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PROPER FUEL
This heater is designed to burn only PFI Premium grade pellets. This appliance can also burn pellets rated as
standard after May 16, 2015
DO NOT BURN:
1. Garbage;
2. Lawn clippings or yard waste;
3. Materials containing rubber, including tires;
4. Materials containing plastic;
5. Waste petroleum products, paints or paint thinners,
or asphalt products;
6. Materials containing asbestos;
7. Construction or demolition debris;
8. Railroad ties or pressure-treated wood;
9. Manure or animal remains;
10. Salt water driftwood or other previously salt water
saturated materials;
11. Unseasoned wood; or
12. Paper products, cardboard, plywood, or
particleboard. The prohibition against burning
these materials does not prohibit the use of re
starters made from paper, cardboard, saw dust,
wax and similar substances for the purpose of
starting a re in an affected wood heater.
Burning these materials may result in release of toxic fumes or render the heater ineffective and cause smoke.
Sometimes, longer or thicker pellets bridge the auger ights, which prevents proper pellet feed. Burning wood in
forms other than pellets is not permitted. It will violate the building codes for which the stove has been approved
and will void all warranties. The design incorporates automatic feed of the pellet fuel into the re at a carefully
prescribed rate. Any additional fuel introduced by hand will not increase the heat output but may seriously impair
the stove’s performance by generating considerable smoke. Do not burn wet pellets. The stove’s performance
depends heavily on the quality of your pellet fuel. Avoid pellet brands that display these characteristics.
a. Excess Fines - “Fines” is a term describing crushed pellets or loose material that looks like sawdust or sand.
Pellets can be screened before being placed in hopper to remove most nes.
b. Binders - Some pellets are produced with materials to hold them together, or “bing” them.
c. High Ash Content - Poor quality pellets will often create smoke and dirty glass. They will create a need for
more frequent maintenance. You will have to empty the burnpot and vacuum the entire system more often.
Poor quality pellets could damage the auger. Breckwell cannot accept responsibility for damage due to
poor quality pellets.
CAUTION: DO NOT USE CHEMICALS OR FLUIDS TO START THE FIRE.
CAUTION: DO NOT BURN GARBAGE OR FLAMMABLE FLUIDS SUCH AS GASOLINE, NAPHTHA OR ENGINE OIL.
Do not store fuel within installation clearances or within space required for charging and ash removal.
PRE-START-UP CHECK
Remove optional imitation log set, if in use. Remove burnpot, making sure it is clean and none of the air holes
are plugged. Clean the rebox, and then reinstall burnpot. Clean door glass, if necessary (a dry cloth or paper
towel us usually sufcient). Never use abrasive cleaners on the glass or door. Check fuel in the hopper and rell
if necessary.
BUILDING A FIRE
Never use a grate or other means of supporting the fuel. Use only the Breckwell approved burnpot. Hopper lid
must be closed in order for the unit to feed pellets. If it is the rst time you have started the unit, or anytime the
hopper has been emptied of pellets, it will be necessary to prime the auger. In order to prime the auger, press
and hold the fuel feed button after starting the unit. Keep fuel feed button depressed until pellets begin to fall
into the burnpot, then release the fuel feed button and allow the unit to operate normally.
During the start-up period:
1) DO NOT open the viewing door.
2) DO NOT open the damper more than 1/4”.
3) DO NOT add pellets to the burnpot by hand.
4) DO NOT use the Fuel Feed button (unless you are priming the auger after running out of pellets). A dangerous
condition could result.
NOTE: During the rst few res, your stove will emit an odor as the high temperature paint cures or becomes
seasoned to the metal. Maintaining smaller res will minimize this. Avoid placing items on stove top during this
period because paint could be affected.
Operation
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