Vermont Casting 2550CE Refuel While the Embers Are Still Hot, Encore Woodburning Stove, 30003842

Never use gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, char- coal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to start or “freshen up” a fire. Keep all such liquids well away from the Encore while it is in use.

3.Light the newspaper and close the door. Gradually build up the fire by adding a few 76-127mm (3-5”) di- ameter splits. If this is one of the first few “break-in” fires, let the fire burn brightly, and then let it die out.

During the break-in fires, do not let the stove get hot- ter than 260° C (500° F) as measured on an optional stove-top thermometer. Adjust the air control lever as necessary to control the fire.

Some odor from the stove’s hot metal, the paint, and the cement is normal for the first few fires.

NOTE: Some chimneys need to be “primed,” or warmed up, before they will draw sufficiently to start a fire. To correct this situation, roll up a couple pieces of newspaper, place them on top of the kindling and toward the back of the stove, light them, and close the doors. This will encourage smoke to rise rapidly, encouraging a good draft.

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.

4.If your Encore has been broken-in previously using Steps 1-3, continue to build the fire gradually. Add larger wood with a diameter of 76-102 mm (3-4”).

Continue adding split logs of this size to the briskly- burning fire until there is a glowing ember bed at least 76 mm (3”) deep. A good ember bed is neces- sary for proper functioning of the catalytic system and may take an hour or more to establish.

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Fig. 26 Add larger pieces of wood as the fire begins to burn well.

5.Close the damper when the griddle temperature reaches 230° C (450° F).

6.Adjust the air control for your desired heat output.

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NOTE: Stove installations vary, and the operating guidance given here is only a starting point. The draft management information on Page 25 will explain in detail how the features of your installation may help or hinder good draft.

Refuel While the Embers Are Still Hot

When reloading, best results will be achieved if you first de-ash the stove by stirring the fuel bed to allow ash to fall through the grate into the ash pan.

Do not break the charcoal into very small pieces or pound or compress the charcoal bed.

It is important that air can circulate through the charcoal bed during the burn. Larger pieces of charcoal allow more air to circulate under the wood, resulting in the fire reviving more quickly.

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Fig. 27 Add full-size logs when the kindling has burned down to a bed of embers.

For best results when refueling, wear stove gloves to protect your hands, add fuel while the stove still has plenty of glowing embers to re-kindle the fire, and include some smaller pieces of wood in the new fuel load to help the stove regain its operating temperature quickly. Use this sequence as a guide to successful refueling.

NOTE: Door handles can be hot. A glove has been in- cluded with your stove.We recommend using this glove whenver operating door or damper controls and espe- cially when operating the top griddle.

1.Open the damper.

2.De-ash the stove as described above. Open the front doors and check the level of ash in the ash pan. Empty the pan if necessary and replace it in the stove. Close the front doors.

3.Open the griddle, load the wood (smaller pieces first), and close the griddle.

4.Close the damper.

5.When the surface temperature reaches 230° C (450°F), adjust the air control for the amount of heat you desire.

NOTE: If the remaining charcoal bed is relatively thick and if your fuel is well seasoned, it is possible to add

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