OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS7
WARNING: Remove all sources of gasoline or other flammable vapours and liquids in the vicinity of this or other appliances before lighting.
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FIGURE 11
When lit for the first time, the stove will emit a slight odour for a few hours. This is a normal temporary con- dition caused by the
To start, a brisk fire is required. Place loosely crumpled paper on the grate and cover with dry kindling. Open the air control fully by moving it to the right. Light the paper and leave the door slightly ajar (one inch) until all kindling is burning. To maintain a brisk fire, a hot coal bed must be established and maintained.
Slowly add larger wood (2x4 size pieces). Lay the pieces lengthwise from side to side in the hot coal bed with a shallow trench between, so that the primary air can flow directly into this trench and ignite the fuel above. When the fire seems to be at its peak, medium sized logs may be added. Once these logs have caught fire, carefully close the door. (Closing the door too quickly after refuelling will reduce the firebox temperature and result in an unsatis- factory burn.) Remember it is more efficient to burn me- dium sized wood, briskly, and refuel frequently than to load the fireplace with large logs that result in a smouldering, inefficient fire and dirty glass.
As soon as the door is closed, you will observe a change in the flame pattern. The flames will get smaller and lazier because less oxygen is getting into the combustion cham- ber. The flames, however, are more efficient. The flames will remain lazy but become larger again as soon as the castings have been heated thoroughly and the chimney becomes heated and provides a good draft.
At this point, the roaring fire that you see when the door is opened is wastefully drawing heated room air up the chim- ney
You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the stove normally. Once the stove is entirely hot, it will burn very efficiently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of orange coals in the firebox and secondary flames flickering just below the top firebrick. You can safely fill the firebox with wood to the top of the door and will get best burns if you keep the stove pipe temperatures be- tween 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius) and 450 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). A surface thermometer will help regulate this. WITHOUT A STOVE THERMOMETER YOU ARE WORKING BLINDLY AND HAVE NO IDEA OF HOW THE STOVE IS OPERATING. A STOVE THERMOMETER OFFERS A GUIDE TO PERFORM- ANCE.
Can't get the stove going? Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is sufficient combustion air, the lack of sufficiently dry quantities of small kindling is the problem. Thumb size is a good gauge for small kindling diameter.
Can't get heat out of the stove? One of two things may have happened. The stove door may have been closed prema- turely and the stove itself has not reached optimum tem- perature. Reopen the door and/or draft control to
