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Encore
®
1450CE Non-Catalytic Woodburning Stove
30003845
ST264
good fire
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ST64
fig. 25
Add larger pieces of wood as the fire begins to burn
well.
Once the draft is established, open the front door and
light the rest of the fuel from the bottom. Do not light
the main bed of fuel until the chimney begins drawing,
and repeat the procedure as often as necessary if the
initial attempt is unsuccessful.
If your Encore has been broken-in previously using,
continue to build the fire gradually. Add larger wood with
a diameter of 76-10 mm (3-4”). Continue adding split
logs of this size to the briskly-burning fire until there is
a glowing ember bed at least 76 mm (3”) deep. A good
ember bed is necessary for proper functioning of the
combustion system and may take an hour or more to
establish.
refuel while the embers are Still hot
When reloading, best results will be achieved if you first
de-ash the stove by stirring the fuel bed to allow ash to
fall through the grate into the ash pan.
Do not break the charcoal into very small pieces or
pound or compress the charcoal bed.
It is important that air can circulate through the charcoal
bed while the heater is in operation. Larger pieces of
charcoal allow more air to circulate under the wood,
resulting in the fire reviving more quickly.
For best results when refueling, wear stove gloves to
protect your hands, add fuel while the stove still has
ST264a
add wood fire
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ST64a
fig. 26
Add full-size logs when the kindling has burned down
to a bed of embers.
plenty of glowing embers to re-kindle the fire, and
include some smaller pieces of wood in the new fuel
load to help the stove regain its operating temperature
quickly. Use this sequence as a guide to successful
refueling.
Note:
Door handles can be hot. A glove has been
included with your stove. We recommend using this
glove whenever operating door or damper controls and
especially when operating the top griddle.
1. Open the damper.
. De-ash the stove as described above. Open the
front doors and check the level of ash in the ash
pan. Empty the pan if necessary and replace it in the
stove. Close the front doors.
3. Open the griddle, load the wood (smaller pieces
first), and close the griddle.
4. Allow the stove to regain its “thermal momentum”
before closing the damper. This may take 15--0
minutes.
5. Close the damper and set the air control lever for the
desired heat output. When the surface temperature
reaches 30° C (450° F), adjust the air control for
the amount of heat you desire.
Note:
If the charcoal bed is relatively thick {about 51-
76 mm (”-3”)} deep, and if your fuel is well seasoned, it
is possible to add fresh fuel (smaller pieces first), close
the door and damper, and reset the primary air control
for the desired heat output within five minutes.
warNiNg: fireplace StoveS equipped with
doorS Should be operated oNly with
doorS fully opeN or doorS fully cloSed.
if doorS are left partly opeN, gaS aNd
flame may be drawN out of the fireplace
Stove opeNiNg creatiNg riSkS from both
fire aNd Smoke.
cautioN: the encore will be hot while in opera-
tion. keep children, clothing and furniture away.
contact may cause skin burns.
do Not overfire thiS heater.
Overfiring may
cause a house fire, or can result in permanent dam-
age to the stove and to the catalytic combustor. If
any part of the Encore glows, you are overfiring.
