Vermont Casting 2490 Primary Air Settings, How to Build and Sustain a Wood Fire

Use the following air control settings as a starting point to determine the best settings for your needs.

Primary Air Settings

Air Setting	Air Control Position
CLOSED	Fully Left
LOW	Approximately 1” (25mm) to
	the right of CLOSED.
HIGH	Approximately 3”(80mm) to the
	right of CLOSED, where the
	lever hits the stop.
START-UP	Fully Right
Low	High	Start-up

Normal

Operation

	Move handle down and to
ST613	the right for start-up position

Fig. 29 Variable settings for the primary air control between the open and closed positions provide a range of heat output.

How to Build and Sustain a Wood Fire

You can load wood into your Resolute Acclaim through either the top or front loading door. Front-loading is useful for kindling a new fire, but we recommend top loading as the most convenient way of regularly adding several logs at a time.

Your Resolute Acclaim may be operated with the front door open for fireplace-style viewing as well as closed. Always be certain the stove damper is open when the door is open and always use the optional firescreen for fire viewing.

Starting and Maintaining A Wood Fire

A new stove needs to be “broken in.” Since cast iron plates expand and contract in response to temperature change, let them adjust gradually to heating and cool- ing. To properly break in your stove, follow Steps 1-3 below only for your first three or four fires. After that, you may go on to Step 4 and normal operation of the stove.

The stove paint and cement will emit a slight odor dur- ing the first few fires. We suggest that you provide extra ventilation near the stove by partially opening a door or window when the odor is present.

WARNING: Operate only with doors fully open or doors fully closed. If doors are left partly open, gas and flame may be drawn out of the fireplace stove opening, creating risks of both fire and smoke.

Resolute Acclaim Woodburning Stove

1.Open the stove damper, and open the primary air control fully to the Start-up position.

2.Lay some crumpled newspapers in the stove. Place six or eight pieces of dry kindling split to a finger-width size on the paper, and on the kindling lay two or three larger sticks of split dry wood approximately 1-2” (25-50 mm).

Do not use chemicals or fluids to start the fire. Do not burn garbage or flammable fluids such as gasoline, naptha or engine oil. Also, never use gaso- line-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to start or “freshen up” a fire in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while it is in use.

3.Light the newspaper and close the door. The fire soon will be well-established and you may gradually build it up by adding a few sticks at a time of a progres- sively larger size.

For your initial three or four break-in fires, let the fire burn brightly for a short time, then let it die out.

NOTE: Some chimneys need to be “primed,” or warmed up, before they will draw sufficiently to start a fire. To correct this situation, roll a couple of pieces of newspaper, place them on top of the kindling and toward the back of the stove, light them, and close the doors. This should get the smoke moving in the right direction.

Once the draft is established, open the front door and light the rest of the fuel from the bottom. Do not light the main bed of fuel until the chimney begins drawing, and repeat the procedure as often as necessary if the initial attempt is unsuccessful.

NOTE: CONTINUOUS OPERATION WITH THE AIR CONTROL IN THE START-UP (FULLY OPEN) POSI- TION MAY SHORTEN THE LIFE OF THE INTERNAL CASTINGS.

4.Once the fire is burning steadily, continue adding fuel until a thick ember bed has been established on the grate. The bed must be about 4” (100mm) deep at the back of the grate and about 1” (25mm) deep at the front, and should cover the throat opening into the secondary combustion chamber that is located in the center of the lower fireback.

If your wood is well-seasoned, the damper may be closed when the griddle temperature reaches 500° F (260°C). Depending on the type of wood being burned and its moisture content, it may take several hours to establish and then maintain the ember base that is required for high-efficiency operation.

5.Once the ember bed is formed, prepare the stove for high-efficiency operation. Load it with fuel, first with smaller splits of wood and then larger ones.

Close the damper and set the primary air control lever to the “HIGH” position. Operate the stove for 15 - 20

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