Princess PI 1010A - Manual (Page 23)

DATE PRINTED: 2/8/05 Revision Date: 02/01/05 PI-1010A Page 23
Operation
YOUR FIRST FIRE (continued)
There are four control features to your new Blaze King that are instrumental in getting your first fire started.
1) The Thermostat located on the right front corner of the stove. Set the Thermostat on “High”. After a bit you
can adjust the thermostat to your comfort zone, but for now, leave it on “High”. The increased flow of air is nec-
essary in the first few minutes of lighting your stove. It is necessary to mention that too many people make too
many and rapid changes to the Thermostat. Let’s say you have been using the stove on “High” when you begin
to build a fire. The coils in the Thermostat are now hot and if you turn the Thermostat to “Low” right away, you
can actually cause the fire to go out from such a rapid change. All changes to the Thermostat should be done
gradually. When you first light the stove and you are using the “High” setting, move the Thermostat towards
“Medium” at 20 minute intervals. After the stove has operated at Medium for an hour or so, then you can move
towards low. The Thermostat is sensitive and must be adjusted gradually. Too rapid an adjustment will cause
the stove to operate improperly. The most common mistake new owners make is fiddling with the Thermostat
and making too many changes to rapidly.
2) The By-Pass handle. Located on the front right side of the stove. This handle, when lifted up allows increased
air flow, again essential when you first attempt to get your stove going. Once the fire is hot and a base of coals is
established, go ahead and close the By-Pass (pointing down) but for now leave it up.
3) Front Loading Door. This is located at the front of the stove and plays a key role in successful initial firing of
the stove. This is also where you can add more wood as it needed.
4) Catalytic Thermometer. Located in the top of the stove, this Thermometer will tell you when the Catalytic com-
bustor is “Active”.
Before we begin, keep in mind that your new Blaze King catalytic wood stove will not burn the same as any other
wood stove and you may not see any large amount of flames once you have the stove in full operation. The only
time you will see a large amount of flames is when you either burn the stove on High (thermostat setting) or each
time you open the By-Pass or Front Loading door when you add wood.
Your first step is to get around 5 pounds of small wood strips. About the size of Popsicle sticks and a little larger.
Wrinkle - up 3-5 sheets of black & white newspaper. Lay the sticks all across the top of the paper and light the
paper. At this time the Thermostat is on “High”, by-pass handle is up and the front loading door is slightly
cracked. Allow the sticks to begin burning then over the next few minutes (5-10) add approximately 10 pounds of
wood about the size of a baseball bat handle. Now you can close the front door. You should begin to see a good
fire developing. Once the baseball bat size kindling is going good, add a few (3-5) pieces of small split firewood.
Again close the front door. Take notice the needle on the Catalytic Thermometer located in the top of the stove
is starting to slowly move towards the “Active” zone. What this means is the combustor is now coming up to tem-
perature and once it is “Active” and so long as you keep it in the “Active” zone by adding wood, you won’t need
another match all winter!
SAFETY NOTICE: Never leave the stove unattended, even for a short time, unless the front door is fully
closed. A house fire may result if the stove door is not fully closed during operation.
As soon as you notice that the needle is close to being in the “Active” zone, close the by-pass handle (turn to the
down position). Leave the Thermostat setting on High for the next 20 minutes and your fire should be well estab-
lished. Now, over the next few minutes, you can add larger and larger pieces of wood. And so long as you keep
the Thermometer in the “Active” zone, there is no need to follow all these steps. Just add more wood when
needed and like most Blaze King catalytic wood stove owners, do something you enjoy with all your extra time
now that you don’t have to add wood every hour!
FAN OPERATION
The fan speed adjustment should match the thermostat control setting, i.e. if your stove is set at medium then
your fan should also be set at medium, low - low, high - high etc…
The fan assembly is controlled by an on/off temperature sensor as well as a fan speed control. The fire will have
to heat the stove to the predetermined sensor temperature before the fan will come on. Usually this takes up to 1
hour if the stove is started from cold.