By-pass
3. Place five or six loosely crumpled sheets of
newspaper in the bottom of the stove. Add a small
amount of dry kindling randomly on the top of the
newspaper. Place a few more loosely crumpled
newspaper on top of the kindling and light the
bottom paper first, then light the top paper.The
upper fire should preheat the chimney and create
an effective draft while the lower fire ignites the
kindling.
It is advisable to leave the door ajar for a few
minutes to facilitate the ignition and avoid
condensation, keeping the glass clean. Never leave
the stove unattended with the door open.
4. Once the fire has started, add increasingly larger
pieces of wood until the fire is actively burning.
5. When the fire is well established, slide the Burn
Type Lever to the top for normal operation with
wood ("A"). Then adjust the Burn Rate Knob to the
desired heat output, either manually or with the
remote control. Close the by-pass of the TruHybrid
System, to allow the flue gases pass through the
catalyst (Fig. 21) to achieve the maximum efficiency
of the stove. Protect your hands for such
operation.
In addition, if you have an optional draft control (fig.
10), you can regulate combustion by operating its
control.
By-pass close
Fig. 20
Catalyst
Fig. 21
3.5. RELOADING THE STOVE
To refuel the stove, first slide the Burn Type Lever to its
mid position, and then rotate the Burn Rate Knob to
maximum. Let the fire "liven up" for about one minute.
Open the front door slightly and hold in this position
about 30 seconds or until stove is drafting well. Open
the front door all the way and rake the embers towards
the front of the stove, spreading them evenly. If there
are logs only partially burned, rake these to the front
of stove.
Add fuel. If the fire is almost depleted and a full load of
cordwood is added, it may be necessary to leave the
Burn Rate Knob on the high setting for a while to re-
establish a lively fire. Once the fuel is burning at a brisk
rate, slide the Burn Type Lever back to Position A and
turn the Burn Rate Knob down to the desired setting.
3.6. OVERNIGHT BURNING
The Burn Rate Knob allows you to adjust the size of the
intake opening, and therefore the tempo of the fire.
Turning the knob to the left increases air intake,
resulting in higher flames and a cleaner burn; Turning
the knob to the right decreases air intake, thus
lowering the flames and prolonging the burn time.
If you fill your appliance with wood and close the air
supply, you will produce smoke and tar and the
window glass will become dirty.
To keep the glass clean and burn overnight without
producing smoke, we recommend you build up a bed
of charcoal, which will burn cleanly for many hours
with the air flow reduced to a low setting, the depth of
charcoal will depend on the length of time you wish to
run it for. Do not shut the air control completely but
leave it slightly open, depending on how the chimney
draws, to achieve slow burning for a maximum of 8
hours (with dry, good quality wood such as oak...).
With a well-drawing chimney, the air control will need
to be closed further than with poor drawing chimneys.
If your window glass becomes tarred after a low burn,
you may burn the tar off of it by using the integrated
air wash system. To do so, turn the Burn Rate Knob to
maximum and run the stove hard with a small charge
of fresh wood.
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