Solid fuel burning appliance having an air intake control assembly and method for controlling an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance

An air intake control assembly for adjusting an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance having an appliance air inlet, the air intake control assembly comprising:

• a mounting structure having at least one air intake opening extending in a combustion air path defined between the appliance air inlet and the combustion chamber;
• a shutter mounted to the mounting structure and configurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration in which the shutter at least partially covers the at least one air intake opening, the shutter comprising
• a primary pivotable arm and a secondary pivotable arm, the primary pivotable arm being pivotable between a first open configuration and a first closed configuration and the secondary pivotable arm being pivotable between a second open configuration and a second closed configuration;
• a power supply;
• a motor operatively connected to the shutter and activable to modify a configuration of the shutter with respect to the at least one air intake opening and thereby modify a covering of the at least one air intake opening by the shutter;
• a temperature sensor operatively connected to the motor and monitoring a temperature representative of a temperature of the combustion chamber;
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• an electric circuit electrically connecting the motor, the power supply and the shutter and being operatively connected the temperature sensor, wherein the electric circuit is in an open configuration when at least one of the shutter is in the open configuration and the temperature monitored by the temperature sensor is below a combustion control temperature threshold to prevent electric current to reach the motor.

A method for controlling an air intake into a combustion chamber of a solid fuel burning appliance using an air intake control assembly having a shutter configurable with respect to a primary air intake opening extending in a primary combustion air path defined between an appliance air inlet and a primary combustion chamber air inlet and a secondary air intake opening extending in a second combustion air path defined between the appliance air inlet and a second combustion chamber air inlet, the method comprising:

• sensing a configuration of the shutter with respect to at least one of the primary and secondary air intake openings;
• monitoring a temperature representative of a temperature of the combustion chamber;
• comparing the monitored temperature to a combustion control temperature threshold;
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• if the monitored temperature is equal to or above the temperature threshold and the sensed configuration of the shutter is in at least one predetermined configuration, further closing the primary and secondary air intake openings by displacing the shutter with respect to the primary and secondary air intake openings while still allowing air through the primary and secondary air intake openings.