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© 2020 United States Stove Company
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stored directly on the ground. Air should circulate
through the logs. A 24” to 48” air space should be
left between each row of logs, which should be
placed in the sunniest location possible. The upper
layer of wood should be protected from the element
but not the sides. A good indicator of if the wood is
ready to burn is to check the piece ends. If cracks are
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. It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you use
DRY WOOD only in your wood stove. The wood
should have dried for 9 to 15 months, such that
the humidity content (in weight) is reduced below
20% of the weight of the log. It is very important to
keep in mind that even if the wood has been cut
for one, two, or even more years, it is not necessarily
dry, if it has been stored in poor conditions. Under
extreme conditions, it may rot instead of drying.
This point cannot be overstressed; the vast majority
of the problems related to the operation of a wood
stove is caused by the fact that the wood used was
too damp or had dried in poor conditions. These
problems can be:
• ignition problems
• creosote build-up causing chimney res
• low energy yield
• blackened windows
• incomplete log combustion
Do not burn manufactured logs
made of wax impregnated sawdust
or logs with any chemical additives.
Manufactured logs made of 100%
compressed sawdust can be burned, but be careful
burning too much of these logs at the same time.
Start with one manufactured log and see how the
stove reacts. You can increase the number of logs
burned at a time but make sure the temperature
never rises higher than 475 °F (246 °C) on a magnetic
thermometer for installation on single wall stove
pipes. The thermometer should be placed about
18” (457 mm) above the stove. Higher temperatures
can lead to overheat and damage your stove.
TESTING YOUR WOOD
• When the stove is thoroughly warmed, place one
piece of split wood (about ve inches in diameter)
parallel to the door on the bed of red embers.
• Keep the air control full open and close the door.
If ignition of the piece is accomplished within 90
seconds from the time it was placed in the stove,
your wood is correctly dried. If ignition takes
longer, your wood is damp.
• If your wood hisses and water or vapor escapes
at the ends of the piece, your wood is soaked
or freshly cut (green). Do not use this wood in
your stove. Large amounts of creosote could be
deposited in your chimney, creating potential
conditions for a chimney re.
TAMPER WARNING
This wood heater has a manufacturer-set minimum
low burn rate that must not be altered. It is against
federal regulations to alter this setting or otherwise
operate this wood heater in a manner inconsistent
with operating instructions in this manual.
EFFICIENCIES
Efciencies can be based on either the lower
heating value (LHV) or the higher heating value
(HHV) of the fuel. The lower heating value is when
water leaves the combustion process as a vapor, in
the case of woodstoves the moisture in the wood
being burned leaves the stove as a vapor. The higher
heating value is when water leaves the combustion
process completely condensed. In the case of
woodstoves this would assume the exhaust gases
are room temperature when leaving the system,
and therefore calculations using this heating value
consider the heat going up the chimney as lost
energy. Therefore, efciency calculated using the
lower heating value of wood will be higher than
efciency calculated using the higher heating value.
The best way to achieve optimum efciencies is to
learn the burn characteristic of you appliance and
burn well-seasoned wood. Higher burn rates are
not always the best heating burn rates; after a good
re is established a lower burn rate may be a better
option for efcient heating. A lower burn rate slows
the ow of usable heat out of the home through
the chimney, and it also consumes less wood.
Notice: Use solid wood fuel only! Do not burn
This appliance is not designed to accommodate
OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS
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