R
Isle Royale Wood Stove
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (Cont’d)
BURN RATES
•STARTING FIRE: Start fire with both controls fully open
•HIGH: Leave the Primary Air Slide Control fully open. It is important to do this when reloading the stove. Failure to do this could result in excessive emissions (opacity).
After a wood load has been burning for 5 to 15 minutes on High set the controls as listed below to achieve the following burn rates:
•MEDIUM HIGH: Close the Primary Slide Control to 1/2 inch to
•MEDIUM LOW: Close the Primary Slide Control to 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch (3mm to 13mm) open.
•LOW: Gradually close down the Primary Slider ontrol, making sure to maintain flames in the stove.
WOOD SELECTION AND STORAGE
CAUTION: DO NOT STORE WOOD CLOSER THAN THE REQUIRED CLEARANCE TO COMBUSTIBLES OF THE STOVE
WITHIN THE SPACE REQUIRED FOR FUELING AND ASH REMOVAL
Burn only dry seasoned wood! This will not only minimize creosote formation, but also provide the most efficient heat output. Even dry wood contains at least 15% moisture by weight and should be burned hot enough to keep the chimney hot for as long as it takes to maintain particulate (smoke) burning. It is a waste of energy to burn unseasoned wood of any variety. The heat generated from the fire should be warming your home and establishing the flue draft, not evaporating the moisture out of wet, unseasoned wood, resulting in wasted heat.
Dead wood lying on the forest floor should be considered wet, and requires full seasoning time. Standing dead wood can be considered to be about
OPTIONAL BLOWER OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
1.Initial (cold)
2.High burn setting: The blower may be left on throughout the burn at your desired setting.
3.Medium burn settings: The blower should be left off until a good burn is established, then turned on at your desired setting.
4.Low burn setting: The blower tends to cool off the stove. Leave blower off until burn is well established. Then turn on at your desired rate.
5.The highest blower speed is obtained by turning the speed control on and then adjusting counterclockwise towards "OFF" as far as possible without turning the blower off. For a low blower speed, turn the control knob clockwise as far as possible.
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