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Looking from the front try to make the spout point straight downward. Looking
through the side door, again center over the burn pot. You should be able to see
one of the ¼" spreader holes in the side of the nozzle. The spreader hole should be
about ½" outside the bushing.
Once the stove is up and running, the nozzle positioning can be checked by
observing the location of the super hot zone within the burn pot. If charcoal is
building up more on one side than others, direct the nozzle a little more towards the
charcoal.
Air Control - The air control allows manual adjustment for variances in chimney
systems, weather conditions, and fuel quality. Once it is set, you should not need
to adjust it as long as the environment stays basically statis quo. You do not need
to re-adjust the combustion air valve when changing the heat level. The
combustion air fan adjusts its flow to match changes in the HEAT LEVEL.
Avoid the tendency to run with too much combustion air. Too much air reduces
the efficiency. More importantly, too much air causes the burn to take place too
low in the burn pot resulting in a quicker build up of creosote in the feed elbow.
The cavity created in the burn pot by the combustion air should be no more than 1"
deep. There will generally be a ½" to ¾" dark band of burning charcoal around
the inside circumference of the burn pot.
The super hot zone of the burn pot is about 1500°F. As the pellets pass through
this zone, most of the gaseous combustibles are driven off leaving pellet shaped
charcoal. This produces the flames. Much of the charcoal is also burned within the
burn pot producing the super hot zone. Some charcoal also tumbles out of the
burn pot and continues to burn in a pile that builds up around the outside of the
burn pot. If left undisturbed, all of the charcoal will burn up. A properly
established combustion system will resemble a volcano.
How often to I have to take out the ashes or clean the Upland 207
Pellet Stove?
As a general rule plan on letting the stove run out of pellets and cool overnight
once every four to six weeks. The actual maintenance cleaning takes about 20
minutes. It will take about 25 minutes for the cast-iron body to heat up sufficiently
to resume automatic operation.
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