England's Stove Works 17VL, 50SVL17, 50TVL17

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OPERATION

• England’sStoveWorks,Inc.alwaysrecommendstheuseofamagneticstovethermometer,so

thatthetemperatureoftheunitcanbemonitored.Whenusingamagneticstovethermometer,

locatethethermometerabovethedooroneithertheleftorrightsideofthestoveandusethe

followingtemperaturesasroughguidelinestodeterminetheburnrateandheatoutputlevelof

thestove:

o Normalwoodstoveoperationshouldoccurbetween350°F(177°C)and550°F(288°C),

with350°F(177°C)to450°F(232°C)beingalowtomediumheatoutputleveland450°F

(232°C)to550°F(288°C)beingamediumtohighheatoutputlevel.Operatingthestove

at600°F(316°C)wouldbeconsideredthemaximumcontinuousoperatingtemperature

permissibleandunitdamagemayresultfromoperatingatthathighofaburnratefor

extendedtimeperiods.Allowingtheunittoreach650°F(343°C)orhigherisdefinedas

over‐firingandwillresultinunitdamage.

• Theoptionalroomairconvectionblowerwasdesignedtoextractthemaximumamountofheat

fromthestove,forthehighestpossibleheattransferintotheroom.Sincetheblowerisso

efficientatremovingheatfromtheunit,itisveryimportanttoonlyoperatetheroomairblower

afterafreshwoodloadhasbeenallowedtoburnforatleastthirty(30)minutes.Allowinga

freshloadofwoodtoburnwithoutthebloweronensuresthattheentireunitreachesproper

operationtemperaturesandthatthesecondarycombustionsystemisfunctioningproperly.

Additionally,followtheguidelinesbelowforacceptableblowerspeeds.

• Whenusingtheoptionalroomairconvectionblower(PartNo.AC‐16),theblowershouldbe

operatedasfollowsdependingonheatoutputlevel:

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BurnrateHighMediumHighMediumMediumLowLow

BlowerSpeedHighLowLowLowOff

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DONOTUSEGRATEORELEVATEFIRE–BUILDWOODFIREDIRECTLYONHEARTH

DONOTOPERATEWITHTHEMAINDOOROPEN–OPERATINGTHESTOVEWITHTHEMAIN

DOOROPENWILLCREATEANOVER‐FIRE

Creosote

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FormationandNeedforRemoval

Whenwoodisburnedslowly,itproducestarandotherorganicvapors,which��

combinewithexpelledmoisturetoformcreosote.Thecreosotevapors

condenseintherelativelycoolchimneyflueofaslow‐burningfire.Asaresult,

creosoteresidueaccumulatesonthefluelining.Whenignited,thiscreosote

makesanextremelyhotfire.Thechimneyandchimneyconnectorshouldbe

inspectedatleastonceeverytwomonthsduringtheheatingseasonto

determineifacreosotebuilduphasoccurred.Ifcreosotehasaccumulated,it

shouldberemovedtoreducetheriskofchimneyfire.