Owner`s manual

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January 17, 2007
7036-135B
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Mt. Vernon Pellet Insert (AE)
WARNING
Fire Risk
Do NOT operate appliance:
• With appliance door open.
• Firepot fl oor open.
Do NOT store fuel:
• Closer than required clearances to com-
bustibles to appliance
• Within space required for loading or ash
removal.
Fire Risk.
Keep combustible materials, gasoline
and other fl ammable vapors and
liquids clear of appliance.
WARNING
• Do NOT store fl ammable materials in the appliance’s
vicinity.
• Do NOT use gasoline, lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal
lighter fl uid or similar liquids to start or “freshen up” a
fi re in this heater.
• Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while it
is in use.
• Combustible materials may ignite.
G. Ignition Cycles
The Advanced Energy engine is controlled by the digital wall
control. The digital display on the wall control will tell you
what your appliance is doing in the upper left corner, above
the line. Every time the thermostat calls for heat, the appli-
ance steps through fi ve cycles: 1) ignition cycle; 2) soft-start
cycle; 3) heating cycle; 4) shutdown cycle; 5) cleaning cycle.
The duration and characteristics of these cycles may be dif-
ferent with each type of fuel selected.
1. Start-Up
During this cycle, the igniter turns on for 90 seconds to heat
up the air in the fi repot, the combustion blower starts, vacuum
switch comes on and then the feed motor turns on adding
fuel to the fi repot and the appliance waits for the fi re to start.
The duration of start-up depends on the type and quality of
fuel used. It is normal to see some smoke during the igni-
tion process as moisture evaporates and the fuel lights. The
smoke will stop once the fi re starts. If you are lighting your
appliance for the fi rst time the feed tube is empty and it can
take some time to fi ll it with fuel before you will see a fi re. To
speed up this process, put a handful of fuel in the fi repot.
2. SS-Low / SS-Med
Once the fi re is lit, the appliance moves into the low soft start
cycle as it continues to build the fi re. In this cycle, more fuel
will be added. As the fi re builds, the appliance will change to
medium soft start mode and the heating cycle begins.
3. Auto / Man - L, ML, M, MH, H
There are two choices in the Automatic / Manual menu of
how your appliance will operate. In Automatic Mode, the
wall control will turn the heat output level up or down depend-
ing on how far the room temperature is from the desired
temperature. The digital display will read AUTO:M, as an
example of automatic, medium level. As the room tempera-
ture approaches the desired temperature, the appliance will
turn down to lower settings. When you change the appli-
ance to Manual set the heat output setting from the main
screen. The right bottom button will read HEAT OUTPUT.
You can operate the appliance from any of the 5 levels. On
the lowest level, the appliance will stay on longer, burn less
fuel per hour, but will take longer to bring the home up to your
desired temperature. On the highest setting, the appliance
will burn more fuel per hour, but bring your home up to tem-
perature more quickly. Regardless of the heat output level,
when the home reaches your set temperature, the appliance
will go into the shut down cycle. In Manual mode heat ouput
does not change. Turn to OFF to stop operation.
4. Shutdown
Once your home has reached your set temperature, the
appliance will stop feeding fuel and allow the fi re to diminish.
The convection blower will continue to run until the appli-
ance cools to appropriate temperature and will go into the
auto clean cycle.
5. Auto Clean
The fi repot auto-clean system will cycle when the appliance
is fi rst plugged in, when the house reaches temperature
and the appliance shuts down, and at prescribed intervals,
depending on the type of fuel selected. If your appliance is
running and the auto-clean cycle is initiated, the appliance
will revert to shut down cycle. The fl oor of the fi repot will
open and dump the ash into the ash pan. It takes approx-
imagely 2 minutes to complete the auto clean cycle. The
fl oor will then shut, and if the thermostat is still calling for
heat, the fi re will start again, continuing the heating pro-
cess. During this auto-clean cycle, the convection blower
will continue to run.
Additional Screen Messages:
READY - It is telling you that the home is up to temperature
and doesn’t need any heat.
- - - - - The screen will show 5 dashes when the wall
control and the control board are NOT communicating with
each other.
MAINTENANCE BURN - When the appliance is operat-
ing on battery backup prior to the auto clean to keep the
system from shutting down as the appliance will not auto-
matically re-light in manual mode.
OFF - The AUTO/MANUAL SETTING screen has been set
to off. Set the appliance to OFF when performing periodic
maintenance to prevent an unexpected start-up.