In principle
Your stove has three air supplies:
Primary air is controlled by the air controller beneath the door. The air from here passes through
internal channels and eventually washes at high speed down the back face of the door glass.
This super-heated air helps with the combustion of volatile gases produced by the fire.
Secondary air is supplied to the top of the fire through holes in the tubes under the lower baffle.
This effectively burns off other residual gases, making for very clean emissions. This air supply
is constant and cannot be varied.
Pilot air is supplied to the firebed through a hole placed behind the front grate. This air will
activate the embers. This air supply is factory set and cannot be varied.
2.2 Lighting and loading intervals
1. A layer of embers will form rapidly if the stove is lit with fire lighters or 7-10 rolled up sheets
of newspaper, underneath roughly 4-5 lb. of dry kindling.
2. Light the fire.
3. Fully open the air controller so that primary air can enter the firebox.
4. After the paper/fire lighters have caught fire, leave the fire door ajar about 1 inch, so that the
chimney draws well.
5. After 5-10 minutes the chimney draft should be established, at this point close the fire door.
If all the necessary conditions are met, a nice layer of embers will start to accumulate after
another 15-20 minutes.
6. Refuelling of your stove should be done while there are still glowing embers in the bed.
Spread the embers across the bottom, but concentrated mostly towards the front of the stove.
7. Place 2-3 pieces of fuel weighing roughly 4-6 lb. across the embers in one layer, with spacing
of roughly 1 inch between the pieces of wood.
8. When the primary air supply is open all the way and the door is closed, the new fuel will ignite
in a few minutes.
9. Once the new fuel has taken, adjust the primary air amount to the desired setting; optimal
combustion will continue until glowing embers are produced.
10. A new charge of wood can be added by repeating steps 6 & 7.
When first lighting the stove, a large volume of air is needed. When the stove is cold, you should
leave the door open an inch or two for the first few minutes and open the primary air
supply completely. While the door is open, do not leave the stove unattended.
To establish a reasonable bed of ash on the firebox floor, you should use 5-6 inches thickness
(4-6 pound) of dry kindling at the initial lighting. Always maintain a 1-1,5 inch (2-3 cm) layer of
ash on the floor of the combustion chamber at all other times.