14.3.2
HOT EMBER BED RELOAD (The led button light is ON or slowly blinking)
1. Press reload button before opening
the door.
2. Open the door and bring hot embers
to the front.
3. Load two logs North&South at the
back. Crisscross logs over. Always
leave 4" of free space in the front.
4. Leave the door ajar (45 degree) until the first flames appear. Then close the door.
14.4 YOUR FIRST FIRES
Two things will happen when burning the first few fires; the paint cures and the internal components of the furnace are
conditioned.
As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are non-toxic, but they do smell bad. Fresh paint
fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So, when lighting the furnace, be prepared by opening doors or
windows to ventilate the house. Burn one or two small fires to begin the curing and conditioning process. Then build
bigger and hotter fires until there is no longer paint smell from the furnace.
As hotter and hotter fires are burnt, more of the painted surfaces reach the curing temperature of the paint. The smell
of curing paint does not disappear until one or two very hot fires have been burnt.
Important: never leave unattended the furnace with the door opened.
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