Before lighting your CountrySide for the first time make sure that all items are out of the hopper and firebox area. Turn the heat setting and fuel stirrer knob to the off position and push the manual draft in as far as it will go. Note: If using a wall thermostat option, make sure that the thermostat is turned up above room temperature. The unit will operate on low fire if the thermostat is turned down. Always start the fire on the # 3 heat setting.
9Place a small handful of wood pellets or fire starter in the firepot.
9Squirt a small amount of fire starter gel on top of the wood pellets. (Evenly across the wood pellets)
9Light the fire starter and wait app.
9Turn the heat setting knob to the number 3 setting and pull out the manual draft knob approximately ¼ inch. (more or less if necessary)
Heat Setting
1 2 3
Off4
High
Fuel Stirrer
1 2 3 4
Off
High
9Turn the Fuel Stirrer knob to the number 1 setting and let it rotate a couple turns to stir the firestarter and wood pellets together. Then turn the fuel stirrer off until the fire is burning good. (approximately 1 minute)
9Once the wood pellets are burning good enough for the fuel stirrer to stay on (app. 1 minute), turn the fuel stirrer to the number 1 setting and leave it on. Adjust the manual draft knob (located on the left side of the unit to the left of the circuit board) so that there is approximately ½ inch of fuel in the bottom of the firepot. This level cannot be determined quickly. Minor adjustments will have to be made until the main fuel starts coming in and the unit is up to temperature.
9NOTE: Even if you are burning corn or other fuels in your Countryside, wood pellets make an excellent source of starter fuel. Corn takes too much starter gel to get lit and up to temperature.
(DO NOT START THE FIRE WITH CORN)
9Three minutes after the heat setting knob is turned to the number 3 setting the fuel will start to feed into the firepot. If the firepot begins to fill up with unburned fuel, open the manual draft knob a little to burn up the excess fuel. If the fire is going out because there is too much fuel coming in, turn the heat setting knob off and then turn back on. This will give you another 3 minutes before fuel feeds in.You can also open the hopper lid.
9If the fire is burning too fast and the fuel is being burned up too quickly, push the manual draft knob in a little to slow the fire down. This should be done in small 1/16” increments so that the fire doesn’t change too quickly.
9Once the fire has established itself (usually 10 to 15 minutes) adjust the manual draft knob so that there is approximately ½ inch of fuel in the bottom of the firepot. Do not let the fuel build up any higher than that or it will cause the fire to burn dirty and you will get excessive ash. If the fuel level is too low (below ¼”) the fire may go out.
Damper Control Function
The damper control knob is located on the left side of the unit close to the circuit board access panel. You pull out on the knob to increase the air to the firepot and push in to decrease the air to the firepot. The proper setting will vary from home to home so fine tuning has to be done in the home with the fuel that you plan to use.
When you change fuel sources it may become necessary to readjust the damper control knob. You should not have to continually adjust the manual knob except when using the high fuel setting. The circuit board automatically adjusts the air to the firepot on the settings from 1 to 4.
23