Country Hearth 2000E, Owner'S Operation And Instruction Manual

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HEATING

Controlled combustion is the most efficient technique for wood heating because it enables you to select the type 

of combustion you want for each given situation. The wood will burn slowly if the wood stove air intake control is 

adjusted to reduce the oxygen supply in the combustion chamber to a minimum. On the other hand, wood will 

burn quickly if the air control is adjusted to admit a larger quantity of oxygen in the combustion chamber. The air 

intake control on your stove is very simple. If you pull on it out completely towards you, it is fully open. If you push 

on it until it stops the combustion air is reduced to a minimum.  Real operating conditions may give very different 

results than those obtained during testing according to the species of wood used, its moisture content, the size 

and density of the pieces, the length of the chimney, altitude and outside temperature.

EFFICIENCY

Efficiencies can be based on either the lower heating value (LHV) or the higher heating value (HHV) of the fuel. 

The lower heating value is when water leaves the combustion process as a vapor, in the case of woodstoves the 

moisture in the wood being burned leaves the stove as a vapor. The higher heating value is when water leaves 

the combustion process completely condensed. In the case of woodstoves this would assume the exhaust gases 

are room temperature when leaving the system, and therefore calculations using this heating value consider 

the heat going up the chimney as lost energy. Therefore, efficiency calculated using the lower heating value of 

wood will be higher than efficiency calculated using the higher heating value. In the United States all woodstove 

efficiencies should be calculated using the higher heating value. 

The best way to achieve optimum efficiencies is to learn the burn characteristic of you appliance and burn well-

seasoned wood. Higher burn rates are not always the best heating burn rates; after a good fire is established a 

lower burn rate may be a better option for efficient heating. A lower burn rate slows the flow of usable heat out 

of the home through the chimney, and it also consumes less wood.

VISIBLE SMOKE

The amount of visible smoke being produced can be an effective method of determining how efficiently the 

combustion process is taking place at the given settings. Visible smoke consist of unburned fuel and moisture 

leaving your stove. Learn to adjust the air settings of your specific unit to produce the smallest amount of visible 

smoke. Wood that has not been seasoned properly and has a high wood moisture content will produce excess 

visible smoke and burn poorly.

OPERATIONAL TIPS FOR GOOD, EFFICIENT, AND CLEAN COMBUSTION

Get the appliance hot and establish a good coal bed before adjusting to a low burn rate (this may take 30 

minutes or more depending on your wood) Use smaller pieces of wood during start-up and a high burn rate to 

increase the stove temperature  Be considerate of the environment and only burn dry wood Burn small, intense 

fires instead of large, slow burning fires when possible  Learn your appliance’s operating characteristics to obtain 

optimum performance  Burning unseasoned wet wood only hurts your stoves efficiency and leads to accelerated 

creosote buildup in your chimney

Primary Air Settings

(Slide Damper is located in center of stove under hearth plate)

(Damper Adjustment: Pulling out on damper increases air)

Electric Blower Speed Setting (Variable)

(Blower is on High when turned “ON”, Rotate 

clockwise until stop for “LOW”.)

Burn Rate

Adjust Damper from fully closed

Burn Time

Blower Speed

Low

closed

@ 30 minutes

Low

Medium - Low

1/4” (6.3mm)

@ 30 minutes

Low

Medium - High

3/4” (19.1mm)

@ 30 minutes

Low

High

approx. 2.5” (63.5mm)

Always On

High

Before igniting the paper and kindling wood, it is recommended that you warm up the chimney. This is done 

in order to avoid back draft problems often due to negative pressure in the house. If such is the case, open a 

window slightly near the stove and twist together a few sheets of newspaper into a torch. Light up this paper 

torch and hold it as close as possible to the mouth of the pipe inside the combustion chamber to warm up the 

chimney. Once the updraft movement is initiated, you are ready to ignite the stove by lighting the paper and 

kindling wood inside the combustion chamber.

When you have achieved a good bed of hot embers, we recommend the following burn procedures: