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OPERATION

• England’sStoveWorks,Inc.alwaysrecommendstheuseofamagneticstovethermometer,so

thatthetemperatureoftheunitcanbemonitored.Whenusingamagneticstovethermometer,

locatethethermometerabovethedooroneithertheleftorrightsideofthestoveandusethe

followingtemperatures

asroughguidelinestodeterminetheburnrateandheatoutputlevelof

thestove:

o Normalwoodstoveoperationshouldoccurbetween350°F(177°C)and550°F(288°C),

with350°F(177°C)to450°F(232°C)beingalowtomedium heatoutputleveland450°F

(232°C)to550°F(288°C)beinga

mediumtohighheatoutputlevel.Operatingthestove

at600°F(316°C)wouldbeconsideredthemaximumcontinuousoperatingte mperature

permissibleandunitdamagemayresultfromoperatingatthathighofaburnratefor

extendedtimeperiods.Allowingtheunittoreach650°F(343°C)orhigherisdefinedas

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over‐firingandwillresultinunitdamage.

• Theoptionalroomairconvectionblowerwasdesignedtoextractthemaximumamountofheat

fromthestove,forthehighestpossibleheattransferintotheroom.Sincetheblowerisso

efficientatremovingheatfromtheunit,itis

veryimportanttoonlyoperatetheroomairblower

afterafreshwoodloadhasbeenallowedtoburnforatleastthirty(30)minutes.Allowinga

freshloadofwoodtoburnwithoutthebloweronensuresthattheentireunitreachesproper

operationtemperaturesandthatthesecondarycombustion

systemisfunctioningproperly.

Additionally,followtheguidelinesbelowforacceptableblowerspeeds.

• Whenusingtheoptionalroomairconvectionblower(PartNo.AC‐16), theblowershouldbe

operatedasfollowsdependingonheatoutputlevel:

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Burnrate High MediumHigh Medium MediumLow Low

BlowerSpeed High Low Low Low Off

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DONOTUSEGRATEORELEVATEFIRE–BUILDWOODFIREDIRECTLYONHEARTH

DONOTOPERATEWITHTHEMAINDOOROPEN–OPERATINGTHESTOVEWITHTHEMAIN

DOOROPENWILLCREATEANOVER‐FIRE

Creosote

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FormationandNeedforRemoval

Whenwoodisburnedslowly,itproducestarandotherorganicvapors,which

combinewithexpelledmoisturetoformcreosote.Thecreosotevapors

condenseintherelativelycoolchimneyflueofaslow‐burningfire.Asaresult,

creosoteresidueaccumulatesonthefluelining.Whenignited,thiscreosote

makes

anextremelyhotfire.Thechimneyandchimneyconnectorshouldbe

inspectedatleastonceeverytwomonthsduringtheheatingseasonto

determineifacreosotebuildup hasoccurred.Ifcreosotehasaccumulated,it

shouldberemovedtoreducetheriskofchimneyfire.

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