Specifications
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Vermont Castings Intrepid
®
III Multi-Fuel
30003891
There are two ways to add fuel to the Intrepid multifuel
stove. The top griddle opens and provides the most
convenient way to add fuel, and, providing the damper
is open, this can be accomplished without smoke spill-
ing into the room. Alternatively, fuel can be added by
opening the front glass doors on the stove, again ensur-
ing that the damper is first opened.
To open the doors, using suitable heat resistant protec-
tive gloves, the door handle should be inserted in to the
door latch stub (unless previously secured in place),
and turned leftwards and up.
The doors must be closed correctly after use. This is
achieved by closing the left hand door first, then with
the handle in the open position the right hand door
should be closed. The door handle should then be
firmly rotated downwards and rightwards to the closed
position to securely clamp both doors shut and prevent
air leakage into the stove. (Fig. ) Door handle in
closed position
Using the Air Control Settings Effectively Correct use of
the primary air control will require some experience of
using the stove, as exact performance will depend on
the flue draft available and the type (and seasoning if
wood) of the fuel available.
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OPENDOOR
Door
Handle
in the
Closed
Position
ST900
Close the door and turn the handle down and to the
right.
Most applications do not require large amounts of
combustion air, especially if adequate draft is available.
For this reason it is not advisable to use the very high
air settings until you have first established that these
will not cause over-firing of the stove. If any part of
the stove glows during use, this is over-firing and may
cause permanent damage to parts of the stove and
increase the risk of chimney fire.
The stove is a multifuel product and, as such, may be
operated on most types of solid fuel and wood.
The following are recommended for use with this stove:
House coal (trebles , doubles and other small sizes are
not recommended)
Anthracite (Large Stove Nuts)
Phurnacite Homefire and Homefire Ovals
Sunbrite
Ancit
Taybrite
Well seasoned hardwoods are recommended for this
stove and will give the best output and cleanliness in
use. As a rough guide, hardwoods should be split and
stacked and allowed to air dry under cover for ap-
proximately 8-18 months depending on the split size.
Incorrectly seasoned, green wood or wet timber will not
burn effectively as large amounts of heat are required
to drive out the moisture from the wood before it can
burn. This lowers the temperature of the stove and flue,
reduces output and can cause a substantial increase in
deposits of creosote in the stove and flue.
With experience, correctly seasoned wood can be
identified by the weight and appearance of the logs.
Well seasoned wood loses approximately a third of it’s
weight when seasoned and contraction cracks are usu-
ally visible on the cut ends.
Examples of the best UK hardwoods for wood burn-
ing are: Oak, Beech, Chestnut, Ash, Hawthorn. Other
hardwoods are also suitable. Softwoods may be burned
but will burn away quickly and provide a lower heat
output. The high resin content of softwoods will lead to
increased creosote production and deposits in the stove
and flue components.
When first using the stove it is advisable to keep track
of the settings used for different levels of room tem-
perature and stove output, and start lower and work
upwards to higher outputs as you gain a feel for how
the stove performs.
For longer burns, the air control will need to be fully
or almost fully shut down. Experimentation will reveal
whether fully shut down results in the stove dying away
and going out, particularly with hard types of solid fuel.