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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
The pellet heater can be operated with or without the ring in place over the burn pot. With the ring in place, a more ef-
ficient burn will occur, however more fi ner fl y ash will be experienced. It may be necessary to clean the burn pot of ash more frequently.
!WARNING
Never use gasoline, lantern fuel, lighter fluid to start or
away from heater when in use.
Due to different installation set ups, length and size of venting and fuel quality, the low feed setting from the factory will not always be correct. It may be necessary to experiment with feed rate vs air control. (For example, #2 may be your lowest setting).
Always operate this heater with the door closed.
If this is the fi rst time the heater has started or the heater has run out of pellets, the auger will need to be purged.
Press "START" switch, turn the pellet feed dial to high to fi ll the auger full of pellets and pull the air control rod all the way out allowing air fl ow into the fi re. If the heater does not reach the required temperature and turns off after 15 minutes, press the start switch again. This time turn the pellet feed dial to low, to prevent over fi lling the burn pot and continue with the
START-UP
1.Press "START" switch
2.Rotate the Pellet feed dial rate to optimum
3.Adjust the air control rod to the preferred setting (this position will vary depending on venting confi guration and fuel quality).
4.If the heater stops running after approximately 15 minutes, press "START" switch again.
If no ignition is apparent and pellets are building up in the burn pot, remove pellets from the burn pot before restarting.
!WARNING
Heater may be hot
Blower Speed Dial
By adjusting the Blower Speed dial you will vary the rate of airfl ow into the room by varying the speed of the convection blower. When you fi rst start the heater, it should be placed in the "OFF" position in order to heat up the unit as quickly as pos- sible. Once the room has come up to temperature, the control may be set to a comfortable level.
NOTE: The convection blower may cycle to high automati- cally depending on the setting of the pellet feed rate and the Blower Speed. This is a normal safety feature of the unit. Once the heater has cooled down the blower will return to the set speed.
Pellet Feed Dial This switch controls the amount of heat output. The switch has a scale (dial) from 1 through 5. At setting 5 the pellet feed rate is the greatest.
Figure 34
Pellet
Feed
Dial
Auger
Cycle
Light
Start
Switch
Blower
Dial
!WARNING
It is not recommended to burn the unit on low or high. the most efficient setting is 4 (optimum).
NOTE: The flashing amber light corresponds to the au- ger motor feeding the pellets. Wood pellets of different quality may affect the performance of the heater. If the heater has trouble operating at the ends of it's range, adjust the feed rate accordingly.
SHUT-DOWN
To turn your heater off, simply turn the feed dial
NOT unplug unit while combustion blower is operating. This may lead to smoke escaping from the heater into the room.
