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Starting First Fire
Ignitor Switch to"MANUAL"
(down position)
Make sure the unit is plugged into a
120 VAC, 60 HZ electrical source. The
power light should be the only light lit.
1. Turn FEED ADJUSTER to desired feed
rate. No. 4 is good for most pellet^.^
2. Turn the MODE SELECTOR to "OFF"
and then to the desired mode. This will
reset control and start the combustion mo-
tor.
3. Turn the TEMPERATURE DIAL to the
1. Fines are shall pieces of broken pellets (sawdust). Fines do not
desired setting*
flow easily and often build up on the hopperfunnel bottom angles.
These fines can be pushed into the feeder opening and then fill the
4. Clean burn pot with scraper if necessaryO5
hopper with pellets. As the system works, they will be bumed.
5.
Fill burn pot with pellets, only level with
2. The "TESTrr cycle will operate the feeder motor for exactly one
minute. Turning to "TESTr again and again may purge too much
front edge* (Do Not Over Fill).
fuel into the bum pot causing excessive smoke on start-up.
3. The firebox low pressure switch will not allow the auger motor
6. Add starting gel on top of the pellets. Stir
or the igniter element to operate if the view door or the ash pan
gel into pellets for fast lighting.
door are open.
4. Adjust Feed Rate. Ifthis is yourfirstfire or you are trying di$erent
7 . Light starting gel with a match, and close
pellets, set the feed adjuster to #4, Fig. 19. This is a conservative
the door. Operation will begin when the fire
number and will probably need to be increased. After you know a
feed rate setting that works well, use that setting. Remember:
i f
reaches the proper
your feed rate is too high you may waste fuel.
5. This is usually a weekly maintence procedure. Cleaning the
8. Fill hopper with pellets and remove ashes
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burn pot with the scraper with a small amount of newfuel in the
aS required.''
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bottom is not a problem. First, scrape the ashes on the front of the
bum pot into the ash pan. Then scrape the holed surface downward
into the burn pot. When the stove is ignited these scrapings will be
pushed out by the feeder.
6. The ash pan can hold the ashes from approximately I ton of
premium fuel. This means the ashes will only need to be emptied a
few times a year.
7. Setting the feed adjuster
#
for maximum bum: With the unit
burning in "AUTO", turn to "Stove Mode" and put the fan on "H".
Set the Temperature Dial to #7. Allow the unit to bum for about
30 minutes and check ash on front of bum pot. Fig. 21. If the ash
line is larger than I", turn the feed adjusterfrom #3 to #4. Allow
another 30 minutes of burn time and check again. If, at#6 setting,
a I" or less ash bed is not obtainable, it is not a problem. The 1"
ash bed is only a maximum burn rate and at most normal settings
the ash bed will be larger.
Warning
"NEVER USE GASOLINE, GASOLINE-TYPE LANTERN
FUEL, KEROSENE, CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID, OR
SIMILAR LJQUIDS TO STMT OR "FRESHEN UP
"
A FIRE
IN THIS HEATER KEEPALL SUCHLIQUIDS WELLAWAY
FROM THE HEATER WHILE IN USE".
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