Century FW2600 Installation and Operation Manual
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4 Operating Your Stove
4.1 The use of a fire screen.
This stove has been tested for use with an open door in conjunction with a fire screen
(AC01342, sold separately). Make sure the fire screen is properly secured on the stove to
avoid any risk of fire. When the fire screen is used, it is important not to leave the stove
unattended to respond promptly in the event of smoke spillage into the room. Potential
causes of smoke spillage are described in section height of this manual. See Appendix 2
for installation instructions.
OPERATING
WITH
THE
FIRE
SCREEN
INCREASES
POSSIBILITIES
OF
GENERATING CARBON MONOXIDE. CARBON MONOXIDE IS AN ODOURLESS GAS
THAT IS HIGHLY TOXIC AND WHICH CAN CAUSE DEATH AT HIGH
CONCENTRATION IN AIR.
4.2 Your First Fires
Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal
components of the stove are conditioned.
As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are not poisonous, but
they do smell bad. Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So,
when you first light your stove, be prepared by opening doors and/or windows to ventilate
the house. As you burn hotter and hotter fires, more of the painted surfaces reach the
curing temperature of the paint. The smell of curing paint does not disappear until you
have burned one or two very hot fires.
Burn one or two small fires to begin the curing and conditioning process. Then build bigger
and hotter fires until there is no longer any paint smell from the stove. Once the paint smell
disappears, your stove is ready for serious heating.
4.3 Lighting Fires
Each person who heats with wood develops their own favorite way to light fires. Whatever
method you choose, your goal should be to get a hot fire burning quickly. A fire that starts
fast produces less smoke and deposits less creosote in the chimney. Here are three
popular and effective ways to start wood fires.
