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ASH LIP
You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the appliance normally. Once the appliance is entirely
hot, it will burn very effi ciently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of orange coals in the
fi rebox and secondary fl ames fl ickering just below the top fi rebrick. You can safely fi ll the fi rebox with wood to
the top of the door and will get best burns if you keep the appliance pipe temperatures between 250 degrees
Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius) and 450 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). A surface thermometer
will help regulate this.
Without a appliance thermometer, you are working blindly and have no idea of how the appliance is operating!
A appliance thermometer offers a guide to performance.
Can’t get the fi re going?
Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is suffi cient
combustion air, the lack of suffi ciently 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 appliance?
One of two things may have happened. The appliance door may have been closed prematurely and the
appliance itself has not reached optimum temperature. Reopen the door and/or draft control to re-establish a
brisk fi re. The other problem may have been wet wood. The typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture
being driven from the wood.
7.1 AIR
CONTROL
7.2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS / SMOKE DETECTORS
7.3 FUEL
!
WARNING
DO NOT STORE FUEL WITHIN THE CLEARANCE TO COMBUSTIBLES, OR IN THE SPACE REQUIRED
FOR RE-FUELING AND ASH REMOVAL.
BURNING WET, UNSEASONED WOOD CAN CAUSE EXCESSIVE CREOSOTE ACCUMULATION. WHEN
IGNITED IT CAN CAUSE A CHIMNEY FIRE THAT MAY RESULT IN A SERIOUS HOUSE FIRE.
When loading the appliance, ensure that the two upper fi bre baffl es are not lifted up and off their ledge. For
maximum effi ciency, when the appliance is thoroughly hot, load it fully to the top of the door opening and burn
at a medium low setting. Maximum heat for minimum fuel (optimum burn) occurs when the appliance top
temperature is between 500°F (260°C) and 600°F (315°C). The bricks will be nearly all white and the glass
mostly clear. The whiteness of the bricks and the cleanliness of the glass are good indicators of your operating
effi ciency. 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 fi re.
Draft is the force which moves air from the fi rebox up through the chimney.
The amount of draft in your chimney depends on the length and diameter
of chimney, local geography, nearby obstructions and other factors
including the amount of heat generated by the fi re which can be measured
by an appliance thermometer.
Adjusting the air 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-puffi ng into the room through the appliance and chimney connector
points and may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much draft may cause an excessive temperature in the
appliance, glowing red appliance parts or chimney connectors or an uncontrollable burn which can lead to a
chimney fi re or permanent damage to the appliance.
Do not operate your appliance for longer than 30 minutes with the draft control on “HIGH” (fully open).
91.1
All homes with a solid fuel burning appliance should have at least one fi re extinguisher in a central location,
known to all, and at least one smoke detector in the room containing the appliance. If it sounds an alarm,
correct the cause but do not de-activate or relocate the smoke detector.