Ignition - Drolet R.C. WOODSTOVE Instruction Manual

Ignition

The installation of a log cradle is NOT RECOMMENDED in your DROLET woodstove.
After making sure that the stove air intake controls are fully open, place several rumpled
sheets of paper in the center of the combustion chamber. Place 8 to 10 pieces of small
dry kindling wood over the paper in the form of a tent. You may also place a few pieces
of heating wood, but choose them as little as possible.
accelerant) should be used to light the fire.
Before igniting the paper and kindling wood, it is recommended that you warm up the
chimney. This is done in order to avoid back draft problems often due to negative
pressure in the house; cold air from the outside tends to penetrate into the house by the
chimney.
If such is the case, open slightly a window near the stove and twist together a few sheets
of newspaper into a torch. Light up this paper torch and hold it as close as possible to the
mouth of the pipe inside the combustion chamber to warm up the chimney. Once the
updraft movement is initiated, you are ready to ignite the stove by lighting the paper and
kindling wood inside the combustion chamber.
We therefore advise you to leave the door slightly opened (a few inches) for a 5 to 10
minute period, under supervision, in order to allow for good combustion. After this time,
you may close the door and progressively adjust the air controls to obtain the desired
temperature. In the case of knobbed air controls, they may be closed by bringing them
towards the stove. The slide controls (left-right push-pull) are closed when pushed to the
left or pushed towards the back depending on the model.
CAUTION:
• Do not leave the stove unattended when the door is slightly opened.
• When the stove is used for the first time, intense fire is prohibited in order to allow
adequate cooking of the paint covering the stove and to prevent a "thermal shock"
which may remove or whiten the paint.
• Make sure the room is well ventilated, to remove the bad odors emitted from the paint,
during the first, two or three hours of using the stove and for the first three or four fire
start-ups.
• Never heat the stove outside the house, before installation: it is then impossible to
adequately monitor the combustion intensity, which provokes overheating and a
thermal shock to the paint.
• Never use fluid or chemical products to ignite the fire.
• Do not burn wastes, flammable fluid such as gasoline, naphtha or motor oil.
No chemical product (or
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