Section 8: Operating Instructions; Overfi Ring Your Appliance; Wood Selection & Storage - Quadra-Fire YOSEMITE-MBK Owner's Manual

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Operating Instructions
A. Over-Firing Your Appliance
WARNING
Fire Risk
Do not over-fi re.
Over-fi ring may ignite creosote or will damage
the stove and chimney.
To prevent over-fi ring your stove, DO NOT:
• Use fl ammable liquids
• Overload with wood
• Burn trash or large amounts of scrap lumber
• Permit too much air to the fi re
1. Symptoms of Over-Firing
Symptoms of over-fi ring may include one or more of the
following:
• Chimney connector or appliance glowing
• Roaring, rumbling noises
• Loud cracking or banging sounds
• Metal warping
• Chimney fi re
2. What To Do if Your Stove is Over-Firing
• Immediately close the door and air controls to reduce
air supply to the fi re.
• If you suspect a chimney fi re, call the fi re department
and evacuate your house.
• Contact your local chimney professional and have
your stove and stove pipe inspected for any damage.
• Do not use your stove until the chimney professional
informs you it is safe to do so.
Hearth & Home Technologies WILL NOT warranty stoves
that exhibit evidence of over-fi ring. Evidence of over-fi ring
includes, but is not limited to:
• Warped air tube
• Deteriorated refractory brick retainers
• Deteriorated baffl e and other interior components
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B. Wood Selection and Storage
FIRE RISK.
• DO NOT BURN GARBAGE OR FLAMMABLE
FLUIDS SUCH AS GASOLINE, NAPTHA OR
ENGINE OIL.
• DO NOT USE CHEMICALS OR FLUIDS TO START A
FIRE.
• Do NOT burn treated wood or wood with salt (driftwood).
• May generate carbon monooxide if burn material other
than wood.
May result in illness or possible death.
Hardwood vs Softwood
Your appliance performance depends on the quality of the
fi rewood you use.
• Seasoned wood contains about 8,000 BTUs per pound .
• Hard woods are more dense than soft woods.
• Hard woods contain 60% more BTUs than soft woods.
• Hard woods require more time to season, burn slower and
are harder to ignite.
• Soft woods require less time to dry, burn faster and are
easier to ignite.
• Start the fi re with softwood to bring the appliance up to
operating temperature and to establish draft.
• Add hardwood for slow, even heat and longer burn time.
Soft woods
• Douglas Fir
• Pine
• Spruce
• Cedar
Processed Solid Fuel Fire Logs
• NOT permitted for use in this appliance
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Yosemite Wood Stove
WARNING
Hard woods
• Oak
• Maple
• Apple
• Birch
• Poplar
• Aspen
• Alder
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