Napoleon Fireplaces 1400C Cast Iron Stove - Manuel (Page 24)

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You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the appliance normally. Once the appliance is entirely hot,
it will burn very effi ciently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of orange coals in the fi rebox
and secondary fl ames fl ickering just below the top fi rebrick. You can safely fi ll the fi rebox with wood to the top
of the door and will get best burns if you keep the appliance pipe temperatures between 250 degrees Fahren-
heit (120 degrees Celsius) and 450 degrees Fahrenheit (270 degrees Celsius). A surface thermometer will help
regulate this.
Without a appliance thermometer, you are working blindly and have no idea of how the appliance is operating!
A appliance thermometer offers a guide to performance.
Can’t get the fi re going?
Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are sized correctly and there is suffi cient com-
bustion air, the lack of suffi ciently dry quantities of small kindling is the problem. Thumb size is a good gauge
for small kindling diameter.
Can’t get heat out of the appliance?
One of two things may have happened. The appliance door may have been closed prematurely and the appli-
ance itself has not reached optimum temperature. Reopen the door and/or draft control to re-establish a brisk
fi re. The other problem may have been wet wood. The typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture being
driven from the wood.
7.1 AIR CONTROL
7.2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS / SMOKE DETECTORS
Draft is the force which moves air from the fi rebox up through the chimney.
The amount of draft in your chimney depends on the length and diameter
of chimney, local geography, nearby obstructions and other factors includ-
ing the amount of heat generated by the fi re which can be measured by an
appliance thermometer.
Adjusting the air control regulates the temperature. The draft can be ad-
justed from a low burn rate with the handle in fully, to a fast burn rate with the handle fully out.
Inadequate draft may cause back-puffi ng into the room through the appliance and chimney connector points
and may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much draft may cause an excessive temperature in the appli-
ance, glowing red appliance parts or chimney connectors or an uncontrollable burn which can lead to a chim-
ney fi re or permanent damage to the appliance.
Do not operate your appliance for longer than 30 minutes with the draft control on “HIGH” (fully open).
91.1
All homes with a solid fuel burning appliance should have at least one fi re extinguisher in a central location,
known to all, and at least one smoke detector in the room containing the appliance. If it sounds an alarm,
correct the cause but do not de-activate or relocate the smoke detector.