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Country Flame Crossfire Overview
Ok what we have here is the Crossfire Corn/Pellet/Biomass insert. The nice thing about the Crossfire
is that you can burn a multitude of fuels but the stove is primarily designed to burn
pellet and or corn or a combination of the two. So it gives you two good choices there
down the road depending on fuel prices and things of this nature or whatís available
in your area, you can choose which fuel you would like to burn. The stove will actually
have a 50,000 BTU heat rating on the corn side and when youíre burning pellets, itís
going to have about a 40,000 BTU rating. So youíve got the best of both worlds there.
Youíve got a product that will actually, take a fireplace thatís in the home now that
may be drawing more heat out of the house than what itís actually putting into when
youíre burning it, you put a Crossfire insert into that fireplace, now youíve got a situation
where you can use that fireplace as something that you can heat your house with. So you
can also take a look at different fireplaces. Youíve got zero clearance fireplaces on the
market and youíve got masonry fireplaces. This stove will actually ñ insert will actually
work in either one of those. It is zero clearance fireplace approved. So now you can take that
fireplace thatís in the house thatís a zero clearance model, take the doors off, dampers
out and you could actually install this right into your zero clearance fireplace. The other
thing that you want to take a look at is that it has a 600 cfm fan, it has an anti-clinker
stir rod. The stir rod is basically a self cleaning firepot. So now youíve got a situation
where youíre keeping your maintenance down, youíre not having to get in there and clean
your firepot out every 2 ñ 3 days, you can get a long extended time before you actually
have to clean that firepot out from what they call clinkers which is just a little buildup
of ash in your firepot periodically. But the stir rod feature on this product will take
care of most of that for you. Some of the features of the Crossfire are 99 percent combustion
efficient when youíre burning pellet. Which is basically telling you that youíre only
going to have 1 percent ash left over after youíve burned your fuel. If youíre burning
corn ñ straight corn, youíre going to have 97 percent combustion efficiency. Thatís
basically telling you youíre going to have about 3 percent ash left over. And a combination
of them both, both corn and pellet, youíre going to be somewhere in between that. The
other feature on this stove is that youíre going to have a 4 inch outlet already built
into the unit. On most any pellet stove, any time that you go above 10 feet vertically,
you need to expand out to 4 inch. The Crossfire has that built right in and makes it very
easy for the installer to bring their flexible pipe up through the damper and up the chimney
with 4 inch right off of the unit. The units going to weigh about 230 pounds so it has
a nice heavy steel construction, heavy heat exchanger which is going to give you a lifetime
of good use. The Intelli-Choice control board on the Crossfire is going to give you, the
homeowner many options to be able to control their fire, control their settings, and make
everything as comfortable as they can in the home. Youíre going to have 5 heat settings.
It is thermostat ready. So when you want to put a thermostat on it you can. Now you can
walk away from it and the stove will actually, on a thermostat when you have it hooked up,
itís going to actually take your flame and your BTUís from a medium setting to a low
setting automatically for you versus running it manually.
