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always wear gloves when
operating the stove.
minimum
primary air
air Control
The air control lever is located directly below the ash
lip of the stove. Sliding this lever allows you to vary the
amount of air to the fire, creating a range of heat outputs.
The lowest heat output setting is to the left, and the high-
est is to the right. The notches are provided as a reference
for your comfortable heat settings. Do not, under any
circumstances, alter the configuration or operation of
the air control lever.
For low burn, slide the air control to the left. For
medium burns, use notches 4,5 & 6. Maximum heat is
attained with the air control all the way to the right. Do
not burn the stove continuously at the maximum setting.
If maximum heat is required day after day, the stove is
too small for the area you are trying to heat.
If your wood is not seasoned long enough or is high
in moisture content, you may need to adjust the primary
air 1 or 2 notches higher to sustain a low burn rate with
the cleanest possible exhaust.
buIldIng a FIre
Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel,
kerosene, charcoal lighter fluid, or similar liquids to
start or "freshen up" a fire in this heater. Keep all such
liquids well away from the heater while it is in use.
Begin with the bypass damper open, and the air
control lever at the maximum setting, all the way to the
right. Be sure the ash pan door is closed and latched.
Start with a bed of crumpled paper and kindling sized
about finger width; place several 1" - 2" (25mm - 50mm)
split pieces of dry wood on top of the kindling, followed by
a few 2" - 3" (50 mm - 80 mm) split pieces. Lay the wood
in a crossed pattern to allow maximum air flow. Ignite
maximum
the paper and close the loading door(s). Allow this start-
primary air
up fire to burn for a few minutes, keeping the bypass
damper open. Add about five more pieces of wood in
the 2 to 3 inch (50 - 80mm) size range, making sure
that the fuel bed is all the way across the firebox and
staggered to allow airflow. Close the door and allow
this loading to burn a few minutes.
Add increasingly larger pieces of wood to the fire
until you have a thick bed of hot embers, approximately
2 to 3 inches deep at the back of the grate and at least
an inch deep at the front. You must have this char-
coal bed established before you close the bypass
damper.
Providing you have the charcoal bed described
above, close the bypass damper by pulling the handle
toward the front of the stove. This will begin the highly
efficient mode of operation where the exhaust gases get
re-burned in the secondary combustion package. If you
cannot achieve a charcoal bed within the first 15 to 20
minutes, your wood is likely too wet, and you may need
to burn the fire longer and/or hotter to compensate for
the extra energy needed to drive out the moisture.
If, after five minutes of burning with the damper
closed, smoke is visible coming from the chimney,
you probably do not have the proper coal bed. Open
the bypass damper and continue with the process until
a significant coal bed is formed.
do not burn wet wood!
Building and maintaining the Fire
Do not use chemicals or fluids
to start the fire.
Building a Fire
Harman Oakwood 9
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