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OPERATION

Break‐InFires

• Thiswoodburningunitisconstructedofheavygaugesteelandcastironandisbuilttolasta

longtime.However,inordertoensurenoexcessivethermalstressesareinducedonthemetal

duringthefirstfire,threebreak‐infiresshouldbeburned,eachoneslightly

hotterthanthelast.

Thesebreak‐infireswillnotonlyhelpthestovebodyacclimatetothehightemperaturesofthe

fire,butwillalsoslowlycurethehightemperaturestovepaint,whichwillensurethehigh

qualityfinishlastsforyears.

• Thisstovehasasingleaircontrol

rodwhichregulatesthewoodburnrate;whentheprimaryair

controlslideispulledallthewayoutoftheunit,thestovewillburnmoreslowlyandputout

heatoveralongertimeperiod.Conversely,whenthe aircontrolslideispushedallthewayin,

the

unitwillburnmorequicklyandputoutalargeramountofheatoverarelativelyshorter

timeperiod.Donotattempttomodifytherangeofaircontroladjustmentforanyreason.

• Thefirstbreak‐infireshouldbejustalargekindlingfire,gettingthestovetoabo ut

300°Fas

measuredbyamagneticthermometerontherightorleftsideofthestove,abovethedoor.

Oncethistemperaturehasbeenreached,allowthefiretodieoutwiththeaircontrolopen.The

secondandthirdbreak‐infiresshouldbeabitlarger,with

somesmalldrysplitsaddedtothe

kindlingload.Thetemperaturegoalduringthesefiresisabout 350°F–450°F;don’tletthefire

gethotterthanthat.

ContinuousOperation

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• Afterthebreak‐infiresarecomplete,thisunitisreadyforcontinuousoperation.Whenburning

thestovecontinuously,donotallowashandcoalstoaccumulatehigherthan 1.0”belowthe

dooropening.Excessivecoalingisoftenaresultofburningwoodattoohighaburnrate,

and

thecoalbedshouldbeallowedtoburndownbeforereloadingthestovewithfreshwood.

• Combustionairisdeliveredtothestoveattwolocations:Themajorityoftheprimary

combustionairentersthefireboxviatheair‐washsystemwhichkeepstheglasscleanandfeeds

the

primarycombustionflamesonthetopsurfacesofthewood;someprimarycombustionairis

bledoffintothecoalbedviableedholesinthebottomrailoftheair‐washsystem.Everyeffort

mustbetakentomaintaintheareainfrontoftheseholesfreeofash.

• Whenloadingthestoveforalongtermburn,itismostusefultorakea“v”inthecenterofthe

coalbed,toallowtheprimaryairbleedholes topushairallthewaytotherearoftheunit.

• Afterloadingthestovewitha

fullfireboxoffreshwood,itisimportanttooperatetheunitwith

theaircontrolinthefullopenpositiontoproperlycharthewoodloadanddriveofftheinitial

moistureinthefreshwood.Oncethewoodhasbeenproperlycharredandiscompletely

ignited,theair

controlcanthenbesettothedesiredheatoutputlevel.

Intheeventofacreosoteorsootfire(chimneyfire),closetheaircontrolonthe

stove,contactthelocalfiredepartmentandgetout!Donotthrowwateronthefire!

Contactyourlocalfireauthorityformoreinformationonhowtohandleachimney

fireanddevelopa

safeevacuationplanforyouandyourfamilyintheeventofa

chimneyfire.

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