softwood kindling (no larger than
1" (25mm) diameter).
4.
Place 3 or 4 more sheets of
tightly twisted newspaper on top
of the kindling.
5.
Light the newspaper in 2 or 3
places and close the firedoors.
The kindling should ignite in a few
minutes and the fire should start
burning from the top down. (If
there is any doubt about the
presence of a good draft, first test
the draft with a match, as
described in Section IV)
Loading and lighting the wood upside
down is all there is to a top-down
burn. Your Temp-Cast already
burns with very low emissions, and
up to 90% of these occur at start-up.
Using the top-down burning
technique will reduce these low
emissions even further.
ADJUSTING HEAT OUTPUT
Determining the amount of heat
required will often be a trial and error
exercise, which obviously will vary
according to the weather.
Experience will dictate how much
heat and therefore how much wood
will be needed on any particular day.
It is the weight of wood which
determines the heat output, not
the rate at which the wood is
burned. You should do nothing to
slow the rate of burn, for doing so
decreases both the combustion
efficiency and heating performance.
When milder weather is expected,
less wood will be required, but it
should be burned at the normal
combustion rate. One burn every
second day may suffice in mild
weather. In colder weather, up to
two fires a day may be needed. In
this case, the most even heating is
obtained by spacing the fires 8 to 12
hours apart.
Heat output can be maximized by
closing all dampers as soon as
possible after firing, so that as little
as possible of the heat produced can
escape up the chimney. This can be
accomplished best by burning the
wood very quickly and by burning
similar-sized pieces of wood, which
will be finished at about the same
time. (If one particularly large or
hard piece of wood remains burning,
the dampers will have to stay open
and some efficiency will be lost.)
OVERFIRING
The Temp-Cast fireplace, as with all
heating systems, is limited in the
amount of heat that it can put out,
expressed in total weight of the
wood.
Using too much wood or firing more
often than every 6 hours is
considered overfiring the fireplace.
The extra heat produced will no
longer be gentle radiant heat, and
much of the heat will be lost as
increased chimney temperatures. In
addition, repeated overfiring can
damage the metal and glass parts,
especially the fire grate. Damage
caused by repeated overfiring is not
covered by the warranty.
OPERATING THE BAKE OVEN
If your Temp-Cast is equipped with a
bake oven option, baking can be
started as soon as the fire is
completely out.
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