Harman Stove Company OAKLEAF 1-90-797000 - Manual (Page 26)

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Oakleaf Woodburning Stove
Dry Seasoned Wood Only! 3-90-798_R9
Minimum
Primary Air
Maximum
Primary Air
For low burn, slide the air control to the left. For
medium burns, use notches 1 to 2. Maximum heat is
attained with the air control all the way to the right. Do
not burn the stove continuously at the maximum setting.
If maximum heat is required day after day, the stove is
too small for the area you are trying to heat.
If your wood is not seasoned long enough or is high in
moisture content, you may need to adjust the primary
air slightly higher to sustain a low burn rate with the
cleanest possible exhaust.
e. before your first fire
• Be sure the appliance is installed properly and
that all safety requirements have been met.
Pay particular attention to the clearances to
combustibles, floor protection and the venting
instructions.
• Test your smoke detector(s) and CO detector(s)
to the specifications of the manufacturer.
• Double check that the ash pan and internal
firebox are empty.
• Be sure to read this entire manual.
dO NOT OvERLOad THE appLIaNCE. dOORs MusT
BE CLOsEd WHEN IN OpERaTION
f. building and maintaining a fire
Begin with the bypass damper open, and the air control
lever at the maximum setting, all the way to the right.
Be sure the ash pan door is closed and latched.
Start with a bed of crumpled paper and kindling sized
about finger width; place several 1" - 2" (25mm - 50mm)
split pieces of dry wood on top of the kindling, followed by
a few 2" - 3" (50 mm - 80 mm) split pieces. Lay the wood
in a crossed pattern to allow maximum air flow. Ignite
the paper and close the loading door(s). Allow this start-
up fire to burn for a few minutes, keeping the bypass
damper open. Add about five more pieces of wood in
the 2 to 3 inch (50 - 80mm) size range, making sure
that the fuel bed is all the way across the firebox and
staggered to allow airflow. Close the door and allow this
loading to burn a few minutes.
Add increasingly larger pieces of wood to the fire until
you have a thick bed of hot embers, approximately 2
to 3 inches deep at the back of the grate and at least
an inch deep at the front. You must have this charcoal
bed established before you close the bypass damper.
Providing you have the charcoal bed described, close
the bypass damper by pulling the handle toward the
front of the stove.
d. user Controls
Two important controls - the damper bypass handle
and the air control lever regulate the operation and
output of the stove.
To open the top or front loading door, you must open
the damper bypass, or smoke will come in the room. In
this mode of operation the combustion gases go directly
from the main combustion chamber to the flue collar
and exit into the chimney.
note: the bypass damper must be open for
smokeless loading. Open the bypass damper by
turning the handle clockwise while facing handle.
Bypass Damper
Open
Bypass Damper
Closed
The air control lever is located directly below the load
door. Sliding this lever allows you to vary the amount
of air to the fire, creating a range of heat outputs. The
lowest heat output setting is to the left, and the highest
is to the right. The notches are provided as a reference
for your comfortable heat settings. Do not, under any
circumstances, alter the configuration or operation of
the air control lever.