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OPERATINg INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION: HOUSE FIRE HAZARDS
• Do not store wooD or coal on floor
PROTECTOR, UNDERNEATH STOVEPIPE OR
ANYwHERE wITHIN mINImUm CLEARANCES
FROm COmBUSTIBLE SURFACES SPECIFIED
FOR THIS STOVE. (36")
• overfiring may cause a house fire.
YOU ARE OVERFIRING IF THE STOVE OR
CHImNEY CONNECTOR GLOwS RED.
wARNING: EXPLOSION HAZARD
• never use chemicals, gasoline, gas-
OLINE-TYPE LANTERN FUEL, kEROSENE,
CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID, OR SImILAR
FLAmmABLE LIqUIDS TO START OR "FRESH-
EN-UP" A FIRE IN THE STOVE.
• Keep all flammable liquiDs, espe-
CIALLY GASOLINE, OUT OF THE VICINITY
OF THE STOVE — wHETHER IN USE OR IN
STORAGE.
OPERATING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1. STOVE IS HOT wHILE IN OPERATION. kEEP
CHILDREN, CLOTHING, AND FURNITURE AwAY
FROm HOT STOVE. CONTACT mAY CAUSE SkIN
BURNS. DO NOT TOUCH THE STOVE AFTER
FIRING UNTIL IT HAS COOLED.
2. NEVER OVERFIRE THIS STOVE BY BUILD-
ING EXCESSIVELY HOT FIRES AS A HOUSE/
BUILDING FIRE mAY RESULT. YOU ARE OVER-
FIRING THE STOVE IF STOVE OR STOVEPIPE
BEGINS TO GLOw OR TURN RED.
3. NEVER BUILD EXTREmELY LARGE FIRES
IN THIS TYPE OF STOVE AS DAmAGE TO THE
STOVE OR SmOkE LEAkAGE mAY RESULT.
4. PROVIDE AIR INTO THE ROOm FOR PROP-
ER COmBUSTION.
5. INSPECT STOVEPIPE EVERY 60 DAYS.
REPLACE ImmEDIATELY IF STOVEPIPE IS
RUSTING OR LEAkING SmOkE INTO THE
ROOm.
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This stove is designed to burn
wOOD or COAL FUEL ONLY.
Hardwood, 16" to 10" should be split and air
dried (seasoned), for 6 months to obtain maximum
burning efficiency. Wood should be stored in a dry,
well ventilated area.
FOR BEST RESULTS wHEN BURNING COAL,
USE SOLID, BITUmINOUS COAL. NEVER USE
mANUFACTURED COAL "BRICkS" mADE OF
COAL DUST AND wAX-TYPE BINDER. DO NOT
BURN GARBAGE OR FLAmmABLE FLUIDS.
STORE COAL IN DRY, wELL VENTILATED
AREA.
LIGHTING
1. Open stove pipe draft damper fully to provide
maximum draft.
2. Fully open spin draft on ash door and keep spin
draft on feed door closed.
3, USE wOOD OR COAL ONLY. Wood should be
seasoned (air dried) at least six (6) months after
cutting. Build six (6) small fires upon initial
firing.
4. Open the feed door and light wood or coal us-
ing several wads of crushed paper or a pile of
twigs in the firebox.
5. Lay small stacks of kindling on the paper to
start the fire.
6. Light the paper and kindling, close the door
and secure tightly.
7. After the fire has been started and is burning
satisfactorily, close slide draft almost all the
way.
8. Adjust spin draft on feed door to control rate
of burn to the desired level.
9. NEVER build extremely large fires in this type
of stove as damage to the stove or smoking may
result.
10. If you have too much draft, then regulate the
draft with the 6" stove pipe damper.
11. DO NOT TOUCH – SEVERE BURNS
mAY RESULT! After firing DO NOT TOUCH
STOVE until it has cooled.
12. This is a cast iron stove. It does NOT have
welded seams. From time to time you may
need to "refill and/or replace the stove cement/
mortar along the seams.
13. Adjust the draft damper and spin draft
control. The more closed the spin draft is set,
the lower and slower the fire will burn. The
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