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Operating Instructions
CAUTIONS: HOUSE FIRE HAZARDS
• Do not store wood on oor protector, underneath stovepipe(s) if applicable, or anywhere within clearances
to combustible surfaces specied for this appliance.
• Never operate with secondary tubes, ber board, or insulation removed.
OPERATING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
• Never overre this appliance by building excessively hot res as a house/building re may result. You are
overring the appliance if it begins to glow or turn red.
• Never build excessively large res in this type of appliance as damage to the rebox or smoke leakage may
result.
• Do not build re too close to glass.
• Hot while in operation. Keep children, clothing, and furniture away. Contact may cause skins burns. Do not
touch the appliance until it has cooled.
• Provide adequate air for combustion to the room where the appliance is installed.
• Inspect chimney liner every 60 days. Replace liner immediately if it is rusting or leaking smoke into the room.
• Attempts to achieve heat output rates that exceed heater design specications can result in permanent
damage to the heater.
WARNING: EXPLOSION HAZARD
• Never use chemicals, gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter uid, or similar
ammable liquids to start or “freshen up” a re in the appliance.
• Keep all ammable liquids, especially gasoline, out of the vicinity of the appliance - whether in use or in
storage.
Hardwood, 18” (45cm) should be air dried (seasoned), for a minimum of 6 months. Logs grater than 6” (152mm)
in diameter should be split. Wood should be stored in a dry, well ventilated area. The humidity content for usable
rewood must be less than 20% of the weight of the log. This heater is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher
efciencies and lower emissions generally result when burning air dried seasoned hardwoods, as compared to
softwoods or to green or freshly cut hardwoods.
Attempts to use wet or unseasoned wood will cause:
- ignition problems - rapid creosote build-up resulting in chimney re
- incomplete combustion - low heat yield
- blackened glass
DO NOT BURN:
1. Garbage;
2. Lawn clippings or yard waste;
3. Materials containing rubber, including tires;
4. Materials containing plastic;
5. Waste petroleum products, paints or paint thinners,
or asphalt products;
6. Materials containing asbestos;
7. Construction or demolition debris;
8. Railroad ties or pressure-treated wood;
9. Manure or animal remains;
10. Salt water driftwood or other previously salt water
saturated materials;
11. Unseasoned wood; or
12. Paper products, cardboard, plywood, or
particleboard. The prohibition against burning
these materials does not prohibit the use of re
starters made from paper, cardboard, saw dust,
wax and similar substances for the purpose of
starting a re in an affected wood heater.
Burning these materials may result in release of toxic fumes or render the heater ineffective and cause smoke.
Dead wood lying on the forest oor should be considered wet, and requires full seasoning time. Standing dead
wood can usually be considered to be about 2/3 seasoned. Splitting and stacking wood before it is stored
accelerates drying time. Storing wood on an elevated surface from the ground and under a cover or covered
area from rain or snow also accelerates drying time. A good indicator if wood is ready to burn is to check the
piece ends. If there are cracks radiating in all directions from the center then the wood should be dry enough
to burn. If your wood sizzles in the re, even though the surface is dry, it may not be fully cured, and should be
seasoned longer.
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