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W415-0512 / D / 07.16.08
ASH WELL
COVER
TO CLOSE:
ROTATE
PULL
HANDLE
REAR
FOLDING HANDLE
TO OPEN:
PULL AND ROATE
You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the stove
normally. Once the stove/insert is entirely hot, it will burn very
effi ciently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be
a bed of orange coals in the fi rebox and secondary fl ames
fl ickering just below the top fi rebrick. You can safely fi ll the
fi rebox with wood to the top of the door and will get best
burns if you keep the stove pipe temperatures between 250
degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius) and 450 degrees
Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). A surface thermometer
will help regulate this.
Without a stove thermometer, you are working blindly
and have no idea of how the stove is operating! A stove
thermometer offers a guide to performance.
Can’t get the fi re going? Use more kindling and paper. As-
suming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is
suffi cient combustion air, the lack of suffi ciently dry quantities
of small kindling is the problem. Thumb size is a good gauge
for small kindling diameter.
Can’t get heat out of the unit? One of two things may have
happened. The stove/insert door may have been closed
prematurely and the unit itself has not reached optimum tem-
perature. Reopen the door and/or draft control to re-establish
a brisk fi re. The other problem may have been wet wood. The
typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture being driven
from the wood.
Draft is the force
which moves air
from the fi rebox up
through the chim-
ney. The amount of
draft in your chim-
ney depends on the
length and diameter
of chimney, local ge-
ography, nearby ob-
structions and other
factors. Adjusting
the draft control regulates the temperature. The draft can be
adjusted from a low burn rate with the handle in fully, to a fast
burn rate with the handle fully out.
Inadequate draft may cause back-puffing into the room
through the stove/insert and chimney connector points and
may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much draft may cause
an excessive temperature in the stove, glowing red stove parts
or chimney connectors or an uncontrollable burn which can
lead to a chimney fi re or permanent damage to the unit.
Do not operate your stove/insert for longer than 30 minutes
with the draft control on “HIGH” (fully open).
All homes with a solid fuel burning fi replace should have at least
one fi re extinguisher in a central location known to all, and at
least one smoke detector in the room containing the fi replace.
If it sounds an alarm, correct the cause but do not deactivate or
relocate the smoke detector.
When loading the stove, ensure that the two upper fibre
baffles are not lifted up and off their ledge.
For maximum effi ciency, when the stove is thoroughly hot, load
it fully to the top of the door opening and burn at a medium
low setting. Maximum heat for minium fuel (optimum burn)
occurs when the stove top temperature beneath the trivet is
between 500°F (260°C) and 600°F (315°C). The bricks will be
nearly all white and the glass mostly clear. The whiteness of
the bricks and the cleanness of the glass are good indicators of
your operating effi ciency. Not enough heat is produced when
only one or two pieces of wood are burned or the wood may
not burn completely. A minimum of three pieces are needed
to encase a bed of coals that sustains the fi re.
Loosely stacked wood burns quicker than a tightly packed
load. Wood burns in cycles rather than giving a steady output
of heat. It is best to plan these cycles around your household
routine so that only enough coals are left to start the next load.
In the evening, load your stove, at least, a half-hour before bed
to ensure a good fi re, hot enough to close the draft control for
an overnight burn. Burn only dry seasoned wood.
It produces more heat and less soot or creosote. Do not burn
ocean beach wood. Its salt content can produce a metal eating
acid. When refueling open the door slowly to prevent smoke
spillage. Use a pair of long gloves (barbecue gloves) when
feeding the fi re. Because these stoves burn at the front, they
are clean and effi cient, but they are also very hot and gloves
are useful. Keep a small steel shovel nearby to use as a
poker and to remove ashes. Do not store the wood within 3
feet (1m) of the stove.
A fl ash fi re is a small fi re burned quickly when you don’t need
much heat. After your kindling has “caught”, load at least 3
pieces of wood, stacked loosely. Burn with the draft control
fully open or closed only slightly.
Load your larger pieces of wood compactly, packed close
enough to prevent the fl ames from penetrating it completely.
After approximately 30 minutes, depending on the size of the
load, close the draft control completely making sure that the
fi re is not extinguished.
DO NOT OVERFIRE THE STOVE!
Overfiring can occur by:
a) burning large amounts of smaller wood pieces such as
furniture scraps, skids or treated wood;
b) vigorously burning large loads of wood with the draft control
on “HIGH” (fully open) for long periods of time (one or two
hours).
* NOTE: 1100C/1150 and
optional EPA Leg Models
ash pans are not equipped
with a cover or rear folding
handle.
Ash pan not avail-
able for model 1450.
FIGURE 31
PULL HANDLE
ACHIEVING PROPER DRAFT
FIRE EXTINGUISHERS / SMOKE DETECTORS
FUEL LOADING AND BURN CYCLE
FLASH FIRE
EXTENDED FIRE
FIGURE 30
ASH FENDER