Specifications

A SMALL
-
STACKED FUEL
LOAD Good for short-
duration fires
A LARGE
-
STACKED FUEL
LOAD
Good for extended burning cycles
Small and Large Fuel Load Geometry
Fire in cycles: Don't expect perfectly steady heat output
from your Magnum/Jayline heater. Solid fuel heaters
burn best in cycles. A cycle is the time between the
ignition of a load from dry wood and the consumption of
the load back to an ember bed. Each cycle should provide
between four and eight hours of heating, depending on
how much wood was used and how much heat is needed.
Plan the firing cycles around your household routine. If
someone is home to operate the heater, build a small hot
fire. If you must be away from the house during the day,
build a long-burning fire.
The small, hot fire: A small, hot fire is a small amount
of wood burned quickly. Use it when you just want to take
the chill off the house. The small hot fire technique eliminates the smouldering fires that are
common when people don’t need their heater running hot all the time, like in spring and autumn.
To build a small hot fire, rake the embers towards the front of the fire and place several small
pieces on it. The bottom layer should be placed to ensure that combustion air can flow over the
embers and along the length of the pieces of wood. The next layer should be stacked loosely in a
crisscross arrangement. Open the air inlet to produce a hot, bright fire. After approximately 15–
20 minutes the air supply can be reduced slightly as the fire progresses, but never enough to
extinguish the flames. When only embers remain, the air supply can be reduced further to prevent
cooling the ember bed.
The long-burning fire: To achieve a long burning fire, rake the embers towards the air inlets, as
with the small hot fire, and use larger and more pieces of wood. Place the pieces in a similar
pattern to the small hot fire, using more pieces and larger pieces (especially the top layer).
Always make certain that there is a gap between the pieces to ensure that the
combustion air can reach all pieces. Open the air inlets fully for between 15 to 30 minutes
depending on load size and fuel moisture content. When the fire is burning fiercely (at least 15
minutes), reduce the air control in stages to the desired level. This allows you to turn down the air
control and still maintain a clean-burning fire. REMEMBER: NEVER LET THE FIRE
SMOULDER.
LOADING FOR A SMALL HOT
FIRE
Rake the embers towards the front of the fire. Load
the wood loosely in a crisscross arrangement. Let
the fire burn brightly until most of the solid wood is
burned before reducing the air setting.