Air Control; Fire Extinguishers / Smoke Detectors - Napoleon EPA 1400 Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

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 orange coals in the fi rebox
and secondary fl ames fl ickering just below the top fi rebrick. You can safely fi ll the fi rebox with wood to the top
of the door and will get best burns if you keep the chimney connector temperatures between 250 degrees
Fahrenheit (120 degrees Celsius) and 450 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). A surface thermometer
will help regulate this.
Without a appliance thermometer, you are working blindly and have no idea of how the appliance is operat-
ing! An appliance thermometer offers a guide to performance and should be located 14" above the fl ue collar.
Install the thermometer according to manufacturers instructions.
Can't get the fi re going?
Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is suffi cient com-
bustion 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 appli-
ance itself has not reached optimum temperature. Reopen 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.
7.1

AIR CONTROL

Draft is the force which moves air from the fi rebox up through the
chimney. The amount of draft in your chimney depends on the
length and diameter of chimney, local geography, nearby obstruc-
tions and other factors including the amount of heat generated by
the fi re which can be measured by an appliance thermometer.
Adjusting the air control regulates the temperature. The draft can
be adjusted from a low burn rate with the handle in fully, to a fast
burn rate with the handle fully out.
Inadequate draft may cause back-puffi ng into the room through the
appliance and chimney connector points and may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much draft may cause
an excessive temperature in the appliance, glowing red appliance parts or chimney connectors or an uncon-
trollable burn which can lead to a chimney fi re or permanent damage to the appliance.
Do not operate your appliance for longer than 30 minutes with the draft control on "HIGH" (fully open).
7.2

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS / SMOKE DETECTORS

All homes with a solid fuel burning appliance should have at least one fi re extinguisher in a central location,
known to all, and at least one smoke detector in the room containing the appliance. If it sounds an alarm,
correct the cause but do not de-activate or relocate the smoke detector.
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