Installation Guide

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TESTING YOUR WOOD
When the stove is thoroughly warmed, place one piece of split wood (about five inches in diameter) parallel to
the door on the bed of red embers.
Keep the air control full open by pulling on it and close the door. If ignition of the piece is accomplished within
90 seconds from the time if was placed in the stove, your wood is correctly dried. If ignition takes longer, your
wood is damp.
If your wood hisses and water or vapour escapes at the ends of the piece, your wood is soaked or freshly cut.
Do not use this wood in your stove. Large amounts of creosote could be deposited in your chimney, creating
potential conditions for a chimney fire.
THE FIRST FIRES
The fresh paint on your stove needs to be cured to preserve its quality. Once the fuel charge is properly
ignited, only burn small fires in your stove for the first four hours of operation. Never open the air control more
than necessary to achieve a medium burn rate.
Make sure that there’s enough air circulation while curing the stove. The odors could be smelled during the 3
or 4 first fires. Never start your stove outside. You will not be able to see if you are over heating.
IGNITION
After making sure that the stove air intake controls are fully open (completely pull-out towards you), place
several rumpled sheets of paper in the centre of the combustion chamber. Place 8 to 10 pieces of small dry
kindling wood over the paper in the form of a tent. You may also place a few pieces of heating wood, but
choose the smaller ones. No chemical product should be used to light the fire.
Before igniting the paper and kindling wood, it is recommended that you warm up the chimney. This is done in
order to avoid back draft problems often due to negative pressure in the house. If such is the case, open a
window slightly near the stove and twist together a few sheets of newspaper into a torch. Light up this paper
torch and hold it as close as possible to the mouth of the pipe inside the combustion chamber to warm up the
chimney. Once the updraft movement is initiated, you are ready to ignite the stove by lighting the paper and
kindling wood inside the combustion chamber.
When you have achieved a good bed of hot embers, we recommend the following burn procedures:
HEATING
Controlled combustion is the most efficient technique for wood heating because it enables you to select the
type of combustion you want for each given situation. The wood will burn slowly if the wood stove air intake
control is adjusted to reduce the oxygen supply in the combustion chamber to a minimum. On the other hand,
wood will burn quickly if the air control is adjusted to admit a larger quantity of oxygen in the combustion
chamber. The air intake control on your stove is very simple. If you pull on it out completely towards you, it is
fully open. If you push on it until it stops the combustion air is reduced to a minimum. Real operating conditions
may give very different results than those obtained during testing according to the species of wood used, its
moisture content, the size and density of the pieces, the length of the chimney, altitude and outside temperature.
Electric Blower Speed Setting (Variable)
(Blower is on High when turned “ON”, Rotate
clockwise until stop for “LOW”.)
Primary Air Settings
(Slide Damper is located in center of stove under hearth plate)
(Damper Adjustment: Pulling out on damper increases air)
Burn Rate Adjust Damper from fully closed Burn Time Blower Speed
Low 1/32” @ 30 minutes Low
Medium - Low 1/16” @ 30 minutes Low
Medium - High 5/16” @ 30 minutes Low
High approx. 3” all minutes High