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Tundra Furnace Installation and Operation Manual

4 Operating your furnace

4.1 Your first fires

Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal

components of the furnace are conditioned.

As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapours are not poisonous, but

they do smell bad. Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So,

when you first light your furnace, be prepared by opening doors and/or windows to

ventilate the house. As you burn hotter and hotter fires, more of the painted surfaces reach

the curing temperature of the paint. The smell of curing paint does not disappear until you

have burned one or two very hot fires.

It is recommended to burn it at high rate and ventilate the building until the odours

disappear. Once the paint smell disappears, your furnace is ready for serious heating.

4.2 Lighting fires

Each person who heats with wood develops their own favourite method to light fires.

Whatever method you choose, your goal should be to get a hot fire burning quickly. A fire

that starts fast produces less smoke and deposits less creosote in the chimney. Here are

three popular and effective ways to start wood fires.

4.2.1 Conventional fire starting

The conventional way to build a wood

fire is to bunch up 5 to 10 sheets of

plain newspaper and place them in the

firebox. Next, place 10 or so pieces of

fine kindling on the newspaper. This

kindling should be very thin; less than

1” (25 mm). Next, place some larger

kindling pieces on the fine kindling.

Open the air control and light the

newspaper. If you have a tall, straight

venting system you should be able to

close the door immediately and the fire

will ignite. If your venting system has

elbows or an outside chimney, you may

need to leave the door closed but

unlatched for a few minutes as the

newspaper ignites and heat in the

chimney produces some draft. Once

the fire has ignited, close the door and

leave the air control open.

A conventional kindling fire with paper under

finely split wood.

DO NOT LEAVE THE FURNACE UNATTENDED WHEN THE DOOR IS SLIGHTLY

OPENED DURING IGNITION. ALWAYS CLOSE THE DOOR AFTER IGNITION.

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