Napoleon EPA 1100 Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

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ENW415-1468 / A / 09.30.1627! WARNINGTURN OFF THE POWER BEFORE SERVICING THE APPLIANCE.APPLIANCE MAY BE HOT, DO NOT SERVICE UNTIL APPLIANCE HAS COOLED.DO NOT USE ABRASIVE CLEANERS.Check your chimney and chimney connector for creosote and soot buildup weekly until a safe frequency forcleaning is established.If accumulation is excessive, disconnect the appliance and clean both the chimney and the appliance. Youmay want to call a professional chimney sweep to clean them. Both have to be cleaned at least once a yearor as often as necessary.Remove fi bre baffles and clean above them once a year. Replace any broken bricks.82.1Load your larger pieces of wood so they are tightly packed, close enough to prevent the flames frompenetrating it completely. After approximately 30 minutes, depending on the size of the load, close the draftcontrol completely making sure that the fire is not extinguished.DO NOT OVERFIRE THE APPLIANCE!Overfi ring can occur by:A. Burning large amounts of smaller wood pieces such as furniture scraps, skids or treated wood;B. Vigorously burning large loads of wood with the draft control on “HIGH” (fully open) for long periods oftime (one or two hours).C. Operating the appliance with the ash dump door blocked open or a poor gasket seal on the main door.83.1AA properly installed appliance should not smoke. If yours does, check the following:• Has the chimney had time to get hot?• Is the smoke passage blocked anywhere in the appliance, chimney connector or chimney?• Is the room too airtight and the air intake not connected to the outside? Try with a window partly open.• Is the smoke flow impeded by too long a horizontal pipe or too many bends?• Is it a weak draft perhaps caused by a leaky chimney, a cold outside chimney, too large a diameter of achimney, too short a chimney, or a chimney too close to trees or a higher roof?• Is the moisture content of the wood greater than 20%?• If equipped, has the catalyst bypass been closed or closed prematurely?7.5.2 EXTENDED FIRE7.6 SMOKING8.0 MAINTENANCE