OPERATION— PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS
IT IS CRITICAL FOR THE CORRECT OPERATION OF YOUR STOVE THAT THE BURN GRATE, AIR INLET DAMPER, FAN TRIM AND 1 & 4 FUEL RATE BE SET CORRECTLY!
A HIGH QUALITY FIRE should burn with a brisk, vibrant, yellow to white color flame. When watching the fuel burn in the grate, you should see a slight movement. The fuel should not be just setting there, doing nothing, like couch potatoes. At the same time you should not see most the fuel being blown out of the burn grate, commonly know as “Pop Corning”.
Another way to confirm a proper air and fuel mixture is to view the amount the glowing embers off to the left and right of the burn grate. If there are no or little embers, the appliance requires more air. If there are a large amount of embers and they continue to glow for over 15 to 30 seconds, the appliance requires less air.
The proper setting will give you some embers, and these embers will last no longer then 15 seconds.
A flame exhibiting a lazy, orange or sooty characteristic is a poor quality and inefficient flame. A poor flame produces less heat, increases sooting and may cause a smoky exhaust. If a poor flame exists for any period of time, clean your stove and exhaust system.
NOTE: It is a good practice to check the quality of your burn every time you start on a new skid of pellets. Because of handling, tree quality, season, transportation, etc., fuel may not be consistent from ton to ton or even bag to bag.
Before performing a
If log option is purchased, do not install until fine tuning is complete.
GIVING YOUR APPLIANCE A “TUNE-UP”
START APPLIANCE AS PER LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS,Let the appliance go through the entire
Allow the appliance to run on HIGH for 10 minutes before you begin to make adjustments.
Adjust the AIR INLET DAMPER. This will have to be set, as the factory can
not send the units out with the damper
Slide the damper closed ( pushed in all the way)
Now open (pull out) the damp approximately 1/8”. Watch the fire. Check for the characteristics of a good fire, see above for details.
If not happy, pull out the damper another 1/8”, again check the fire.
Continue opening the air inlet damper as needed to obtain a fire that is brisk enough to carry ash out of the grate, but not so brisk that it carries full sized pellets out as well (known as “Pop corning”).
FEED RATE
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FEED RATE
Mark the Adjusted AIR INLET DAMPER.
Once the damper is adjusted correctly, simple take a screwdriver and scrape the paint off the rod, right at the rubber
grummet. This will help in finding the right location again if the damper gets moved or adjusted accidently.
NOTE: The best way and only way to set the Air Inlet Damper is at the FUEL SETTING #4.
Confirm Low (1) Feed Setting and burn, only after
performing the Air Inlet Damper setting. Check for the characteristics of a good fire, (see above for details, the flame
height will not be as tall). If you need to adjust the amount of air going through the burn grate, you can adjust the FAN TRIM pot. Using a small
screwdriver, carefully, adjust the FAN TRIM, either up or down (see diagram) to give you the optimum burn and heat desired.
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FINE TUNE ADJUSTMENTS
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