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Heat Commander Furnace Installation and Operation Manual
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Appendix 2: Optional air return adapter (AC01392) ................................. 44
PART B –OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND TROUBLESHOOTING ...... 45
8.1 How to prepare or buy good firewood ........................................................................ 45
9 Operating your furnace .......................................................................... 48
9.1 How it works ............................................................................................................... 48
9.2 How Reload Button Works ......................................................................................... 49
9.3 How to light and reload the furnace ........................................................................... 50
9.4 Your first fires ............................................................................................................. 53
9.5 Lighting fires ............................................................................................................... 53
9.6 Maintaining wood fires ............................................................................................... 54
9.7 Additional fresh air supply .......................................................................................... 57
9.8 Ash drawer ................................................................................................................. 58
9.9 Prolonged power outage ............................................................................................ 58
10 Maintaining your wood heating system ............................................... 59
10.1 Furnace maintenance ................................................................................................ 59
10.2 Chimney maintenance ............................................................................................... 69
10.3 Firebricks inspection .................................................................................................. 70
10.4 Smoke pipe inspection ............................................................................................... 70
10.5 Blower motor maintenance ........................................................................................ 70
11 Troubleshooting ..................................................................................... 71
11.1 Installation of secondary air tubes and baffle ............................................................. 72
12 Exploded diagram and parts list ........................................................... 73
PART C – FEATURES AND SAFETY .......................................................... 83
13 General information ............................................................................... 83
13.1 Appliance performance
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13.2 General Features ....................................................................................................... 84
13.3 The benefits of low emissions and high efficiency ..................................................... 87
13.4 The SBI commitment to you and the environment ..................................................... 87
14 Safety information .................................................................................. 88
14.1 Cautions and warnings ............................................................................................... 88
14.2 Smoke detector .......................................................................................................... 89
DROLET LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY ................................................. 90