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LIGHTING INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION: DO NOT USE CHEMICALS OR FLUIDS TO START THE FIRE
HOT WHILE IN OPERATION. KEEP CHILDREN, CLOTHING AND FURNITURE AWAY. CONTACT MAY CAUSE SKIN
BURNS.
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Before lighting your American Harvest for the first time, make sure that all items
are out of the hopper, ash pan and firebox area. Press the “On” button and allow
your American Harvest to run for at least 4 minutes, to check for proper operation.
Once your American Harvest is started, you will notice the exhaust blower starts
immediately. If you press the “Heat Setting” button up, the exhaust blower changes
speed, increasing speed the higher the heat setting. After 3 minutes, the auger and
agitator will start rotating. Note: The distribution blower will not operate at this
time, as a temperature of at least 110 degrees must be reached before operating. If
proper operation of your American Harvest is confirmed, you can add fuel to the
hopper and allow the auger to purge the fuel to the firepot.
TO START:
Turn the American Harvest to the “OFF” position and place a small handful of
wood pellets or fire starting pellets (Pellets that already contain fire starter) in the
firepot.
Squirt only a small amount of fire starter gel on top of the wood pellets (NOT
necessary if using fire starting pellets).
Light the fire starter and wait approx. 1-minute for it to start actively burning.
Press the “On” button and adjust the heat setting to read “2”. This will automatically match your feed rate with the
proper combustion air. As you increase the heat setting, your feed rate and combustion air increase together.
NOTE: Even if you are burning corn or other fuels in your unit, wood pellets make an excellent source of
starter fuel. Corn takes too much starter to get lit and up to temperature.
Three minutes after turning the stove “On”, the auger will begin feeding fuel into the firepot along with the agitator
turning. You should have the starting fuel completely burning in the firepot as the agitator rotates. NOTE: If the starting
fuel is not burning hot enough, you may see the fire begin to go out as new fuel is being added. If this occurs, pressing
the “C” button will allow the auger to pause for 1 minute. Pressing the “ON” button will resume the auger if 1 min. is to
long. If not enough fuel is the reason for not burning, pressing and holding the “ON” button will allow the auger to run
continuosly until you release the button.
Once the fuel starts burning aggresively, you can adjust the heat setting to your desired range.
As you begin to have better understanding of how American Harvest operates and the amount of heat you require, you
can adjust the heat settings up or down to your satisfaction.
Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to start or
‘freshen up’ a fire in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while it is in use.
Overfire Protection - If the heater is being overfired, burned too hot, the heater will automatically shutdown to avoid
damage to components in the heater. Refer to “Lighting Instructions” for proper use.
Air/Fuel Control Adjustment
Your Air/Fuel is adjusted by the digital control board automatically and is preset at the factory for burning corn. As with
burning solid fuel material, differences in combustion properties and moisture can and will effect its burning. While there
are nine “Heat Settings”, you may find some settings burn your fuel better than others. This will only be determined by
actual use of all settings. NOTE: The Air/Fuel is adjustable by using the A, B, C buttons on the control board. Refer to the
Circuit Board Functions Section under Adjusting Air/Fuel Mixture on page 16 of this manual.
Burning Corn
Corn, as does some other fuels, requires more air than wood pellets to burn effeciently. While pellets can be burned at
lower heat settings, corn may not depending on moisture content. The dryer the corn is, the less air it takes to burn.
Normally corn will burn better on settings 4 and higher.