Napoleon 1100C, Installation And Operation Instructions Manual

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W415-0512 / B / 11.15.05

ASH WELL

COVER

ROTATE

TO CLOSE:

FOLDING
HANDLE

REAR

ROTATE

PULL AND

TO OPEN:

You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the

stove normally. Once the stove/insert is entirely hot, it will

burn very efficiently with little smoke from the chimney. There

will be a bed of orange coals in the firebox and secondary

flames flickering just below the top firebrick. You can safely

fill the firebox with wood to the top of the door and will get

best burns if you keep the stove pipe temperatures be-

tween 250 degrees Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius) and

450 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). A surface

thermometer will help regulate this.

Without a stove thermometer, you are working blindly
and have no idea of how the stove is operating! A stove
thermometer offers a guide to performance.

Can't get the fire going? Use more kindling and paper.

Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and

there is sufficient combustion air, the lack of sufficiently dry

quantities of small kindling is the problem. Thumb size is

a good gauge for small kindling diameter.

Can't get heat out of the unit? One of two things may have

happened. The stove/insert door may have been closed

prematurely and the unit itself has not reached optimum

temperature. Reopen the door and/or draft control to re-

establish a brisk fire. The other problem may have been

wet wood. The typical symptom is sizzling wood and mois-

ture being driven from the wood.

Draft is the force which

moves air from the firebox up

through the chimney. The

amount of draft in your chim-

ney depends on the length

and diameter of chimney, lo-

cal geography, nearby ob-

structions and other factors.

Adjusting the draft control

regulates the temperature.

The draft can be adjusted from a low burn rate with the

handle in fully, to a fast burn rate with the handle fully out.

Inadequate draft may cause back-puffing into the room

through the stove/insert and chimney connector points and

may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much draft may

cause an excessive temperature in the stove, glowing red

stove parts or chimney connectors or an uncontrollable

burn which can lead to a chimney fire or permanent dam-

age to the unit.

Do not operate your stove/insert for longer than 30 min-

utes with the draft control on "HIGH" (fully open).

All homes with a solid fuel burning fireplace should have at

least one fire extinguisher in a central location known to all,

and at least one smoke detector in the room containing the

fireplace. If it sounds an alarm, correct the cause but do not
deactivate or relocate the smoke detector.

When loading the stove, ensure that the two upper fibre
baffles are not lifted up and off  their ledge.

For maximum efficiency, when the stove is thoroughly hot,

load it fully to the top of the door opening and burn at a me-

dium low setting. Maximum heat for minium fuel (optimum

burn) occurs when the stove top temperature beneath the

trivet is between 500°F (260°C) and 600°F (315°C). The bricks

will be nearly all white and the glass mostly clear. The white-

ness of the bricks and the cleanness of the glass are good

indicators of your operating efficiency. Not enough heat is

produced when only one or two pieces of wood are burned or

the wood may not burn completely. A minimum of three pieces

are needed to encase a bed of coals that sustains the fire.

Loosely stacked wood burns quicker than a tightly packed

load. Wood burns in cycles rather than giving a steady output

of heat. It is best to plan these cycles around your household

routine so that only enough coals are left to start the next load.

In the evening, load your stove, at least, a half-hour before

bed to ensure a good fire, hot enough to close the draft con-

trol for an overnight burn. Burn only dry seasoned wood.

It produces more heat and less soot or creosote. Do not burn

ocean beach wood. Its salt content can produce a metal eat-

ing acid. When refueling open the door slowly to prevent

smoke spillage. Use a pair of long gloves (barbecue gloves)

when feeding the fire. Because these stoves burn at the front,

they are clean and efficient, but they are also very hot and

gloves are useful. Keep a small steel shovel nearby to use as

a poker and to remove ashes. Do not store the wood within 3

feet (1m) of the stove.

A flash fire is a small fire burned quickly when you don't need

much heat. After your kindling has "caught", load at least 3

pieces of wood, stacked loosely. Burn with the draft control

fully open or closed only slightly.

Load your larger pieces of wood compactly, packed close

enough to prevent the flames from penetrating it completely.

After approximately 30 minutes, depending on the size of the

load, close the draft control completely making sure that the

fire is not extinguished.

DO NOT OVERFIRE THE STOVE!

Overfiring can occur by:

a) 

burning large amounts of smaller wood pieces such as

furniture scraps, skids or treated wood;

b) 

vigorously burning large loads of wood with the draft con-

trol on "HIGH" (fully open) for long periods of time (one or

two hours).

*

 NOTE: 1100C/1150 and

optional EPA Leg Models
ash pans are not equipped
with a cover or rear folding
handle.

FIGURE 31

PULL HANDLE

HIGH

LOW

1

2

3

4

5

FIGURE 30

ASH FENDER

ACHIEVING PROPER DRAFT

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS / SMOKE DETECTORS

FUEL LOADING AND BURN CYCLE

FLASH FIRE

EXTENDED FIRE