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Santa Fe Pellet Stove

G. Iginition Cycles

1.During each ignition cycle, it is normal to see some smoke in the firebox. The smoke will stop once the fire starts.

2.The convection blower will automatically turn on after your appliance has been burning for approximately 10 minutes. This blower transfers heat from your appliance into the room, and will continue to run after the thermostat has stopped calling for heat until the appliance has cooled down.

WARNING

Fire Risk

Do NOT operate appliance:

With appliance door open.

Firepot floor open.

Cleaning slide plates open. Do NOT store fuel:

Closer than required clearances to com- bustibles to appliance

Within space required for loading or ash removal.

3. Occasionally the appliance may run out of fuel and shut

 

itself down. When this happens, the red call light will

 

be on. See Figure 23.1, page 23. To restart it, fill the

 

hopper and press the reset button. See Figure 22.1,

 

page 22. When you press the reset button the red call

 

light will go out. Release the button and the light will

 

come back on. You should see a fire shortly. If not,

 

follow the instructions on page 23, of “Starting Your

 

First Fire”.

 

CAUTION

Back side of Firepot

Odors and vapors released during initial operation.

 

• Curing of high temperature paint.

Firepot floor left open

• Open windows for air circulation.

Odors may be irritating to sensitive individuals.

Figure 24.1 - DO NOT LEAVE FIREPOT FLOOR OPEN

 

H. Frequently Asked Questions

 

 

ISSUES

 

 

SOLUTIONS

 

 

 

1.

Metallic noise.

 

1.

Noise is caused by metal expanding and contracting as

 

 

 

 

 

 

it heats up and cools down, similar to the sound pro-

 

 

 

 

 

 

duced by a furnace or heating duct. This noise does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

affect the operation or longevity of your insert.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Ash buildup on glass.

 

2.

This is normal. Clean the glass.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Glass has turned dirty.

 

3.

Excessive build up of ash. The lower burn settings will

 

 

 

 

 

 

produce more ash, the higher burn settings produce

 

 

 

 

 

 

less. The more it burns on low the more frequent clean-

 

 

 

 

 

 

ing of the glass is required.

 

 

 

4.

Fire has tall flames with black tails and is lazy.

 

4.

The feed rate needs to be reduced or the firepot needs

 

 

 

 

 

 

cleaning. Heat exchanger or exhaust blower needs

 

 

 

 

 

 

cleaning.

 

 

 

5.

Smokey start-up or puffs of smoke from the airwash.

5.

Either the firepot is dirty or there is too much fuel at

 

 

 

 

 

 

start-up and not enough air. Close down feed rate 1/4

 

 

 

 

 

 

inch at a time until this no longer happens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.

Large flame at start-up.

 

6.

This is normal. Flame will settle down once the fire is

 

 

 

 

 

 

established.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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