Installation and Operation Manual FW3000 FW3000-SD (CB00004 and CB00014 models) (CB00009 model) US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY PHASE II CERTIFIED WOOD STOVE Safety tested according to ULC S627 and UL 1482 Standards by an accredited laboratory www.century-heating.com Stove Builder International Inc. 250, rue de Copenhague, St-Augustin-de-Desmaures (Quebec) Canada G3A 2H3 After-sale service: 418-908-8002 E-mail: tech@sbi-international.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THIS CENTURY WOOD STOVE As one of North America’s largest and most respected wood stove and fireplace manufacturers, Stove Builder International takes pride in the quality and performance of all its products. We want to help you get maximum satisfaction as you use this product.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Table of content PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ...............................6 1 Safety Information .....................................................................6 1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ......................... 6 2 General Information on FW3000 ...............................................7 2.1 Appliance performance(1) ..................................................................................
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ...............................22 5.1 Stove Maintenance............................................................................................... 22 5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 22 5.1.2 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 22 5.1.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Appendix 1: Installing the Optional Fresh Air Intake Kit (AC01337) ................................................................40 Appendix 2: Installation and Use of the Optional Blower and Thermodisc .............................................................41 Appendix 3: Installation of Secondary Air Tubes and Baffle ...43 Appendix 4: Exploded Diagram and Parts List ..........................45 CENTURY HEATING LIMITED WARRANTY ......................
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE Please see Part B for installation instructions. 1 Safety Information 1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings • HOT WHILE IN OPERATION, KEEP CHILDREN, CLOTHING AND FURNITURE AWAY. CONTACT MAY CAUSE SKIN BURNS. GLOVES MAY BE NEEDED FOR STOVE OPERATION. • USING A STOVE WITH CRACKED OR BROKEN COMPONENTS, SUCH AS GLASS OR FIREBRICKS OR BAFFLES MAY PRODUCE AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND MAY DAMAGE THE STOVE.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 2 General Information on FW3000 CB00004 FW3000 Wood stove CB00014 FW3000 Wood stove with blower CB00009 FW3000-SD Wood stove with blower 2.1 Appliance performance(1) Fuel type Dry cordwood Recommended heating area[*] 800 to 2,000 ft2 (74 to 186 m2) Firebox volume 2.4 ft3 (0.068 m3) Maximum burn time[*] 8h Maximum heat output (dry cordwood)(2) 75,000 BTU/h (22.0 kW) 11,800 BTU/h to 32,400 BTU/h (3.5 kW to 9.
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Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual FW3000 model : FW3000-SD model : 2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You Your new Century FW3000 wood stove is a space heater, which means it is intended to heat the area it is installed in, as well as spaces that connect to that area, although to a lower temperature. This is called zone heating and it is an increasingly popular way to heat homes or spaces within homes.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency The low smoke emissions produced by the special features inside the Century FW3000 firebox mean that your household will release up to 90 percent less smoke into the outside environment than if you used an older conventional stove. But there is more to the emission control technologies than protecting the environment.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 3 Fuel 3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned • GARBAGE OF ANY KIND, • COAL OR CHARCOAL, • TREATED, PAINTED OR COATED WOOD, • PLYWOOD OR PARTICLE BOARD, • FINE PAPER, COLORED PAPER OR CARDBOARD, • SALT WATER DRIFTWOOD, • MANUFACTURED LOGS CONTAINING WAX OR CHEMICAL ADDITIVES, • RAILROAD TIES, • LIQUIDS SUCH AS KEROSCENE OR DIESEL FUEL TO START A FIRE. 3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood 3.2.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 3.2.3 Log Length Logs should be cut about 1” (25 mm) shorter than the firebox so they fit in easily. Pieces that are even slightly too long make loading the stove very difficult. The most common standard length of firewood is 16” (400 mm). The pieces should be a consistent length, with a maximum of 1” (25 mm) variation from piece to piece. 3.2.4 Piece Size Firewood dries more quickly when it is split.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood Firewood that is not dry enough to burn is the cause of most complaints about wood stoves. The complaints usually involve a lack of heat and dirty door glass.
