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gloves to protect your hands and forearms.
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loading doors. Stir the hot coals to allow ash to fall through
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wall and leveled depending on the amount of coals. Add
fresh wood and close the loading door and bypass damper.
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control to any setting immediately after loading the stove.
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and either the top or front loading door. Stir the coals to
allow ash to fall through the grate. Push the remaining coals
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and set the primary air to the highest position. Allow the
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A proper bed of coals is critical to the performance of the
Dauntless stove. The rear refractory wall of the stove should
be almost entirely white in color with proper operation. This
indicates the combustion system is running at a proper
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or develops a dark brown color, it is likely that the coal bed
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above instructions and adjust the amount of kindling or time
at high air settings to get the system hotter. Wood size or
excessive moisture may also cause lower than desirable
stove temperatures.
While not required, operating your stove with the catalytic
combustor installed creates optimum conditions for
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to 15% on low burn, making sure you get the most heat out
of each load of wood.
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the catalytic material. The element sits at the bottom
of the secondary combustion chamber. Smoke, gases
and particulates that are not fully combusted during the
secondary combustion process pass through the catalyst,
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lower emissions.
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The catalyst will initiate combustion of smoke and particulates
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the startup operation steps in the previous section the stove
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the combustor starts working, heat generated by burning
the smoke will keep it working.
To determine whether the combustor is operating, refer to
the temperature probe which shows the operating range of
the catalytic combustor. This is located on the back of the
stove and is viewed from the top.
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damper for the temperature probe to fully adjust to the new
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catalyst range, add fuel or open the bypass damper to allow
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the catalytic combustor is running too hot and may be
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reduce the catalyst temperature and adding less wood with
each loading can also help if overheating is persistent. Do
not add wood to the stove if the probe reads above the
operate catalyst range.
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as dry slab wood or wood with below 14% moisture content.
This may result in continuous very high temperatures in the
secondary combustion area and damage the combustor.
Never burn treated wood, garbage, solvents or trash. All of
these may poison the catalyst and prevent it from operating
properly. Never burn cardboard or loose paper except for
kindling purposes. Never burn coal; doing so can produce
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combustor and cause smoke to spill into the room. Coal
smoke can also poison the catalyst so that it won't operate
properly.
NOTE: The catalytic combustor is fragile and will crack if
subjected to thermal shock. Thermal shock can occur when
refueling with wet wood or closing the bypass damper too
early after refueling.
DO NOT OPERATE THE STOVE WITH THE ASH
DOOR OPEN. OPERATION WITH THE ASH DOOR
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