Quadra-Fire 21M-ACC Stove User Manual


  Open as PDF
of 44
 
May 5, 2011
7039-131H
Page21
2100 Millennium Wood Stove (ACC)
R
2. Second Stage
Thenextstageofburning,thesecondarystage,istheperiod
whenthewoodgivesoffammablegaseswhichburnabove
thefuelwithbrightames.Duringthisstageofburningitis
veryimportantthattheamesbemaintainedandnotallowed
togoout.Thiswillensurethecleanestpossiblere.Ifthe
amestendtogoout,itissettoolowforyourburningcondi-
tions.Theaircontrollocatedattheupperrighthandcorner
isusedtoadjustforburnrates.ThisiscalledtheBurnRate
AirControl. Figure 21.1.
3. Final Stage
Thenalstageofburningisthecharcoalstage.Thisoccurs
whentheammablegaseshavebeenmostlyburnedandonly
charcoalremains.Thisisanaturallycleanportionoftheburn.
Thecoalsburnwithhotblueames.
It isvery importantto reload yourappliance whileenough
livelyhotcoalsremaininordertoprovidetheamountofheat
neededtodryandrekindlethenextloadofwood.Itisbest
toopentheBurnRateAirandStart-UpAirControlsbefore
reloading.Thislivensupthecoalbedandreducesexcessive
emissions(opacity/smoke).Opendoorslowlysothatashor
smokedoesnotexitappliancethroughopening.Youshould
alsobreakupanylargechunksanddistributethecoalsso
thatthenewwoodislaidonhotcoals.
Airqualityisimportanttoallofus,andifwechoosetouse
woodtoheatourhomesweshoulddosoresponsibly.Todo
thisweneedtolearntoburnourstovesinthecleanestway
possible.Doingthiswillallowustocontinueusingourwood
stovesformanyyearstocome.
1. Start-Up Air Control
The Start-UpAirControlhastwoprimaryfunctions. The
rstfunctionistoactivatetheAutomaticCombustionControl
system(ACC).Thisfunctionisperformedbyslidingthecon-
trolallthewaybackuntilitstopsatthe“HI”indicatoronthe
labelandthenpullingforwardtothefrontofthestoveuntil
itstops.ThisactivatestheACCsystemandopensthefront
airchannelandallowsairtoenterthefrontofthestovefor
approximately25minutes.Thefrontairchannelgradually
shutsdownuntilitiscompletelyclosedattheendofthe25
minutes.Thereisnowcontrolledbytheairsuppliedbythe
BurnRateAir Control.This functionshould beperformed
eachtimeyoureloadthestove.Figure 21.1.
D. Automatic Combustion Control (ACC)
Figure 21.1
HIGH
MED
LOW
Burn Rate
Air Control
Start-Up
Air Control
E. Air Controls
Typically,whenyoubuildare,youopentheaircontrolsfully
andmonitortheretopreventitfromgoingintoanoverre
situationand/orburningyourwooduptooquicklybeforeyou
shutdowntheaircontrolstothedesiredburnrate.Withthe
Automatic Combustion Control (ACC) system, youdo not
havetocontinuallymonitorthere.OnceyousettheACC
systemitwillcontrolthereforyou.Followtheinstructions
belowtolearnhowtooperateyourstovewithease.
Manual
Timer (ACC)
Shut Down
Pull Forward
to Shut Down
Figure 21.2
ThesecondfunctionoftheStart-UpAirControlisoperation
oftherearairsystem.Therearairisusedprimarilyduring
aHighBurnRate.However,insomeinstancesrearairis
desiredduringnormaloperationtohelpwithcombustionof
fueltowardsthebackofthereboxparticularlywhenburning
hardwoods.Therearairiscontrolledindependentlyfromthe
ACCsystem.SlidetheStart-UpAirControlbetweentherst
andthirdmarkerasindicatedonthelabeltoallowrearairto
entertherebox.Figure 21.1.
2. Manual Timer Over-Ride
IfyouneedtoshuttheACCsystemoffbeforeitshutsitself
offafter25minutes(i.e.overresituation),reachdownto
thebottomrightrearcornerandpullthelevertowardyou.
Figure 21.2.
 previous next