Hampton H200 Cast Freestanding Woodstove 21SAFETY GUIDELINESAND WARNINGS1) Never use gasoline, gasoline type lanternfuels, kerosene, charcoal lighter fuel, orsimilar liquids to start or ‘freshen up’ a fi rein your heater. Keep all such liquids wellaway from the heater while it is in use.2) Keep the door closed during operation andmaintain all seals in good condition.3) Do not burn any quantities of paper, gar-bage, and never burn fl ammable fl uids suchas gasoline, naptha or engine oil in yourstove.4) If you have smoke detectors, prevent smokespillage as this may set off a false alarm.5) Do not overfi re heater. If the chimney con-nector, fl ue baffle or the stove top begin toglow, you are overfiring. Stop adding fuel andclose the draft control. Overfi ring can causeextensive damage to your stove includingwarpage and premature steel corrosion.Overfi ring will void your warranty.6) Do not permit creosote or soot build-upin the chimney system. Check and cleanchimney at regular intervals. Failure to doso can result in a serious chimney fi re.7) Your Hampton stove can be very hot. Youmay be seriously burned if you touch thestove while it is operating, keep children,clothing and furniture away. Warn childrenof the burn hazard.8) The stove consumes air while operating,provide adequate ventilation with an airduct or open a window while the stove is inuse.9) Do not connect this unit to a chimney fl ueserving another appliance.10) Do not use grates or andirons or othermethods for supporting fuel. Burn directlyon the bricks.11) Open the draft control fully for 10 to 15seconds prior to slowly opening the doorwhen refuelling the fi re.12) Do not connect your unit to any air distribu-tion duct.13) Your woodstove should burn dry, standardfi rewood only. The use of cut lumber, ply-wood, “mill ends”, etc. is not allowed as thisfuel can easily overheat your woodstove.Evidence of excessive overheating will voidyour warranty. As well, a large portion ofsawmill waste is chemically treated lumber,which is illegal to burn in many areas. Saltdrift wood and chemically treated fi re logsalso must not be burned in your wood-stoves.14) Do not store any fuel closer than 2 feetfrom your unit. Do not place wood, paper,furniture, drapes or other combustibles nearthe appliance.15) WARNING: Do not operate withoutthe Ash Plug properly seated.16) Do not operate with broken glass.OPERATING INSTRUCTIONSDRAFT CONTROLBoth the primary and air wash drafts are control-led by the control handle located on the right sideof the unit (when facing the unit). To increase yourdraft - push lever to the back, and to decrease -pull lever to the front. All units have a secondarydraft system that continually allows combustionair to the induction ports at the bottom of thefi rebox, just below the rear cover.WARNING: To build a fire with disregardto the information contained in thissection can cause serious permanentdamage to the unit and void your war-ranty.Front - Closed Back - Open