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2.4 GENERAL
INFORMATION
DO NOT OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITHOUT THE LEGS INSTALLED.
!
WARNING
Your appliance has been specifi cally designed over many months of research to meet the 1990 U.S.A. EPA particulate
emission standards and have been extensively tested in Canadian and American laboratories. This system is the most
effi cient, simple and trouble free we know and works as follows:
The chimney vent system used on your wood burning appliance should be designed with the least amount of
restriction possible to enable the exhaust products to easily fl ow through it. Chimney vent systems that are
too short or too long can also have an adverse affect on the fl ow of exhaust through it. The wood burning
appliance and chimney vent system also require a suffi cient supply of combustion air not only to support the
combustion in the combustion chamber but to replace the exhaust leaving it so it can fl ow freely up through
the vent system and out into the atmosphere. It is the correct balance of combustion air and the chimney vent
system that will ensure the appliance provides you with its optimum performance.
Combustion air enters through two holes in the bottom
covered by a single draft control. Air from the front hole
goes up on either side of the door into a preheating airwash
located across the top and then down the window to feed
the fi re and also to ensure that the glass remains clean.
Air from this hole also feeds directly into the combustion
chamber at hearth level. Secondary air from the rear hole
travels up the back in the secondary air housing to the
manifold located at the top and shoots out laterally to oxidize
the gases below the smoke exit.
The combustion chamber is lined with high temperature
fi rebrick on 2 sides, the back and across the bottom,
with a layer of fi bre baffl es at the top to maintain a high
temperature in the combustion chamber so that gases
mixing with the preheated air from the secondary air
manifold tube are easily ignited and burned. The appliance
sides and back are shielded to direct the heat upwards and forwards into the room.
Be sure to provide suffi cient combustion air. There are many other appliances in your home competing for air such as:
a kitchen range hood, forced air heating devices or a bathroom exhaust fan.
Expansion / contraction noises during heating up and cooling down cycles are normal and to be expected.
After extended periods of non-operation such as following a vacation or a warm weather season, the appliance may
emit a slight odour for a few hours. This is caused by dust particles on the fi rebox burning off. Open a window to
suffi ciently ventilate the room.
CALIFORNIA PROP 65 WARNING:
Use of this product may produce smoke which contains
chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer, birth
defects, or other reproductive harm.
If optional ash drawer is purchased, ensure that the ash dump
door is tightly closed, allow the door to snap shut dislodging
anything (ashes or pieces of coal) that may be stuck in the
opening.
If you experience smoking problems, you may been to open a door, a window or otherwise provide some method of
supplying combustion air to the appliance.
HOT SECONDARY AIR
FIBRE BRICKS
REFRACTORY
2 SIDES, BACK
& BOTTOM
SECONDARY AIR
PRIMARY AIR
FLUE GLASS
CERAMIC
GLASS
AIR CONTROL
COMBUSTION AIR
INTAKE
OPEN
CLOSED
We suggest that our woodburning hearth products
be installed and serviced by professionals who are
certified in the U.S. by the National Fireplace
Institue® (NFI) as NFI Woodburning Specialists or
who are certified in Canada by
Wood Energy Technical
Training (WETT).
