Vermont Casting 2550 Refuel While the Embers Are Still Hot, Ash Disposal, 2000956

Encore Woodburning Stove

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

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

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.

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:

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 450°F (230°C), 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 fresh fuel (smaller pieces first), close the door and damper, and reset the primary air thermostat for the desired heat output.

WARNING: Operate your Encore only with the doors either fully open or fully closed.

CAUTION: The Encore will be hot while in opera- tion. Keep children, clothing and furniture away. Contact may cause skin burns.

DO NOT OVERFIRE THIS HEATER. Overfiring may cause a house fire, or can result in permanent dam- age to the stove and to the catalytic combustor. If any part of the Encore glows, you are overfiring.

Ash Disposal

You should remove ash before it reaches the top of the ash pan. Check the level at least once a day. Every few days, clear any ash from the outer edges of the firebox. Most of the ash will fall through the grate. Slice or stir the ash with a shovel or poker so that it falls through the grate slots.

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Close

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Fig. 42 Turn the handle to the ash pan compartment clock- wise to open and counterclockwise to close.

IMPORTANT: Check the level of ash in the ash pan before reloading the stove. If the ash level is close to the top edge of the pan, empty the pan according to this procedure:

•Open the damper.

•Open the griddle or front doors, and use a shovel or poker to stir excess ash through the ash slots in the grate down into the ash pan.

•Close the griddle or doors, and unlatch the ash door. It will pivot, swinging the ash pan out of the stove.

•Slide the cover onto the pan, making sure it is se- curely closed. (Fig. 43)

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Fig. 43 Be sure the cover is securely attached before remov- ing the ash pan.

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