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The Cricket is a radiant heater - so m ost owners place in a
frequently used area such as a fam ily room . It is best to
select a central location on the first level of the house
where heated air can flow naturally by convection to the est
of the house. Heated air rises by natural convection to the
rest of the house, so you m ay want to install ceiling vents
or use existing ones to heat upper room s in a m ulti-level
house. For large room s with high ceilings, a ceiling fan
switched to blow upwards can help distribute the heat
evenly.
W hen you have selected the location for your stove, you
m ust m ake sure that any com bustible m aterials (i.e. walls,
furniture, drapes, etc.) are not any closer than the
laboratory approved clearances shown in Figure 4.
NEVER USE A BLACK PIPE OR ANY OTHER CHIM NEY
CONNECTOR TO PASS THROUGH A W ALL.
Do not install a stove in a closet or other sm all enclosure.
Do not use a flue designed for gas appliance, or “B” vent.
Always m aintain the m inim um clearances and m inim um
floor protection as shown in Figures 4 and 5. Review this
inform ation before deciding where to locate the stove and
its chim ney. NEVER place your stove closer to walls,
drapes, or furniture than the distances shown in Figure 5.
IV. MOBILE HOM E INSTALLATION
Your SIERRA 5300 is approved for installation into a
m obile hom e, with the addition of the outside air adapter,
Part no 405348. The outside air kit allows com bustion air
to be bought into the stove from outside of the house as
opposed to taking air from the room .
For space heaters installed in m obile hom es, attach the
space heater to the structure. Install in accordance to 224
CFR, part 3280 (HUD)
The outside air adapter consists of a m etal plate with a
flange that is attached to the bottom of the stove with two
screws. The hom eowner or installer m ust attach a pipe (4"
m inim um ) from this flange through the floor of the m obile
hom e.
Installation:
(See Figure 8)
1. Rem ove the two screws from the bottom of your stove.
2. Place an outside air adapter over the opening on the
bottom of the stove ad attach with the screws rem oved
in Step 1. Make sure the flange of the adapter is on the
bottom .
3. The pipe (4" alum inum dryer vent pipe) m ust be
connected to the flange, passed through the stove
pedestal and through the floor.
4. Squeeze the end of the pipe to be attached to the
outside air adapter to from an oval. Slide the form ed end
of the pipe over the flange o the adapter and secure with
two m etal screws in holes provided.
5. Make sure to add flashing to the pipe where it passes
through the floor and screen over the pipe as a guard
against birds, rodents, etc.
6. Make sure your stove is properly fastened to the floor on
all four corners.
V. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
NOTE:
For the first few days, the stove will give off an odor
and a small amount of smoke. This happens when the high
temperature paint is bonding to the metal. It is normal, will
stop when the paint is cured, and will reoccur every time you
repaint or touch up the paint on your stove.
1. Crumble three or four full sheets of newspaper and place
them on the firebrick floor of your Sierra stove.
2. Crisscross two layers of dry kindling on the paper. Add a
few larger splits of dry wood on top of the kindling.
3. Make sure the primary air control is fully open.
4. Light the paper under the kindling with a match or lighter.
Do not use gasoline, lighter fluid, charcoal starter,
kerosene or any other such fuel to start a fire in a
woodstove. You may use any type of woodstove fire
starter. See your Sierra dealer.
5. At higher altitudes, or when starting a fire on a very cold
chimney, it may be necessary to leave the door cracked
open to encourage a hot fire.
Never leave your stove
unattended with the door unlatched! Never leave the
door cracked more than 5-10 minutes.
6. W hen the kindling has been consumed and larger splits
are burning well, load the stove to the level you desire,
using dry,
WELL SEASONED DRY WOOD
( wet wood
does not heat well)
DO NOT BURN COAL IN THIS UNIT.
7. Once your chimney and stove are warmed up and drawing
well, close the air inlets to the desired heat output. W hen
the primary air control is set at 1/4", your unit will maintain
approximately 7000 BTU output may be achieved for when
the primary air is fully opened. Reload when convenient,
but always while you still have a good bed of glowing
embers.
8. W hen opening the door to reload or poke the fire, crack the
door and hesitate just a few seconds before swinging it
open. All this is to prevent flashbacks which occur when a
very smoky fire suddenly is given a lot of oxygen.
Be sure your electrical cord is not routed in front of or close
to the firebox.
NOTE:
Every stove-chimney combination functions a little
differently. Be patient, and expect the stove to be different
in January when its cold outside, than it was in September
when it was relatively warm. Once a chimney is warmed
up, its draft is a function of how much warmer it is than the
air around it. On still mild fall evenings, stoves can appear
finicky and difficult, but the very next night, in the midst of a
fall storm, act like a completely different stove.
9. Do not use a grate with your SIERRA stove. Build the fire
directly on the firebrick. W henever the ashes get one to two
inches deep, remove them with a shovel and place them in
a metal container with a tight-fitting lid. Assum e that there
are still hot coals mixed in them for at lest three days.
DO
NOT
place them with the garbage or in the garbage or near
anything combustible. The best idea is to leave them
outside, three feet away from the house, in a metal
container, for three days. ASK YOUR DEALER FOR THE
SIERRA ASH HOD.
Fuel and ash door must remain closed when in operation.
Fireplace stoves with doors should be operated with the
doors fully open or fully closed.
All fueling and ash removal doors must remain closed
while stove is in operation.
