Operating Instructions

WARNING : Objects placed in front of the fire place should be kept a minimum of 48” from the front face. 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 the heater while it is in use.

Your Napoleon EPA listed product is a Hi-Tech unit, designed with the most advanced technology. The unit is extremely airtight. It has an exclusive direct outside air supply (optional kit), a safety feature designed to prevent spillage, and to keep your house free of carbon monoxide, in case of a downdrafting chimney or an internal negative pressure.

When lit for the first time

The stove will emit a slight odour for a few hours. This is a normal temporary condition caused by the “burn-in” of internal paints and lubricants used in the manufacturing process and will not occur again. Simply open a window to sufficiently ventilate the room during the first few hours of operation.

To start, a brisk fire is required. Place loosely crumpled paper on the grate and cover with dry kindling. Open the air control fully by moving it to the right. Light the paper and leave the door slightly ajar (one inch) until all kindling is burning. To maintain a brisk fire, a hot coal bed must be established and maintained.

Slowly add larger wood (2x4 size pieces). Lay the pieces lengthwise from side to side in the hot coal bed with a shallow trench between, so that the primary air can flow directly into this trench and ignite the fuel above. When the fire seems to be at its peak, medium sized logs may be added. Once these logs have caught fire, carefully close the door. (Closing the door too quickly after refuelling will reduce the firebox temperature and result in an unsatisfactory burn.) Remember it is more efficient to burn medium sized wood, briskly, and refuel frequently than to load the fireplace with large logs that result in a smouldering, inefficient fire and dirty glass.

As soon as the door is closed, you will observe a change in the flame pattern. The flames will get smaller and lazier because less oxygen is getting into the combustion chamber. The flames, however, are more efficient. The flames will remain lazy but become larger again as soon as the castings have been heated thoroughly and the chimney becomes heated and provides a good draft.

At this point, the roaring fire that you see when the door is opened is wastefully drawing heated room air up the chimney — certainly not desirable. So always operate with the door fully closed once the medium sized logs have caught fire.

You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the stove normally. Once the stove is entirely hot, it will burn very efficiently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of orange coals in the firebox and secondary flames flickering just below the top firebrick. You can safely fill the firebox with wood to the top of the door and will get best burns if you keep the stove pipe temperatures between 250 degrees Fahrenheit (121 degrees Celsius) and 450 degrees Fahrenheit (232 degrees Celsius). A surface thermometer will help regulate this.

WITHOUT A STOVE THERMOMETER YOU ARE WORKING BLINDLY AND HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW THE STOVE IS OPERATING. A STOVE THERMOMETER OFFERS A GUIDE TO PERFORMANCE.

Can’t get the stove going ?

Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is sufficient combustion air, the lack of sufficiently dry quantities of small kindling is the problem. Thumb size is a good gauge for small kindling diameter.

Can’t get heat out of the stove ?

One of two things may have happened. The stove door may have been closed prematurely and the stove itself has not reached optimum temperature. Reopen the door and/or draft control to re-establish a brisk fire. The other problem may have been wet wood. The typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture being driven from the wood.

Achieving proper draft

Draft is the force which
moves air from the stove
up through the chimney.
The amount of draft in your
chimney depends on the
length and diameter of
chimney, local geography,
nearby obstructions and
other factors. Adjusting the	_	B
a i r c o n t r o l ( I t e m B )	_	+
a i r c o n t r o l ( I t e m B )

regulates the temperature.

The draft can be adjusted from a low burn rate with the control fully closed, to a fast burn rate with the control fully open.

Inadequate draft may cause back-puffing into the room through the stove and chimney connector points and may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much draft may cause an excessive temperature in the stove, glowing red stove parts or chimney connectors or an uncontrollable burn which can lead to a chimney fire or permanent damage to the unit.