Operation/Building A Fire - Harman Oakwood Installation & Operating Manual

always wear gloves when
operating the stove.
Minimum
Primary air
air Control
The air control lever is located directly below the ash
lip of the stove. Sliding this lever allows you to vary
the amount of air to the fire, creating a range of heat
outputs. The lowest heat output setting is to the left,
and the highest is to the right. The notches are provided
as a reference for your comfortable heat settings. Do
not, under any circumstances, alter the configuration
or operation of the air control lever.
For low burn, slide the air control to the left. For
medium burns, use notches 4,5 & 6. Maximum heat is
attained with the air control all the way to the right. Do
not burn the stove continuously at the maximum setting.
If maximum heat is required day after day, the stove is
too small for the area you are trying to heat.
If your wood is not seasoned long enough or is high in
moisture content, you may need to adjust the primary
air 1 or 2 notches higher to sustain a low burn rate with
the cleanest possible exhaust.
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buIldIng a FIre
Do not use chemicals or fluids to start the
fire.
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.
Begin with the bypass damper open, and the air
control lever at the maximum setting, all the way to the
right. Be sure the ash pan door is closed and latched.
Start with a bed of crumpled paper and kindling sized
about finger width; place several 1" - 2" (25mm - 50mm)
split pieces of dry wood on top of the kindling, followed by
a few 2" - 3" (50 mm - 80 mm) split pieces. Lay the wood
in a crossed pattern to allow maximum air flow. Ignite
the paper and close the loading door(s). Allow this start-
Maximum
up fire to burn for a few minutes, keeping the bypass
Primary air
damper open. Add about five more pieces of wood in
the 2 to 3 inch (50 - 80mm) size range, making sure
that the fuel bed is all the way across the firebox and
staggered to allow airflow. Close the door and allow
this loading to burn a few minutes.
Add increasingly larger pieces of wood to the fire until
you have a thick bed of hot embers, approximately
2 to 3 inches deep at the back of the grate and at
least an inch deep at the front. You must have this
charcoal bed established before you close the
bypass damper.
Providing you have the charcoal bed described above,
close the bypass damper by pulling the handle toward
the front of the stove. This will begin the highly efficient
mode of operation where the exhaust gases get re-
burned in the secondary combustion package. If you
cannot achieve a charcoal bed within the first 15 to 20
minutes, your wood is likely too wet, and you may need
to burn the fire longer and/or hotter to compensate for
the extra energy needed to drive out the moisture.
If, after five minutes of burning with the damper
closed, smoke is visible coming from the chimney, you
probably do not have the proper coal bed. Open the
bypass damper and continue with the process until a
significant coal bed is formed.
Always remember to open the bypass damper when
you are loading, this allows the exhaust gases to pass
directly into the flue outlet and reduces the chance of
smoke spillage into the room.
do not burn wet wood!
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