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Reservoir Lid
Water tap
Reservoir damper arm
vertical-closed (shown)
horizontal-open
Copper water tank
The tank in the reservoir is made of copper, for easy cleaning
and the seams are soldered with lead free solder.The tank has
a 5 gallon capacity with a spigot mounted on the side, for easy
access to the water.
Water must be added manually, the tank is not connected to
your plumbing.
To route heat around the reservoir, open the reservoir damper
(turn handle to the right). Vertical position of the handle means
that the reservoir damper is closed, and no heat is passing
under the copper tank. Horizontal position of the handle means
that the reservoir damper is open and more heat is circulating
under the copper tank.
The water in the reservoir can be heated from luke warm to
boiling hot depending on how you are burning the stove, the
position of the water reservoir and the oven dampers.
The reservoir damper is ‘downstream’ from the oven damper
which means that if the oven damper is open, the flu gases are
not circulating around the oven and therefore not past the
reservoir either, so the water in the reservoir will not get as hot
as when the oven damper closed.
Helpful Hint: When lighting your stove from cold or when the
stove is relatively cool remember the water in the reservoir will
be at the same temperature.
The cold water will tend to absorb the heat that you are
attempting to use to heat the chimney to start the stove. Close
the reservoir damper during this period.
The same theory applies when heating the oven. If the water
reservoir damper is open, the valuable heat you are trying to
heat the oven with will be absorbed by the mass of cool water
in the reservoir. Close the water reservoir damper during this
period.
Woodstove heat is very dry and the water in the reservoir will
add much needed moisture to your home. The warm water can
be used for bathing, dishes or other clean up needs.
Always ensure water is in the tank when the stove is in
operation.
If the reservoir runs dry the soldering may melt
away from the joints, resulting in leakage.
Caution: The water reservoir is a naturally cooler area of your
stove, so creosote and fly ash will tend to build up on and
around that side of the stove. Because of the potential for
blockage and or ignition of the creosote,
frequent inspection
of this area is very critical and clean out must be performed
more often.
