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October 18, 2013
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS cont.
A Few Tips:
Always have your next intended load of wood ready when you open the Front Loading door. Doing so will
decrease the amount of time that the Front Loading Door is open, allowing for the Combustor to remain hot and
also provide a margin of safety by not leaving the Front Loading Door open while going to retrieve wood. Always
open the Front Loading Door SLOWLY. Th
is will reduce any vacuum causing smoke from the fi re box to “spill”
into your room.
Always put the by-pass handle in the open, full counter clockwise, position before you open the Front Loading
Door. Th
is will decrease the chances of “spilling” smoke into the room when you open the Front Loading Door
to add wood. BUT REMEMBER TO PUSH IT BACK into the closed and locked position as soon as you have
loaded your wood.
Congratulations. You now have the greatest, most effi
cient burning wood stove in full operation. You can now
adjust the Th
ermostat to fi t your needs. Keep in mind though you will not see any large amount of fl ame from
6. Keep the loading door closed over but not latched. Allow the kindling and most of the larger logs to get
started before latching the loading door. When the fi re has the larger pieces of wood burning, close and
latch the loading door, but leave the by-pass door open. Turning down the thermostat too soon may
cause a new fi re to go out. DO NOT leave your BLAZE KING unattended when the loading door is not
tightly closed or the bypass door is open. Leaving the loading door open AFTER the fi re is well started
may cause premature failure of the catalytic combustor.
7. When nearly all the wood in the fi rebox is burning , fi nish loading the stove. Lay the wood left to right,
as far to the back of the stove as possible. Aft er the loading door is closed and the catalytic thermometer
is in the active zone, close the bypass door.
8. Let the fi re burn on a higher setting (on the thermostat) for 20-30 minutes, or until the fi re is well
established, then turn the thermostat to the desired setting. It is good burning practice to burn the stove
on high for 20-30 mins aft er every refueling, this will help in cleaning off any residual build-ups and
lessen the chance of accumulation.
CAUTION:
DO NOT ABUSE THE GLASS DOOR BY SLAMMING IT OR STRIKING IT.
DO NOT FORCE THE DOOR CLOSED IF THERE IS WOOD IN THE FIREBOX THAT IS
OBSTRUCTING IT. DO NOT OPERATE WITH BROKEN GLASS.
Probably the least understood requirement in maintaining a good fi re is that of establishing a good base of coals
Many new stove users hesitate to load enough wood to sustain a fi re.
Put as much fuel into the stove as it will hold. Don’t be afraid to fi ll it completely*. With the Blaze King
automatic thermostat, the wood will only burn at the rate set on the thermostat.
Loading with a half load of fuel, and therefore reloading more oft en, causes the combustor to lose effi
ciency and
may result in a faster creosote deposit.
A good bed of hot coals will maintain a more even temperature as well as getting the new load of wood started
easily.
