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Vermont Castings Seville Insert
For areas that do not have a supply of hardwood,
commonly burned softwoods include tamarack, yellow
pine, white pine, Eastern red cedar, fir, and redwood.
These too should be properly dried.
Keep wood a safe distance from the heater and keep it
out of the areas around the heater used for refueling
and ash removal.
Use the Air Control Setting that
Works Best for You
No single air control setting will be appropriate for
every situation. Settings will differ depending on the
quality of the fuel, the amount of heat desired, and
how long you wish the fire to burn.
The control setting also depends on your particular
installation's "draft," or the force that moves air from
the stove up through the chimney. Draft is affected by
such things as the length, type, and location of the
chimney, local geography, nearby obstructions, and
other factors.
f i r e - p a r t s . c o m
Too much draft may cause excessive temperatures in
the insert, and could even damage it. On the other
hand, too little draft can cause backpuffing into the
room and/or the "plugging" of the chimney.
How do you know if your draft is excessively high or
low? Symptoms of too much draft include an
uncontrollable burn or a glowing-red stove part. A sign
of inadequate draft is smoke leaking into the room
through the stove or chimney connector joints, low
heat, and dirty glass.
In newer homes that are well-insulated and weather-
tight, poor draft may result from insufficient air in the
house. In such cases, a slightly opened window near
the stove on the windward side of the house will
provide the fresh air needed.
A more effective option for delivering ample
combustion air to the stove is to duct air directly from
outdoors to the stove. In fact, in some areas,
provisions for outside combustion air are required in all
new construction. The optional Seville Outside Air
Adaptor is available from your dealer.
When you first begin using the stove, pay attention to
the air control settings. You will quickly find that a
specific setting will give you a fixed amount of heat. It
may take some time to determine the amount of heat
and the length of burn you should expect from various
settings.
Do not for any reason attempt to increase the firing
of your heater by altering the air control
adjustment range outlined in these directions.
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Use the following air control settings as a starting point
to help determine the best settings for your installation.
(Fig. 11)
Seville Control Setting
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Burn Rate
Primary Air Control
High
Top
Medium
Center
Low
Bottom
Before you begin using the stove, please read Draft
Management, starting on page 15, to learn how the
characteristics of your particular installation will affect
your stove's performance. You and the stove are parts
of a system; other parts of the system have a strong
effect on performance. You may need to vary your
firing technique to get the results you desire.
Side View
Fig. 11 Air inlet shutter settings; High - Low.
Starting and Maintaining a Fire
Conditioning Your Insert
Cast iron is extremely strong, but it can be broken with
a sharp blow from a hammer or from the thermal shock
of rapid and extreme temperature change.
The cast plates expand and contract with changes in
temperature. When you first begin using your Seville
Insert, minimize thermal stress by allowing the plates
to adjust gradually during three or four initial break-in
fires following Steps 1- 3.
Shutter Position
Fully Open
Half Open
Fully Closed
High
Low
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