St. Croix 45Lbs. Hopper Operation & Maintenance Manual

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Operation & Maintenance
ST. CROIX FEATURES .......................................................................................2
INSTALLATION.................................................................................................. 3
PREVENTING CHIMNEY FIRES .....................................................................3
SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE................................................................. 3
APPROVED FUELS .............................................................................................3
Pellets, Cherry Pits & Pellet /Corn mix ...................................................3
OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS......................................................................... 4
Control Board Features.............................................................................4
Thermostat Function - How does it work? .............................................5
Pre-Lighting Instructions..........................................................................6
Lighting Your Stove ................................................................................. 6
Shutting the Stove off ............................................................................... 6
Diagnostic Features................................................................................ 6-7
Safety Features ...........................................................................................7
COMBUSTION AIR DAMPER ...................................................................... 7-8
Flame Pattern Characteristics ..................................................................8
MAINTAINING THE STOVE ............................................................................9
Daily Maintenance ........................................................................... 10-11
Periodic Maintenance ...................................................................... 11-12
Yearly Maintenance ......................................................................... 13-14
SAFE OPERATION ........................................................................................... 15
TROUBLESHOOTING AND FAQ ............................................................ 16-20
WARRANTY........................................................................................................ 21
PARTS LAYOUT ............................................................................................... 22
Cast Iron Parts ........................................................................................ 22
Parts Layout ....................................................................................... 23-25
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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Hastings Operation & Maintenance Manual Table of Contents ST. CROIX FEATURES ..................2 INSTALLATION....................3 PREVENTING CHIMNEY FIRES ..............3 SATISFACTORY PERFORMANCE..............3 APPROVED FUELS .....................3 Pellets, Cherry Pits & Pellet /Corn mix ...........3 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS................. 4 Control Board Features................4 Thermostat Function – How does it work? ..........5 Pre-Lighting Instructions................6...
  • Page 2 2. Use only clean, dry quality wood pellets that are known to burn satisfactorily in your stove. 3. Faithfully adhere to the maintenance program described in this manual. Thank you for selecting a St. Croix wood pellet stove as the environmentally preferred answer to your residential heating needs. Hastings Operations Manual Page 1...
  • Page 3: St. Croix Features

    The Hastings Hopper opening has 2 hopper lids. The inner lid has a gasket that provides a tight seal. SAVE THIS OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL Figure 1 Hastings Operations Manual Page 2...
  • Page 4: Installation

    If a significant layer of creosote has accumulated (3 mm or more) it The Hastings is approved to burn a mixture of should be removed to reduce the risk of a pellets and corn (maximum 50% corn). The chimney fire.
  • Page 5: Operating Instructions

    If room air is used to supply combustion air, room air The auger button (3) will allow the customer to starvation, operation of exhaust fans and icing of manually auger pellets into the burn pot on start up Hastings Operations Manual Page 4...
  • Page 6: Thermostat Function - How Does It Work

    However this is not the way to 5. The Feed Trim button (5) will allow the Fuel operate a stove once the Heating Season arrives. feed rate to be adjusted on Heat Level 1 only. Hastings Operations Manual Page 5...
  • Page 7: Pre-Lighting Instructions

    The #2 LED and the #3 LED lights on the LED pushed the Start Up program takes over. Light bar as show in Figure 2 will flash to give a The Start up Program works as follows: Hastings Operations Manual Page 6...
  • Page 8: Safety Features

    Many times, the cause of this is a change in the vacuum inside the stove. This may be caused by excessive wind, opening the Firebox door or opening the Hastings Operations Manual Page 7...
  • Page 9: Combustion Air Damper

    (not the burn pot reacts to the change. Adjusting the enough combustion air) and should not be damper during the break in period is very overlooked. At the other end of the spectrum; an Hastings Operations Manual Page 8...
  • Page 10: Maintaining The Stove

    The Versa Grate System (see Figure 5 below). burnpot system to see if they are plugged. The benefit of this feature is that the stove can operate for longer periods of time, with most Figure 5 Hastings Operations Manual Page 9...
  • Page 11: Daily Maintenance

    CAUTION: Do not slam the door. Do not operate the stove with a broken or cracked glass. Replace only with heat resistant ceramic glass supplied by the manufacturer. Figure 6 Hastings Operations Manual Page 10...
  • Page 12: Periodic Maintenance

    6. Burn the stove at the HI fuel setting for at least 20 to 30 minutes each day. This helps keep 2. The Hastings has 3 Ash Trap cleanouts. 2 are the window, firebrick and firebox area clean. A located below the rear brick panel. Remove daily high burn also aids in maintaining the covers and clean regularly.
  • Page 13 Replace as needed. and the back of the baffle is lifted up over the inner back. Figure 8 Hastings Operations Manual Page 12...
  • Page 14: Yearly Maintenance

    Annual oiling of the motors is not any sawdust, cobwebs and household dust. needed. (See fig. 9 for more information) Figure 9 Note: The Vacuum Switch may be removed to allow easier access to the combustion fan Hastings Operations Manual Page 13...

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