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Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 4 Operating Your Stove 4.1 Your First Fires Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal components of the stove are conditioned. As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are not poisonous, but they do smell bad. Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So, when you first light your stove, be prepared by opening doors and/or windows to ventilate the house.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 4.2.2 The Top Down Fire The top down fire starting method solves two problems with the conventional method: first, it does not collapse and smother itself as it burns; and second, it is not necessary to build up the fire gradually because the firebox is loaded before the fire is lit. A top down fire can provide up to two hours of heating or more. The top down method only works properly if the wood is well-seasoned.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Wood burns best in cycles. A cycle starts when a new load of wood is ignited by hot coals and ends when that load has been consumed down to a bed of charcoal about the same size as it was when the wood was loaded. Do not attempt to produce a steady heat output by placing a single log on the fire at regular intervals.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Remove ash first, and then rake charcoal towards the front of the firebox before loading so that it will ignite the new load. 4.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot Place the new load of wood on and behind the charcoal, and not too close to the glass. Close the door and open the air control fully. Leave the air control fully open until the firebox is full of flames, the wood has charred to black and its edges are glowing red.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 4.3.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs Using the air control is not the only way to match the stove’s heat output to the heat demand. Your house will need far less heat in October than in January to be kept at a comfortable temperature. If you fill the firebox full in fall weather, you will either overheat the space or turn the stove down so much that the fire will be smoky and inefficient.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 4.3.6.4 Maximum Burn Cycle Times The burn cycle time is the period between loading wood on a coal bed and the consumption of that wood back to a coal bed of the same size. The flaming phase of the fire lasts for roughly the first half of the burn cycle and the second half is the coal bed phase during which there is little or no flame.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System 5.1 Stove Maintenance Your new stove will give many years of reliable service if you use and maintain it correctly. Some of the internal components of the firebox, such as firebricks, baffles and air tubes, will wear over time under intense heat. You should always replace defective parts with original parts (see Appendix 4: Exploded Diagram and Parts List).
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Place the door face-down on something soft like a cushion of rags or piece of carpet. Remove the old gasket from the door by pulling and prying it out with an old screw driver. Then use the screwdriver to scrape the old gasket adhesive from the door. Now run a 1/4” (6 mm) bead of high temperature silicone in the door gasket groove. Starting from the middle of the hinge side, press the gasket into the groove. Do not stretch the gasket as you place it.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Do not abuse the glass door by striking or slamming shut. Do not use the stove if the glass is broken. To change the glass, perform the same operation described above. 5.1.4 Cleaning and Painting the Stove Do not attempt to clean or paint the stove when the unit is hot. Painted surfaces can be wiped down with a damp cloth. Plated surfaces may be scratched by abrasive cleaners.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney Chimney cleaning can be a difficult and dangerous job. If you don’t have experience cleaning chimneys, you might want to hire a professional chimney sweep to clean and inspect the system for the first time. After having seen the cleaning process, you can decide if it is a job you would like to take on. The most common equipment used are fibreglass rods with threaded fittings and stiff plastic brushes.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual PART B - INSTALLATION 6 Safety Information 6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings • THE INFORMATION GIVEN ON THE CERTIFICATION LABEL AFFIXED TO THE APPLIANCE ALWAYS OVERRIDES THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED, IN ANY OTHER MEDIA (OWNER’S MANUAL, CATALOGUES, FLYERS, MAGAZINES AND/OR WEB SITES). • MIXING OF APPLIANCE COMPONENTS FROM DIFFERENT SOURCES OR MODIFYING COMPONENTS MAY RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDTIONS.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 7 Clearances to Combustible Material The clearances shown in this section have been determined by test according to procedures set out in safety standards ULC S627 (Canada), UL1482 (U.S.A.) and UL737 (U.S.A.). When the stove is installed so that its surfaces are at or beyond the minimum clearances specified, combustible surfaces will not overheat under normal and even abnormal operating conditions.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual *The pipe distances listed in this table refer to the distances obtained when the stove is installed in accordance with the appliance clearances above mentioned. However, you can install the stove at reduced clearances; follow the instructions in Section 7.4: Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely. Where they are followed, the new distance of the pipe to combustible materials must be respected in the appropriate certification of the pipe.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Clearances to combustible materials and floor protection 7.3 Floor protector If the stove is to be installed on top of a combustible floor, it must be guarded by a non combustible material as shown on figure 1.3 (see the dotted line area).
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely It is often desirable to reduce the minimum installation clearances by placing the stove closer to walls so the installation takes up less floor space. You can safely reduce the minimum clearances by permanently installing a shield between the stove and combustible material. The rules for safe shields can be complicated, so read them carefully and follow them exactly.
