Draft Control; Fuel Loading And Burn Cycle - Napoleon HYBRID 150 Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

• With the doors opened the fi re is wastefully drawing heated room air up the chimney, certainly not desirable.
Always operate with the doors fully closed once the medium sized logs have caught fi re.
• You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the appliance normally. Once the appliance is
entirely hot, it will burn very effi ciently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of hot
coals in the fi rebox so you can safely fi ll the fi rebox with wood to the bottom of the secondary air tubes.
• Can't get the appliance operating? Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are
sized correctly and there is suffi cient combustion air, the lack of suffi ciently dry quantities of small kindling is
the problem. Thumb size is a good gauge for small kindling diameter.
• Can't get heat out of the appliance? One of two things may have happened. The appliance door may
have been closed prematurely and the appliance itself has not reached optimum temperature.
Re-open the door and/or draft control to re-establish a brisk fi re. The other problem may have been wet
wood. The typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture being driven from the wood.
8.6

DRAFT CONTROL

ALWAYS OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITH THE FIRE BOX DOOR CLOSED AND LATCHED EXCEPT
Draft is the force which moves air from the appliance up through the chimney. The amount of draft in your
chimney depends on the length of the chimney, local geography, nearby obstructions and other forces.
Adjusting the draft control regulates the temperature. The draft can be adjusted via the thermostat from a low
burn rate with the air control on the low setting to a fast burn rate with the air control on the high setting.
Inadequate draft may cause back-puffi ng into the room and may cause plug-
ging of the chimney. Too much draft may cause an excessive temperature in
the appliance, glowing red appliance parts or an uncontrollable burn which
can all lead to a chimney fi re or a permanent damage to the appliance.
Roll up some newspaper, light it and place it near the appliance fl ue until
the chimney begins to draw. When a fi re is burning, open the door slowly to
avoid drawing smoke into the room.
8.7

FUEL LOADING AND BURN CYCLE

BURN WOOD DIRECTLY ON THE FIREBRICKS. DO NOT USE ELEVATED GRATE OR OTHERWISE
DO NOT STORE WOOD WITHIN APPLIANCE INSTALLATION CLEARANCES OR WITHIN THE SPACE
The bricks will be nearly all white and the glass mostly clear. The whiteness of the bricks and the cleanness of the
glass (if equipped) are good indicators of your operating effi ciency.
Not enough heat is produced when only one or two pieces of wood are burned.
A minimum of three pieces are needed to encase a bed of coals that sustains the fi re. Loosely stacked wood burns
quicker than a tightly packed load.
Wood burns in cycles rather than giving a steady output of heat. It is best to plan these cycles around your
household routine so that only enough coals are left to start the next load. In the evening, load your appliance, at
least, a half-hour before bed to ensure the fi re is hot enough to close the draft control for an overnight burn.
Burn only dry seasoned wood. It produces more heat and less soot or creosote. Do not burn ocean beach wood. Its
salt content can produce a metal eating acid.
DURING START-UP AND RE-FUELING.
RAISE THE FIRE.
REQUIRED FOR RE-FUELING AND ASH REMOVAL.
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NOTE
Differences in the chimney
height and draft may lower
overall burn times.
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