Operating Instructions; Heating With Wood - Morso 1430 Cleanheat Squirrel Manual To Installation And Use

OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

NOTICE
Allow the stove to warm up before creating a very hot fire.
Never let the stove become superheated. Superheating may damage the
castings, fire bricks, and the senotherm finish. Superheating is when any part
of the stove, grates or stove pipe assumes a red glow.

HEATING WITH WOOD

Open the primary (8) and secondary (10) air inlet to the fully open position to
the right. Establish the fire by first placing paper and kindling on the grate
and ignite it. When the fire is going, add larger logs and close the door.
When the fuel has well ignited, reduce the primary air inlet (8) till just enough
air is supplied to keep flames and to keep the stove at the desired
temperature. The primary air inlet controls the fire best between the fully
closed and one or two revolutions, but this depends largely on the
atmospheric conditions as well as the chimney design.
The secondary air inlet (10) should be kept sufficiently open to keep bright
flames and help keeping the glass clean.
Each time wood is added to the fire, extra primary air is required in order to
reach ignition temperature as quickly as possible. Just filling the stove
without adding extra air produces high levels of soot and tar, making it
necessary to sweep the chimney and stove pipe more often than if the above
procedure is followed.
When burning wood at slow rates, it is recommended to make a hot fire at
least once a day in order to burn some of the soot and tar away.
When burning at low rates and over night, allow the wood to flame up, before
the primary air inlet is closed or nearly closed.
Depending of the quality of the wood as a fuel and the moisture content, the
remaining embers will last for a long time and probably overnight. Starting a
hot fire again is then done easily by gathering the embers and putting some
dry kindling above.
When burning wood in a stove with a grate, it is as a rule unnecessary to
poke the ashes Into the ach pan as a suitable layer of ashes will act as
insulation and thus give a better combustion, and at the same time protect
the grate.
Although your morse-stove will operate in virtually any wood, wet or green
wood (unseasoned) should be avoided. Firewood should be seasoned for at
least one year and preferably two years. Both coniferous and decidous wood
can be burned. Avoid using wood which has been exposed to salt water
(driftwood, fish boxes, etc.) as the salt is very corrosive and will reduce the
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