure the catalytic 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 catalytic
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 two or three layers of large sized kindling in a tic tac toe pattern, two to three pieces
per layer with about 2” spacing. Place crumpled newspaper in between the pieces of large kindling on the
top layer and add 2 to 3 layers of small kindling on top of the stack over the paper in a tic tac toe pattern
with ½” spacing between pieces. Light the paper and small kindling on top and let it burn down through
your bigger pieces of kindling. With this method you should be able to close the door about three to five
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. For best emissions, we recommend that the wood be loaded in a north south orientation
(lengthwise front to back).
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 of the load. After loading, burn the heater on high for at
least 15 minutes before setting the air control to low.
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