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Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 7.4.2 Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages Clearances may be reduced by these percentages Sides and rear % Type of shield Top % (ceiling) Can/US A (%) USA min. Can/US A (%) USA min.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 8 The Venting System 8.1 General The venting system, made up of the chimney and the connecting pipe between the stove and the chimney, acts as the engine that drives your wood heating system. Even the best stove will not function safely and efficiently as intended if it is not connected to a suitable chimney. The heat in the flue gases that pass from the stove and chimney connector into the chimney is not waste heat.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 8.2.2 Masonry Chimneys The stove may also be connected to a masonry chimney, provided the chimney complies with the construction rules found in the building code enforced locally. The chimney must have either a clay liner or a suitably listed stainless steel liner. If the masonry chimney has a square or rectangular liner that is larger in cross sectional area than a round 6” flue, it should be relined with a suitably listed 6” stainless steel liner.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 8.4 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House Because the venting system is the engine that drives the wood heating system, it must have the right characteristics. The signs of bad system design are cold backdrafting when there is no fire in the stove, slow kindling of new fires, and smoke roll-out when the door is opened for loading. There are two guidelines to follow.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 8.4.2 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space When it is cold outside, the warm air in the house is buoyant so it tends to rise. This tendency of warm air to rise creates a slight pressure difference in the house. Called ‘stack effect’, it produces a slightly negative pressure low in the house (relative to outside) and a slightly positive pressure zone high in the house.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Some jurisdictions in the United States require that wood stoves have a supply of combustion air from outdoors. If you do install an air supply through the wall of the house, be aware that its pressure can be affected during windy weather. If you notice changes in wood stove performance in windy weather, and in particular if smoke puffs from the stove, you should disconnect the outdoor air duct from the stove and remove the duct.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual 8.6.1 Installation of Single Wall Chimney Connector The chimney connector assembly has been called ‘the weak link’ in the safety of wood heating systems because failure to install the connector properly (which has been common in the past) can result in house fires. The best flue pipe assembly is one that rises straight up from the stove to the base of the chimney with no elbows.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual The rules below are based on those found in the CSA B365 installation code. Please carefully follow these installation instruction rules, or those enforced where you live. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Maximum overall length of straight pipe: 3 m (10 ft.) including elbows. Minimum clearance from combustible material: 450 mm (18 in.). The minimum clearance may be reduced by 50 percent to 225 mm (9 in.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Appendix 1: Installing the Optional Fresh Air Intake Kit (AC01337) When installed with a fresh air intake kit, the stove must be anchored to the floor with screws. The installation instructions are provided with the Fresh Air Intake Kit (AC01337), sold separately.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Appendix 2: Installation and Use of the Optional Blower and Thermodisc An optional blower can be installed on the back of the stove model CB00004 (included on CB00014 model) to increase the flow of air past heat exchange surfaces and to help circulate warm air in the room. When used regularly, the blower can provide a small increase in efficiency, up to 2 percent.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual The blower has a rheostat, see the illustration on the right to identify the different adjustment positions; either from high (HI) to low (LO) or closed (OFF). When using the blower, allow the stove to reach operating temperature (approximately one hour), before turning it on. The increased airflow from the blower cools the firebox and could affect the start-up combustion efficiency if the blower is turned on too early.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Appendix 3: Installation of Secondary Air Tubes and Baffle 1- Starting with the rear tube, lean and insert the right end of the secondary air tube into the rear right channel hole. Then lift and insert the left end of the tube into the rear left channel. 2- Align the notch in the left end of the tube with the key of the left air channel hole. Using a « Wise grip » hold the tube and lock it in place by turning the tube as shown in detail A.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual Note that secondary air tubes (A) can be replaced without removing the baffle board (B). Important Notes: The air tubes (3/4” diameter) are identified for placement as follows: 44 Model Type of tube FW3000 Front ► 37holes of 0.172" Middle front ► 37 holes of 0.172" Middle rear ► 37 holes of 0.172" Rear ► 37 holes of 0.
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Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual IMPORTANT: THIS IS DATED INFORMATION. When requesting service or replacement parts for your stove, please provide the model number and the serial number. We reserve the right to change parts due to technology upgrade or availability. Contact an authorized dealer to obtain any of these parts. Never use substitute materials. Use of non-approved parts can result in poor performance and safety hazards.
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual # Item Description Qty 28 44073 CROSSFLOW BLOWER 115V-60Hz-39W 100 CFM 1 29 44085 RHEOSTAT KNOB 1 30 44087 RHEOSTAT NUT 1 31 44080 RHEOSTAT WITH NUT 1 32 AC02055 QUICK CONNECT THERMODISC KIT 1 33 44028 CERAMIC THERMODISC F110-20F 1 34 SE45632 FW3000 INSTRUCTION MANUAL KIT 1 35 AC05959 METALLIC BLACK STOVE PAINT - 342 g (12oz) AEROSOL 1 36 PL36084 4" X 4 1/2'' X 1 1/4'' REFRACTORY BRICK 5 37 29010 4 1/2" X 9" X 1 1/4"
Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual CENTURY HEATING LIMITED WARRANTY The warranty of the manufacturer extends only to the original retail purchaser and is not transferable. This warranty covers brand new products only, which have not been altered, modified nor repaired since shipment from factory. Proof of purchase (dated bill of sale), model name and serial number must be supplied when making any warranty claim to your CENTURY dealer. This warranty applies to normal residential use only.
