Lighting Your Stove; Damper Adjustment - St. Croix Auburn Operation & Maintenance Manual

5. The auger trim button (5) will allow the feed
rate to be adjusted on level 1 only. There are 3
levels for the # 1 setting, #1 Normal, #1 High
and #1 Low. The LED lights will light up as
follows to indicate which level #1 is running.
a. The first LED only indicates the Normal
#1 setting. (1.5 second on time)
b. The first and fourth LED lights indicate
the #1 Low setting. (1.25 second on time)
c. The first and fifth LED lights indicate the
#1 High setting. (1.75 second on time)

Lighting Your Stove.

1. Make sure there is corn in the hopper.
2. Add one cup of Pellets to the burn pot (not
more and not less). Do not try to start your stove
with corn; it will only give you grief. Add a
generous amount of starter gel to the pellets.
3. This next item is optional, but it will give an
immediate boost to the start up procedure.
Crumple up half of a newspaper page, light the
gel and toss the paper in the burn pot.
4. Close the door and push the On/Off button on
the control board. (Button #2)
At this point all that needs to be done is to
monitor the burn pot to make sure the stove starts
up properly. Once the On/Off button has been
pushed the Start Up program takes over.
The Start up Program works as follows:
a. The combustion fan comes on at high
speed and the control board checks to
make sure the Vacuum switch locks in.
(See section on Diagnostic features on
page 6.)
b. When the board senses the Vacuum
switch the exhaust fan drops to the #1
setting and runs for 5 minutes.
c. After 5 minutes the board checks for
"Proof of Fire" and starts feeding corn on
d. If the board fails to sense P.O.F. it will
e. The board will check for P.O.F. again. If the
If this happens, repeat steps 1 through 4 from the
section on Lighting Your Stove.
CAUTION: NEVER ADD FIRE STARTER TO
A HOT STOVE.
Damper Adjustment. (Refer to Figure 1)
Once the stove has been lit for the first time the
damper will need to be adjusted. This will be a time
consuming process, but only needs to be done once.
After the damper has been adjusted for the unique
installation in your home the control board will do
the rest.
As was stated earlier there is a setscrew in the
damper and the damper has been preset at the
factory. This setting will most likely work for 90 %
of the most common installations. Long horizontal
runs might need the damper opened. Tall vertical
runs might need the damper to be closed a little, etc.
To adjust the damper, use the setscrew to make the
adjustments. To make an adjustment turn the screw
½ turn clockwise to open the damper or ½ turn
counter clockwise to close the damper. Remember to
use the damper handle to bring the damper up to the
screw. The damper will not close by itself. After
making an adjustment wait at least 15 minutes to see
how the burn pot reacts to the change.
Terminology used in the damper adjustment:
1. Balanced burn pot. This means the corn
rapidly turns into red-hot coals once it is in the
burn pot.
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the #1 setting. (See section on Diagnostic
Features on page 6.) If the board senses
P.O.F. then the stove
successfully.
repeat the last step and continue feeding
corn on the #1 setting for 5 minutes.
board still fails to sense the Proof of Fire
switch the stove will go into "Safety
shutdown" (See section on Diagnostic
Features on page 6.)
has started