Vogelzang International PB65XL - Manual (Page 11)

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
CAUTION: HOUSE FIRE HAZARDS
• GASSES EMITTED FROM FRESHLY ADDED
COAL MUST BE BURNED OR THEY WILL AC-
CUMULATE AND EXPLODE. NEVER SMOTHER
A FIRE WHEN ADDING FRESH COAL.
• NEVER USE MANUFACTURED “COAL
BRICKS” MADE OF COAL DUST AND WAX-
TYPE BINDER.
• DO NOT STORE WOOD OR COAL ON FLOOR
PROTECTOR, UNDERNEATH STOVEPIPE OR
ANYWHERE WITHIN MINIMUM CLEARANCES
FROM COMBUSTIBLE SURFACES SPECIFIED
FOR THIS STOVE. (36”)
• OVER FIRING MAY CAUSE A HOUSE FIRE.
YOU ARE OVER FIRING IF THE STOVE OR
CHIMNEY CONNECTOR GLOWS RED.
• BUILD FIRES ONLY ON INTEGRAL GRATE
INCLUDED WITH THE STOVE.
WARNING: EXPLOSION HAZARD
• NEVER USE CHEMICALS, GASOLINE, GAS-
OLINE-TYPE LANTERN FUEL, KEROSENE,
NAPHTHA, CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID, OR
SIMILAR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS TO START OR
“FRESHEN-UP” A FIRE IN THE STOVE.
• KEEP ALL FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS, ESPE-
CIALLY GASOLINE, OUT OF THE VICINITY
OF THE STOVE — WHETHER IN USE OR IN
STORAGE.
OPERATING SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1. STOVE IS HOT WHILE IN OPERATION. KEEP
CHILDREN, CLOTHING, AND FURNITURE AWAY
FROM HOT STOVE. CONTACT MAY CAUSE SKIN
BURNS. DO NOT TOUCH THE STOVE AFTER
FIRING UNTIL IT HAS COOLED.
2. NEVER OVER FIRE THIS STOVE BY BUILD-
ING EXCESSIVELY HOT FIRES AS A HOUSE/
BUILDING FIRE MAY RESULT. YOU ARE OVER
FIRING THE STOVE IF STOVE OR STOVEPIPE
BEGINS TO GLOW OR TURN RED.
3. NEVER BUILD EXTREMELY LARGE FIRES
IN THIS TYPE OF STOVE AS DAMAGE TO THE
STOVE OR SMOKE LEAKAGE MAY RESULT.
4. PROVIDE AIR INTO THE ROOM FOR PROP-
ER COMBUSTION.
5. INSPECT STOVEPIPE EVERY 60 DAYS.
REPLACE IMMEDIATELY IF STOVEPIPE IS
RUSTING OR LEAKING SMOKE INTO THE
ROOM.
For use with SOLID WOOD or
COAL FUEL ONLY.
Hardwood, 10˝ to 16˝ should be air dried (sea-
soned), for a minimum of 6 months. Logs greater than
6˝ in diameter should be split. Wood should be stored
in a dry, well ventilated area. The humidity content for
usable firewood must be less than 20% of the weight
of the log.
Attempts to use wet or unseasoned wood will
cause:
– ignition problems
– rapid creosote build-up with possible chimney fire.
– incomplete combustion
– low heat yield
Chestnut, egg stove or nut-sized coal for residential
furnaces or any of the specialty packaged fireplace
coals (not wax-type “Coal Bricks”) can be used. Low
ash content (2% to 6%) coal is recommended.
NOTICE: USE SOLID WOOD OR COAL MA-
TERIALS ONLY.
FOR BEST RESULTS WHEN
BURNING COAL, USE SOLID, BITUMINOUS
COAL. NEVER USE MANUFACTURED COAL
“BRICKS” MADE OF COAL DUST AND WAX-
TYPE BINDER. STORE COAL IN DRY, WELL
VENTILATED AREA. DO NOT BURN GARBAGE,
CHARCOAL OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS SUCH
AS GASOLINE, NAPHTHA OR ENGINE OIL.
LIGHTING
1. Open stove pipe draft damper fully to provide maxi-
mum draft.
2. Fully open spin draft on ash door and keep spin
draft on feed door closed.
3, USE WOOD OR COAL ONLY. Build six (6) small fires
upon initial firing.
4. Open the feed door and light wood or coal using
several wads of crushed paper or a pile of twigs in
the firebox.
5. Lay small stacks of kindling on the paper to start
the fire.
6. Light the paper and kindling, close the door and
secure tightly.
7. After the fire has been started and is burning sat-
isfactorily, close slide draft almost all the way.
8. Adjust spin draft on feed door to control rate of burn
to the desired level.
9. NEVER build extremely large fires in this type of
stove as damage to the stove or smoking may
result.
10. If you have too much draft, then regulate the draft
with the 6˝ stove pipe damper.
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