3.2.2 Simple Wood Moisture Test; Notes About First Firing; Lighting A Fire - Flame Energy ULC-S627 Manual

3.2.2 Simple wood moisture test

Add one large piece of wood to the top of an established fire. If it starts to burn on three sides within
one minute, it is dry and seasoned and right for burning. If it turns black and starts to burn in about
three minutes or more, it is damp. If it turns black and does not start burning until five minutes or
more, it is green and wet. If it hisses at any time, the wood is soaked and will not burn until the
excess of moisture is boiled away.
3.3

NOTES ABOUT FIRST FIRING

The fresh paint on your stove needs to be cured to preserve its quality. Once the fuel load is properly
ignited, only burn small fires in your stove for the first four hours of operation. Never open the air
control more than necessary to achieve a medium burn rate. Make sure that there is enough air
circulation while curing the stove. Open one or more windows. The odours can be smelled during
the 3 or 4 first fires. Never start your stove outside.
3.4

LIGHTING A FIRE

 Place enough crumpled balls of newspaper or other paper into the stove to cover thbottom of
the firebox.
 Place small and dry kindling on the crumpled paper.
 Place larger and dry kindling on top of the small kindling.
 Open the air intake control fully.
 Light a fire at the bottom of the crumpled paper and close the door. If the fire tends to go out
momentarily, hold the door slightly ajar to activate the fire. As soon as the fire catches hold,
close the door.
 Ideally the large kindling should be burned until a thick bed of red embers is obtained. At
that point, add cord wood fuel and continue to operate the draft control wide open until the
fire is well established. Once the firebox is hot, the air control can be partially closed. After
30 minutes to one hour, you can close the air control completely. In order to have the best
indication of when you should close the air control completely to operate your stove the
most efficiently, use a chimney (flue) thermometer. If you are using a probe thermometer,
you can close the air control completely when the temperature on the thermometer reaches
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900 F (482 C). If you are using a magnetic thermometer , you can close the air control
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