Napoleon 1402 is being installed as I type. Will post pics later. My buddy said the first time you fire it up just get it to medium heat then shut it down. Any truth to this?
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Correct, slow break in fires. You will want to have the windows open for this as the paint smell will be pretty bad for the first few fires.
Your buddy is correct but I would advise to better build small fires instead of just choking down the stove with the air control. You will want to avoid smoke as much as possible.
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I also installed a 1402 insert and due to the warmer weather have only had a couple of break in fires. Expect some smoke and fumes coming off the stove with the first burn. The second burn fumes or smoke were non-existent. If you reference the owners manual on break in, it does say build several hot fires to cure and for the first hour of each fire leave the damper wide open. You can easily find the manual online with a search.
This is a steel stove. One small fire to dry out the bricks is sufficient. The next burn at >500F can bake in the paint with the house windows open. After that, rock and roll.
After the first couple of break in fires you can still expect to smell paint burning each time you reach a new high temp. Good Luck with your new insert!
Well the insert is in. Looks good. Fired it up monday after they installed it with just a small fire and got that paint curing smell. Didnt run it tuesday but fired it again last night. No more paint smell, ran great. Put one final log on at 9:30 last night, at 6:30 this morning stove top was still 150-200 degress. Stirred the ash to find nice glowing coals and put a 2x4 on there and it fired right up. I am really impressed that it was still hot after 9 hours with only one log.
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