Chapter2–Operation
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CONTROL PANEL
ThecontrolpanelislocatedonthelefthandsideoftheSP6000Multi‐FuelStove.Itwillallow
youtocontroltheoperationofyourstoveandachievethedesiredlevelofwarmth.Turningthe
unitOnorOff,aswellasadjustingtheheatlevelsetting,andsettingthe
appropriatefueltypeis
allaccomplishedwiththecontrolpanel.
Theunithastwomodesofoperation.Themodeofoperationswitchcanbeadjustedtochange
betweeneachmodeofoperation.Oneisforusewithathermostat(Thermostat),andtheother
isforusewithoutathermostat(Manual).
TheON/OFFbuttonwillturnyourunitonoroffdependingonwhichmodeitisincurrently.
WhenyoufirststartyourstovebypressingtheON/OFFbutton,thestovewillgointoitsstart‐
upcycle.Thecombustionfanwillcomeon(lowsetting)andtheunitwillconduct
aself‐
diagnostics.Fourminuteslater,theaugerwillbegintofeedfuelintotheburnpot.
TheFUELTYPEbuttonallowsyoutoselecteitherPelletsorCorndependinguponthefueltype
youareusing.Thisunitisonlyapprovedforusewithwoodpelletsorwholeshelled
corn.If
burningamixtureofcornandpelletsyoushouldselectcorn.Havingthewrongfueltype
selectedcouldresultindamagetoyourstoveandincreasesafetyhazards.
NOTE:I
TISEXTREMELYIMPORTANTTHATYOUSELECTTHEPROPERFUELTYPEINACCORDANCEWITHTHEFUELYOU
AREBURNING
.
TheHEATLEVELbuttonwillincreaseordecreasetheheatlevelsettingofyourstovefromLow
(1)toHigh(5).DONOTUSETHEHIGHSETTINGOF#5FOREXTENDEDPERIODSOFTIME.The
#5heatlevelsettingshouldonlybeusedforshortdurations(twohoursmax)at
atimewith
severalhoursbetweeneachuseofthe#5setting.Usingthe#5heatlevelsettingforlong
periodswillgreatlyshortenthelifeexpectancyofyourstove,itscomponents,andmayeven
leadtodamageorwarpingoftheunit.
TheHeatLevelsserveadualpurpose
ofprovidingdiagnosticinformationifyourstoveisnotoperatingcorrectlybyaflashinglighton
eitherthesecond(AS–AirSwitch),third(POF–ProofofFireThermodisc),orfourth(HT–HighTempThermodisc)heatlevel.
IftheASLightisflashing,thisisanindicationthat
theproblemisrelatedtoairflowintheunit.Mostofthetimethisisrelatedtoa
dirtystoveorexhaustpipe.Cleaningyourstoveand/orexhaustpipewellwillgenerallyresolvethisproblem.Alsokeepinmindthat
ifyouleavetheviewingdooropenformorethan30
secondsthestovewillshutdownandtheASLightwillflash.THISDOESNOT
MEANTHATTHEAIRSWITCHISDEFECTIVE.
IfthePOFLightisflashing,thisisanindicationthateitherthePOFthermodischastrippedorisnotfunctioningcorrectly,oryoumay
haveanaugerjam,oryoumayhaveleftthehopperlidopen.THISDOESNOTMEANTHATTHEPOFTHERMODISCISDEFECTIVE.
Ifthe
HTLightisflashing,thisisan indicationthatyourstovehasbecometoohot.Checktomakesurethatthefueltypeissetin
accordancewiththetypeoffuelthatyouareburning.Ifyouareburningamixtureofcornandpellets,youshouldselectCORNas
yourfueltype.THISDOESNOTMEANTHATTHEHIGHTEMPTHERMODISCISDEFECTIVE.
NOTE:SEETHETROUBLESHOOTINGGUIDETOWARDSTHEBACKOFTHISMANUALFORMOREDETAILEDINFORMATIONABOUTERRORCODESAND
TROUBLESHOOTINGPROCEDURESFORYOURSTOVE
.
TheHIGHFANbuttonwillover‐ridethepre‐programmedconvectionfanspeedandincreasetheconvectionfantohighspeedthe
firsttimeyoupressit.Pressagain,andyouwillreturnthefantoitsprogrammedspeed.Itisbesttoallowtheconvectionfantorun
atthe
pre‐programmedspeedforoptimalefficiency.Ifyoulowertheheatlevelbythreeormoresettingsitisgoodtorunthehigh
fanforabout15minutes.
TheAUGERFEEDbuttonwillcausetheaugertofeedadditionalfuelintotheburnpot.PressingandholdingtheAuger
Feedbutton
willcauseasteadystreamoffueltobeaddedtothefire.Usethissparinglyasanover‐feedorover‐heatingsituationcouldoccur.