Heat Output Setting; Building A Fire - Quadra-Fire Yosemite YOSEMITE-MBK Installation & Operation Manual

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For maximum operating efficiency with the lowest emissions, follow these operating procedures:
1. Regardless of desired heat output, when loading stove, burn your stove with both air controls wide open for 5 to 15 minutes.
2. Regulate burn rate (heat output) by using the Primary Air Control (front control). The Start-Up Air Control (rear control) is for initial
start-up and reloading. See Figure 19A on page 19.
3. Heat output settings: Follow burn rate settings listed below and detailed instrucitons on page 18.
4. Burn only dry, well-seasoned wood.
BTU / Hr
Below 10,000 Closed after 5 to 15 minutes
10,000 - 15,000 Closed after 5 to 15 minutes
15,000 - 30,000 Closed after 5 to 15 minutes
Maximum Heat Closed after 5 to 15 minutes
*NOTE:
These are approximate settings, and will vary with type of wood or chimney draft. Due to altitude and other environmental
circumstances, this operation information is a guideline only. Similar burn rates may be obtained using other settings unique
to your situation.
CAUTION: Before lighting your first fire in the stove: 1) Make certain that the baffle is correctly posi-
tioned. It should be resting against the rear support; 2) Follow instructions on page 24 for cleaning
plated surfaces, and; 3) Remove all labels from glass front.
CAUTION: Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or
similar liquids to start or "freshen up" a fire in this heater. Keep all such liquids well away from
the heater while it is in use.
There are many ways to build a fire. The basic principle is to light easily-ignitable tinder or paper, which ignites the fast burning kindling,
which in turn ignites the slow-burning firewood. Here is one method that works well:
1. Place several wads of crushed paper on the firebox floor. Heating the flue with slightly crumpled newspaper before
adding kindling keeps smoke to a minimum.
2. Lay small dry sticks of kindling on top of the paper.
3. Open (push in) Start-Up Air Control and Primary Air Control fully. After 5 to 15 minutes close Start-up Air (pull out all the way).
4. Make sure that no matches or other combustibles are in the immediate area of the stove. Be sure the room is adequately
ventilated and the flue unobstructed.
5. Light the paper in the stove. NEVER light or rekindle stove with kerosene, gasoline, or charcoal lighter fluid; the results
can be fatal.
6. Once the kindling is burning quickly, add several full-length logs 3 inches (76mm) or 4 inches (102mm) in diameter. Be careful
not to smother the fire. Stack the pieces of wood carefully - near enough to keep each other hot, but far enough away from
each other to allow adequate air flow between them.
7. When ready to reload the stove, add more logs. Large logs burn slowly, holding a fire longer. Small logs burn fast and
hot, giving quick heat.
8. Adjust the Start-up Air Control and the Primary Air Control; the more you close down the Primary Air Control, the lower and
slower the fire will burn. The more you open the Primary Air Control, the more heat will be produced. The Start-Up Air
Control is only used for the first 5 to 15 minutes.
As long as there are hot coals, repeating steps 7 and 8 will maintain a continuous fire throughout the season.
NOTE: The special high temperature paint that your stove is finished with will cure as your stove heats. You will notice an odor
and perhaps see some vapor rise from the stove surface; this is normal. We recommend that you open a window until
the odor dissipates and paint is cured.
NOTE: Stove should be run fully open for 15 minutes a day to keep air passages clean.
WARNING! ALWAYS OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITH THE DOOR
CLOSED AND LATCHED EXCEPT DURING START-UP AND RE-
FUELING OR WHEN USING THE FIRESCREEN.
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Yosemite Wood Stove
HEAT OUTPUT SETTINGS
Start-Up Air Control
BUILDING A FIRE
WARNING: Do not operate with Start-Up
Air Control in the open position in excess
of 15 minutes! Risk of extreme tempera-
*Primary Control
tures! Prolonged operation of this stove
Pull to Stop
with the Start-Up Air Control in the open
1/8" to 1/4" open
position may cause the combustible mate-
1/4" - 1.0" open
rials around the stove to exceed safe tem-
Fully open
perature limits.
WARNING! DO NOT LEAVE THE FIRE UNATTENDED WHEN THE
DOOR IS UNLATCHED OR WHEN USING THE FIRESCREEN. UNSTA-
BLE FIREWOOD COULD FALL OUT OF THE FIREBOX CREATING A
FIRE HAZARD TO YOUR HOME.
7004-187F September 1, 2008