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4 PART C – OPERATION
4.1 LIGHTING OF THE WOOD FURNACE
WARNING
NEVER USE CHEMICALS OR FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS TO LIGHT THE FIRE
1. Open the door.
Note: if there already is a bed of embers in the combustion chamber, proceed
directly to the PREHEATING step.
2. Place 1 or 2 dry kindling at the front of the combustion chamber.
3. Lay a few strips of newspaper over the kindling.
4. Cover the paper with criss-crossed dry kindling.
5. Add more newspaper strips and light the paper at 2 or 3 different spots as low
as possible and leave the door opened about ½ inch until the fire is burning
well. If lighting fails, some smoke could spill out of the furnace through the air
inlets.
4.2 PREHEATING
1. Once the kindling is burning well or the ember bed stirred up, lay 2 or 3 pieces
of seasoned cordwood down in a way that the flame can circulate around the
logs (split wood ignites faster than round logs with the bark) and close the
door. Following this procedure will help the fire burn efficiently from the front to
the back of the combustion chamber.
2. Wait 15 to 20 minutes before fully loading the furnace.
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