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Troubleshooting Guide
With proper installation, operation, and maintenance your wood appliance will provide years of trouble-free service. If you do
experience a problem, this troubleshooting guide will assist you or a qualified service person in the diagnosis of a problem
and the corrective action to be taken.
Start Fire Problems
Can not get fire started
Excessive smoke or spillage
Burns too slowly
Not enough heat output
Fire burns too fast
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Possible Cause
Not enough kindling/paper or no
kindling/paper
Not enough air for fire to ignite
Wood condition is too wet, too large
Bed of coals not established before
adding wood
Flue blockage such as birds' nests or
leaves in termination cap
Down draft or negative pressure
Competition with exhaust devices
Extremely dry or soft wood
Over drafting
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Solution
Use dry kindling, more paper. Arrange kindling &
wood for air movement.
Check for restricted termination cap
Check for blockage of outside air kit; if installed.
Check for flue blockage.
Pre-warm flue before starting fire (refer to Building
a Fire on page 12).
Check for adequate vent height (refer to Chimney
Height / Rise and Run on page 14 in the
Installation manual).
Open window below the appliance towards
the wind.
Use dry, seasoned wood (refer to Seasoned
Wood on page 10).
Start with paper & kindling to establish bed of coals
(refer to Building a Fire on page 12).
Have chimney inspected for creosote and cleaned
by a certified chimney sweep.
Do not use exhaust fans during start-up (refer to
Negative Pressure on page 15).
Open window below the appliance towards
the wind.
Mix in hardwood.
Mix in less seasoned wood after fire is established
(refer to Wood Fuel on page 12).
Check for correct vent height; too much vertical
height creates over drafting.
Check location of vent termination (refer to
Chimney Termination Requirement on page 13
in the Installation manual).
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