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You will notice that with the ash door closed the ash flap may
be lifted to access the wood grate pull without having to open
the door.
Burning skid wood or construction materials with nails is not
recommended as anything in the firebox that will not burn has
the potential to get caught in the grate.
The ash pan is directly below the grate.
Starting the Stove
Good safety practices:
Educate your family members:
• before burning the stove, have each family member read
this manual and be aware of safety practices;
• keep children, clothing and furniture away from the stove;
• the stove is HOT while in operation – DO NOT TOUCH the
stove, contact may cause burns;
• open the firedoor, ash pan door, woodgrate pull, bell
dampers and oven damper with the 1415 lid lifter only—
these surfaces get hot; (see figure 8)
• keep a fire extinguisher nearby and have a clearly
understood plan on how to extinguish a fire.
slots open and close
wood grate pull
figure 8
Oven Damper Slide
Wood Grate Pull
Bell Damper
Getting Acquainted
The Sweetheart and Oval cookstove are time proven heating
and cooking appliances. Take your time to acquaint yourself
with the principles on which your new stove operates as a
heater and cooking stove.
Understanding the primary principles of the air intake controls,
the oven damper, the flame path for the fire and the relationship
to the chimney will give you a very comprehensive understanding
of what you are trying to accomplish with the stove.
Before starting the stove, lift the key plate handle and rest the
arm in the top hook of the cabinet bracket. Open both the top
loading and ash pan doors. The doors open by lifting slightly
over the hook and pulling towards you. Always use the lid lifter
to open doors and bell dampers and when adjusting the oven
damper.
In the Oval, looking into the firebox through the top you see
cast iron liners, these liners rest on an oval refractory firebrick.
In the Sweetheart, looking into the firebox through the top you
will see firebrick liners on the left and right side of the firebox.
At the bottom of the firebox is the wood grate, looking in
through the ash pan door, you will see the wood grate pull—
slide it back and forth and looking down into the firebox you will
see the slots open and close.
The stove is burned with the slots open which allows the
combustion air to enter underneath the fire. As ash and coals
build up on the grate these slots fill and will require the
occasional “shaking”.
It is a good policy to shake the grate or stir the coals with the
poker before loading a new charge of wood.
