Vermont Casting 2550 - Manual (Page 24)

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Encore Woodburning Stove
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5. Close the damper when the griddle temperature
reaches 450°F (230°C).
6. Adjust the air control for your desired heat output.
NOTE: Stove installations vary, and the operating
guidance given here is only a starting point. The draft
management information on Page 25 will explain in
detail how the features of your installation may help or
hinder good draft.
Refuel While the Embers Are Still Hot
When reloading, best results will be achieved if you first
de-ash the stove by stirring the fuel bed to allow ash to
fall through the grate into the ash pan.
Do not break the charcoal into very small pieces or
pound or compress the charcoal bed.
It is important that air can circulate through the charcoal
bed during the burn. Larger pieces of charcoal allow
more air to circulate under the wood, resulting in the
fire reviving more quickly.
For best results when refueling, wear stove gloves to
protect your hands, add fuel while the stove still has
plenty of glowing embers to re-kindle the fire, and
include some smaller pieces of wood in the new fuel
load to help the stove regain its operating temperature
quickly. Use this sequence as a guide to successful
refueling:
1. Open the damper.
2. De-ash the stove as described above. Open the
front doors and check the level of ash in the ash
pan. Empty the pan if necessary and replace it in the
stove. Close the front doors.
3. Open the griddle, load the wood (smaller pieces
first), and close the griddle.
4. Close the damper.
5. When the surface temperature reaches 450°F
(230°C), adjust the air control for the amount of heat
you desire.
NOTE: If the remaining charcoal bed is relatively thick
and if your fuel is well seasoned, it is possible to add
fresh fuel (smaller pieces first), close the door and
damper, and reset the primary air thermostat for the
desired heat output.
WARNING: Operate your Encore only with the
doors either fully open or fully closed.
CAUTION: The Encore will be hot while in opera-
tion. Keep children, clothing and furniture away.
Contact may cause skin burns.
Ash Disposal
You should remove ash before it reaches the top of the
ash pan. Check the level at least once a day. Every few
days, clear any ash from the outer edges of the firebox.
Most of the ash will fall through the grate. Slice or stir
the ash with a shovel or poker so that it falls through the
grate slots.
ST545
ashdoor
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ST545
Fig. 42 Turn the handle to the ash pan compartment clock-
wise to open and counterclockwise to close.
Open
Close
IMPORTANT: Check the level of ash in the ash pan
before reloading the stove. If the ash level is close to
the top edge of the pan, empty the pan according to this
procedure:
• Open the damper.
• Open the griddle or front doors, and use a shovel or
poker to stir excess ash through the ash slots in the
grate down into the ash pan.
• Close the griddle or doors, and unlatch the ash door.
It will pivot, swinging the ash pan out of the stove.
• Slide the cover onto the pan, making sure it is se-
curely closed. (Fig. 43)
ST566
Remove
Ashpan
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ST566
Fig. 43 Be sure the cover is securely attached before remov-
ing the ash pan.
DO NOT OVERFIRE THIS HEATER. Overfiring may
cause a house fire, or can result in permanent dam-
age to the stove and to the catalytic combustor. If
any part of the Encore glows, you are overfiring.