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Four, not five, (EDIT: ONE STAR DUE TO SHUTOFF FAILURE AND NO STANDING BEHIND PRODUCT- DETAILS AT END) because the process of changing out the wick is a bit difficult and the instructions are close, but no cigar. And the original wick leaves something to be desired. Mine really only lasted one good burn, one not so good. Get a good one at milesstair. And yes, after startup, there is no odor. First time, yes, but only at startup thereafter. Almost as good as the discontinued DC-100. Today, I replaced the wick for the first time. Well, it's NOT all that easy. Let us go over the steps. -Open the wire guard and remove glass chimney assembly and fuel tank. -Remove batteries and front knob. -Remove the 2 screws on bottom of front panel. -Remove panel by tipping out THE BOTTOM. -Unscrew 3 body screws and lift off body. -Remove the screw holding down the igniter. Notice how the igniter is positioned (take a picture). -Separate the two halves of the "wind cover." The metal is sharp and if your unit is like mine, it will take quite some doing to separate the 2. -Unscrew 4 wing nuts, lift up the assembly and the gasket. -Put back the knob. -Hold down the ignition lever, and using your 2 remaining hands, remove 2 pins. -What? You don't have 3 hands? Neither did I. AND you're not removing 2 pins. You are twisting, fiddling and bending out two retaining arms over the 2 pins. -Pull out the metal tube with wick. Remove wick. -Put new wick in with sewn spot on the "right side" pin. Notice the line on the wick. Put this at the top of the metal tube. OR, be smart and put it a tiny bit higher. -Press wick to inner sides of tube. At this point you will hear someone yell "OUCH!" Do not worry, it is you. You have now discovered the inside of the tube has these barbs that hold the wick in place. Too bad you didn't notice this earlier! -Press down the ignition lever so you can better enjoy the process of putting those 2 pins on the metal tube back into the slotted lift arms. -Put the platform back on the base. Tighten TWO opposing wing nuts. Put the igniter level to high. Now measure the top of the wick down to the inner assembly. It should be 1/2". -If you lined up that line on the wick with the top of the tube, as I did, you will now have the joy of disassembling the thing and moving the wick a bit higher in the tube. Mind the barbs! -OK: we've now remeasured, it's fine, and we've put in all 4 wing nuts. -Reinstall the wind cover. Time for a few choice words, as you find the 2 parts go back together even less willingly than they came apart. I found a bit of lifting up the top of the slot to be of some help. Some. -Reinstall the igniter, looking at that picture (told ya) to ensure you do not install it upside down. It don't work so well that way. -Remove knob. Reinstall body. Didn't lose those 3 screws, did you? -Reinstall panel by inserting the TOP first and snapping in the bottom. At this point, the words "fit and finish" may come to mind. Now, we don't want to bend anything, do we? Mind the tabs. Reinstall 2 screws and knob. -Reinstall batteries, chimney and fuel tank. Wait at least one hour for kerosene to moisten wick before attempting to light. You may want/need a libation at this point. -Next time, it will go MUCH SMOOTHER! ;-) SUGGESTIONS: -Put a half dropper of 91%+ isopropyl alcohol per tank (1.2 GAL) to offset a tiny amount of water. No more. -Consider if you really need a larger one. I also have a DC-100, which I need to do some work on, that produces 17,600 BTU or so. The two of these together will be just fine, but if I had it to do over again, I think I'd spring for a larger one, say twice the capacity. I use these for emergency heat, as well as just heating up a rec room on the lowest level. I hope you've found this helpful. ON EDIT: The beige push in lever on the right bottom to shut off the burn has failed for me, as it has for others. At first, I could force the black lever on the left UP to shut it down. That only worked a couple of times. I thought that removing the fuel tank would shut it off, as it is supposed to. Nope, did not shut it off. I had to let it burn itself out with the fuel remaining in the sump after the fuel tank was removed. I will disassemble the entire thing to see if I can repair, as the problem occurred after the 30 day warranty period and they would not accept a return. I VIEW THIS INABILITY TO SHUT OFF THE FLAME AS A FIRE HAZARD and am considering reporting it to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. SORRY, but when it works it's great, but this kind of failure, especially so early in it's life, and after so little use, is UNACCEPTABLE.