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January 30, 2004
5100-I WOOD INSERT
R
250-1960 Rev B
WOOD SELECTION AND STORAGE
Burn only dry seasoned wood. Dry, well-seasoned wood will not only minimize the chance of creosote formation but will give you the
most efcient heat output. Even dry wood contains at least 15% moisture by weight and should be burned hot enough to keep the
chimney hot enough to maintain particulate (smoke) burning. Burning unseasoned wood of any variety defeats the stoves’ efciency.
Dead wood lying on the forest oor should be considered wet, and requires full seasoning time. Standing wood can be considered to be
about two-thirds seasoned. Wood is dry enough to burn if the ends of the logs have cracks radiating in all directions from the center. If
your wood sizzles in the re, even though the surface is dry, it may not be fully cured.
Drying time can be reduced by splitting wood prior to storage. Since the majority of drying occurs through the cut ends rather than the
sides, stack the wood so both ends of each piece are exposed to air. Store wood under cover, such as in a shed, or covered with a tarp,
plastic, tarpaper, sheets of scrap plywood, etc.
OVERFIRING
Do not overre. Overring can result in crazing, an effect causing a white, non-removable lm to be deposited on the inside of the glass.
Using ammable liquids or too much wood, or burning trash in the insert, may result in overring. If the chimney connector or insert
glows red, or worse, white, the insert is overred. This condition may ignite creosote in the chimney, possibly causing a house re. If any
part of the insert starts to glow, you are in an overre situation. If you overre, immediately close the insert dampers and door, if open,
to reduce the air supply to the re. Overring your insert voids your warranty.
NOTE: The special high temperature nish paint applied to the insert will cure as your insert heats. You will notice an odor
and perhaps see some vapor rise from the insert surface, this is normal. We recommend that you open a window until the odor
dissipates and the paint is cured.
OPERATION
Before lighting your rst re in the insert, make certain that the bafe is correctly positioned. It should be resting against the rear support.
Also refer to care and cleaning of gold/nickel plated surfaces on cover page before lighting your rst re.
CAUTION: Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter uid, or similar liquids to start or “freshen
up” a re in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while it is in use.
There are many ways to build a re. The basic principle is to light easily-ignitable tinder or paper, which ignites the fast burning kindling,
which in turn ignites the slow-burning rewood. Here is one method that works well:
1. Place several wads of crushed paper on the firebox floor. Heating flue with slightly crumpled newspaper before adding
kindling keeps smoke to a minimum.
2. Place several wads of crushed paper on the rebox oor.
3. Open Start-Up Air Control (right side) and Primary Air Control (under ashcatcher) fully. See Figure 19A on page 19.
4. Ensure that no matches or other combustibles are in the immediate area of the insert, that the room is adequately ventilated,
and the ue is unobstructed.
5. Light the paper in the insert. NEVER light or rekindle insert with kerosene, gasoline, or charcoal lighter uid; the results
can be fatal.
6. Once the kindling is burning quickly, add several full-length logs 3” (76mm) or 4” (102mm) in diameter. Be careful not to
smother the re. Stack the pieces of wood carefully: near enough to keep each other hot, but far enough away from each
other to allow adequate air ow between them.
7. When ready to reload the insert, add more logs. Large logs burn slowly, holding a re longer. Small logs burn fast and
hot, giving quick heat.
8. Adjust the Start-Up Air Control and Primary Air Control, maintaining ames above the fuel. The more you close down the Primary
Control, the lower and slower the re will burn. The more you open the Primary Control the more heat will be produced. The Start-Up
Air Control (right side) is only used for the rst 5 to 15 minutes.
As long as there are hot coals, repeating steps 7 and 8 will maintain a continuous re.
BUILDING A FIRE
NOTE: Remove all labels from glass front prior to lighting the rst re.