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Isle Royale Wood Stove
R
September 1, 2008
250-5763C
WARNING! DO NOT LEAVE THE FIRE UNATTENDED WHEN THE DOOR IS UNLATCHED OR WHEN USING
THE FIRESCREEN. UNSTABLE FIREWOOD COULD FALL OUT OF THE FIREBOX CREATING A FIRE
HAZARD TO YOUR HOME.
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS (Cont’d)
OPACITY
This helps to determine how cleanly your stove is burning. Opacity is measured in percent; 100% opacity is when an object
is totally obscured by the smoke column from a chimney, and 0% opacity means that no smoke column can be seen. As you
become familiar with your stove, you should periodically check the opacity of the smoke column emitted from your chimney.
This will allow you to know how to burn your stove as nearly smoke-free as possible (aim for a goal of 0% opacity).
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 rebox oor. Heating the ue with slightly crumpled newspaper before
adding kindling keeps smoke to a minimum.
2. Lay small dry sticks of kindling on top of the paper.
3. Open Start-Up Air Control and Primary Air Slide Control fully. After 5 to 15 minutes, when the re is well established, gently
pull Start-Up Air Control forward until resistance is felt. Do not allow control to "spring back" into the open position.
4. Make sure that no matches or other combustibles are in the immediate area of the stove. Be sure the room is adequately
ventilated and the ue unobstructed.
5. Light the paper in the stove. NEVER light or rekindle stove 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 inches (76mm) or 4 inches (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 stove, 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 Slide Control; the more you close down (slide right) the Primary Air Slide Con
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trol, the lower and slower the re will burn. The more you open (slide left) the Primary Air Slide Control, the more heat will be
produced. The Start-Up Air Control is only used for the rst 5 to 15 minutes.
9. As long as there are hot coals, repeating steps 7 and 8 will maintain a continuous re throughout the season.
NOTE: The special high temperature paint that your stove is nished with will cure as your stove heats. You will notice an odor
and perhaps see some vapor rise from the stove surface; this is normal. We recommend that you open a window until the
odor dissipates and paint is cured.
NOTE: Stove should be run full open for 15 minutes a day to keep air passages clean.
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tioned. It should be resting against the rear support; 2) Follow instructions on page 22 for cleaning
plated surfaces, and; 3) Remove all labels from glass.front.
BUILDING A FIRE
while it is in use.