F3500 Regency Freestanding Woodstove
25
maintenance
CAUTION:
DO NOT CONNECT TO, OR
USE IN CONJUNCTION WITH ANY
AIR DISTRIBUTION DUCT WORK
UNLESS SPECIFICALLY APPROVED
FOR SUCH INSTALLATION.
CAUTION:
DO NOT BURN GARBAGE
OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS SUCH AS
GASOLINE, NAPTHA OR ENGINE
OIL. SOME FUELS COULD GENER-
ATE CARBON MONOXIDE AND ARE
VERY DANGEROUS.
Troubleshooting Guide
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
SOLUTION
Crumbling Substrate
Extreme Thermal Shock
Refueling with Wet Wood
High Draft
Bypass combustor when the stove is running
Use seasoned, dried wood.
Do not exceed .06" of water draft. Install a manual damper
and draft gauge or a barometric damper.
Fly-Ash Build-up
Fly-Ash Masking
Fly-ash Plugging
Combustor has not maintained light-off
temperature.
Combustor has not maintained light-off
temperature.
Burning materials that produce a lot of char
and fly-ash.
Closing the bypass too soon
Brush cold combustor with a soft bristled brush or vacuum
lightly.
Brush cold combustor with a soft bristled brush or vacuum
lightly.
Do not burn cardboard, gift wrap or garbage.
Follow instructions for proper light-off.
Thermal Cracking
Uneven temperatures, flame impingement
and heat spikes.
If cracking causes large pieces to fall out, replace combustor.
Mechanical Cracks
Combustor mishandled or abused.
Distortion of combustor holder.
Handle combustor with care. Replace if necessary.
Replace combustor is large pieces are missing, replace any
warped stove parts as well.
Plugging (Creosote)
Burning wet, pitchy woods or burning large
loads of small diameter wood with the
combustor in the operating position without
light-off ever occurring.
Burn dried seasoned wood. Make sure combustor has light-
off before closing the bypass damper. It may be possible to
burn off the soot or creosote accumulation by putting the
combustor in a partially open and partially closed position
after a hot fire has been started.
Masking (Soot)
Combustor has not maintained a light-off.
Burning coal will cause a sulfur-based
compound to coat the catalyst.
Place combustor in a partially open and partially position after
a hot fire has been started to burn off the soot accumulation.
Revert to burning wood and fire the combustor to elevated
temperatures for one hour.
DO NOT BURN:
•
Treated wood
• Coal
• Garbage
• Cardboard
• Solvents
• Colored Paper
• Trash
• Salt drift wood
• Cut lumber, plywood, mill
ends.
Burning treated wood, garbage, solvents, colored
paper or trash may result in release of toxic
fumes and may poison or render ineffective the
catalytic combustor. Burning coal, cardboard, or
loose paper can produce soot, or large flakes of
char or fly ash that can coat the combustor, caus-
ing smoke spillage into the room, and rendering
the combustor ineffective.
14.
Do not store any fuel closer than 2 feet from
your unit. Do not place wood, paper, furniture,
drapes or other combustibles near the appliance.
15. WARNING: Do not operate without
either the Ash Plug properly seated or
the Ash Dump Plates screwed in place,
excessive temperatures will result.
16.
CAUTION
: Do not operate with broken glazing.
