Operating Your Wood Stove; The Use Of A Fire Screen; Your First Fires; Lighting Fires - Enerzone EB00027 Installation And Operation Manual

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3 OPERATING YOUR WOOD STOVE

NEVER OVERFIRE YOUR WOOD STOVE. IF ANY PART OF THE WOOD STOVE STARTS TO GLOW

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RED, OVER FIRING IS HAPPENING. READJUST THE AIR INTAKE CONTROL AT A LOWER

SETTING.

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NEVER LOAD YOUR WOOD STOVE UP TO THE BAFFLE. ALWAYS LEAVE 5 TO 10 CENTIMETERS

TO ALLOW PROPER COMBUSTION THROUGH SECONDARY AIR OPENINGS (NEVER PUT WOOD

ABOVE THE FIREBRICK LINING ON THE FIREBOX). THIS WILL ALSO PREVENT OVERFIRING OF

YOUR WOOD STOVE.

SHOULD THERE BE A SOOT OR CREOSOTE FIRE IN YOUR FLUE SYSTEM ALSO CALLED CHIMNEY

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FIRE, CLOSE THE AIR CONTROL COMPLETELY. IMMEDIATELY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

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This wood stove has been tested for use with an open door in conjunction with a fire screen

(AC01315, sold separately). Make sure the fire screen is properly secured on the wood stove to

avoid any risk of fire. When the fire screen is used, it is important not to leave the wood stove

unattended to respond promptly in the event of smoke spillage into the room. See Appendix 4:

Installing the Fire Screen (AC01315) for installation instructions.

Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal

components of the wood stove are conditioned.

As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are not poisonous, but they do

smell bad. Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So, when you first

light your wood stove, be prepared by opening doors and/or windows to ventilate the house. As

you burn hotter and hotter fires, more of the painted surfaces reach the curing temperature of the

paint. The smell of curing paint does not disappear until you have burned one or two very hot

fires.

Burn one or two small fires to begin the curing and conditioning process. Then build bigger and

hotter fires until there is no longer any paint smell from the wood stove. Once the paint smell

disappears, your wood stove is ready for serious heating.

Each person who heats with wood develops their own favorite way to light fires. Whatever

method you choose, your goal should be to get a hot fire burning quickly. A fire that starts fast

produces less smoke and deposits less creosote in the flue system.

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