Operating instructions
Building Your Fire
Proper operation of your stove will help to ensure safe, efficient heating. Please take a few moments to review
these simple operating procedures.
1. Fuel Selection:
This stove is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher efficiencies and lower emissions generally result
when burning air-dried seasoned hardwoods, as compared to softwoods or to green or freshly cut hardwoods. DO
NOT BURN the following: treated wood, coal, garbage, solvents, colored papers, or trash. Burning these may
result in the release of toxic fumes and may poison or render the catalytic ineffective. Burning coal, cardboard, or
loose paper can produce soot, or large flakes of char or fly ash that can coat the combustor, causing smoke
spillage into the room, and rendering the combustor ineffective.
2. Building/Maintaining a Fire:
a) Open the primary air slide by pulling it all the way to the right.
b) Place a base of crumpled uncolored newspaper in the bottom of the stove. Lay pieces of kindling on top of
the newspaper and light it.
CAUTION: "Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar
liquids to start or "freshen up" a fire in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from heater while it
is in use.
c) As the kindling begins to burn, add several larger pieces of wood until the fire is burning well. At this point,
regular size logs may be added.
NOTE: Until the fire is burning well, leave the draft controls fully open.
d) Regulate the heat output of the stove by adjusting the draft controls to allow a larger fire and vice versa. A
short period of experimentation with the control settings will allow you to regulate the heat output to keep your
home comfortable.
Do not use a grate or elevate the fire. Build wood fire on the stove firebox hearth floor.
3. Refueling the Stove:
Use a long pair of gloves (barbecue gloves) when feeding the fire because these stoves burn at the front they are
clean and efficient, but they are also very hot and gloves are useful. Keep a small steel shovel and whisk nearby
for moving a log or lifting a fallen ember and for keeping the hearth clean.
a) Before attempting to add fuel to the stove, OPEN the damper control fully by pulling it all the way out. This
allows the chimney to carry away the additional smoke, which occurs when the door is open.
b) DO NOT OVERLOAD THE STOVE. Normally, three or four logs will provide heat for several hours. Never
operate this stove where portions glow red hot.
c) DO NOT OVERFIRE. If the heater or chimney connector glows, you are overfiring.
d) CAUTION: DO NOT PLACE FUEL WITHIN SPACE HEATER INSTALLATION CLEARANCES OR WITHIN
THE SPACE REQUIRED FOR CHARGING AND ASH REMOVAL.
4. For Maximum Efficiency:
When the stove is hot, load it fully to the top of the door opening, and burn at medium low settings. When the
fuel is mostly consumed, leaving a bed of red coals, repeat the process. Maximum heat for minimum fuel occurs
when the stovetop temperature is between 250°F (120°C) and 550°F (290°C). The most likely causes of dirty
glass are: not enough fuel to get the stove thoroughly hot, burning green or wet wood, closing the draft until there
is insufficient air for complete combustion, or a weak chimney draw. Indeed, the cleanness of the glass is a good
indicator of the stove operating efficiently.
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