Ok, on the Crossfire, youíre going to have some features that youíre going to have access
to right in the front of the stove. Thereís going to be normal daily maintenance, operation,
those kind of things. The first thing youíll notice is the shroud panel which we talked
about before. But this is going to cover up the excess opening in your fireplace. And
you do have choices of either black or brass trim on the outside of your shroud. And thereís
standard or an oversized depending on the size of your fireplace. The other thing that
youíll notice is that, fuel, we get a lot of questions about, well if I have an insert
how do I put fuel in my stove versus a freestanding stove. Youíll have your hopper lid right
here in the front, itís got a handy handle right here and you can lift that up. Youíll
load your fuel right into the hopper right here. The other feature that youíll notice
is the heat discharge grill. This is where your room air blower is going to bring your
air back into your house. Itís going to have your heat exchange tubes and your grill and
everything right here. Also, youíre going to have your heat exchange rod cleaner. You
have a tool that comes with the unit thatís actually going to be able to allow you to
do that while the stove is still warm. Typically this is something that youíre going to want
to do every 2 to 3 days and itís very simple. You just slip it on and you raise it up, do
that 2, 3, 4 times. And thatís going to clean those heat exchange rods right inside here
and clean them off where you can get the ash knocked off of those for you. And it will
all fall right back down inside your firebox area right down in here. Your firebox area,
this is where your ash is going to accumulate for your firebox. Youíre going to use a vacuum
or an ash-vac is even better. Use an ash-vac to vacuum this out, I would say, depending
on your usage, the type of fuel that youíre using, anywhere between 3 and 6 days. Depending
on the level of the ash in your firepot and in the ashpan, youíre going to do that every
3 to 6 days. Youíre also going to notice the firepot. The firepot is going to have
a stainless screen around it. Your firepot area, hereís where you fire is going to actually
burn. And then youíre going to have your stir rod. Itís a stainless stir rod with
a stainless firepot and a stainless shield right in the front so that itís all well
protected and give you a good long lifetime. The stir rod is going to be spinning inside
of your firepot here and thatís your self cleaning situation. Your firepot is going
to clean itself with the stir rod. So that thatís not something that youíre going to
typically have to maintain on a daily basis. I would say youíre going to maintain this
firepot probably every week to two weeks depending on the fuel that youíre burning. Hereís
your drop chute right here. So your fuel is being augered up through the hopper and then
itís being dropped into the firepot where itís actually going to burn right there.
The other feature that youíll see is your airwash. Youíre going to have an airwash
system right here. Your exhaust blower is actually pulling the air through the firepot.
So itís pulling it through the firepot around your heat exchanger and then kicking it out
of the back of the stove. But itís also pulling air up through here over the inside of your
glass. And thatís going to help keep the ash off of your glass so that you can see
your fire and be able to enjoy it. And when it comes to glass, the glass is a neo-ceramic
glass. Itís actually a ceramic material so it wonít get damaged under the heat pressure
of your stove. Youíve got an adjustable handle and door hinges. And of course you can see
the wheat pattern on this particular door here on the etching on the option that we
talked about earlier. Youíre also going to have an ash lip. The ash lip is there so that
when you do open your door, a little bit of ash may fall off of your door and itís going
to land on your ash lip. Itís going to help catch that. And if you open your door here,
youíre going to have on your ash lip, when it comes to some of the cleaning and maintenance
that youíll have to do on your stove periodically, youíll have to be able to get into the heat
exchanger areas at the bottom of it where your ash is going to collect. So what I recommend
is that every 2 to 3 weeks, or whenever you have the unit shut down, just pull out this
one screw and remove your ash lip just like that. What thatís going to do thatís going
to expose your cleanout points. Youíre going to pop those off with a screw driver and run
your vacuum on both sides. And thatís going to allow you to be able to clean the bottom
of your heat exchanger. And that way, you get plenty of air flow through your stove.
Cause thatís one of the most important things on any biomass stove, pellet or corn, is to
make sure that youíve got plenty of air flow and good oxygen getting to your fire. And
keeping your stove clean of ash is going to do that for you. And then to put that back
on, youíre just going to slide them back on like that and then replace your screw to
hold it in tight. On your optional doors, again, youíre going to have black, gold,
or nickel doors. And then on the option of your side trim colors, youíre going to have
black and gold. Typically when somebody ñ when the homeowner wants to have a nickel
door, theyíre going to use no trim or black trim. With the gold door, then youíve got
other options. You can do black trim, no trim, or gold trim. The air control for this stove
for your fresh air for your firepot is located on the left hand side at the bottom. And itís
numbered. And that way you can always remember where you had your setting when you have a
particular fuel feed setting. Youíre going to have this set to where itís going to give
you the optimum burn and most efficiency in your stove. So youíll make those adjustments
as needed. Your control board is also located on the left hand side of the stove. And itís
located on an access door right here on the side which can hinge open so that if you do
need to do any cleaning or access into this area you could actually open these doors and
do that. You would also have an access door over on the right hand side of the stove.