User Manual

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3.4 Lighting a fire in the wood burning
stove
The fire lighting method is very important for
starting combustion quickly and efficiently.
1. Open the Air control under the door fully.
2. Place a small log of wood crosswise in
the combustion chamber and put 2
firelighters close to the log. Put a new
small log close to the firelighters and
place several sticks of kindling at an angle
above it in a cross hatch shape. Air must be
able to reach the firelighters, but the logs
should be touching to “warm” each other.
Light the firelighters with a match.
3. Keep the door approx. 1cm ajar, until the
glass is too hot to touch. Then close the
door. When there are distinct, visible
flames and the fire has taken hold.
WARNING: The control and handles will get
warm when the wood burning stove is in
use. Please use the glove provided when
you operate the wood burning stove.
4. Once the first charge of wood has burnt
away leaving a glowing bed of embers
slowly open the stove door using the glove
provided and re-stoke the fire with the
desired amount of wood. Close the door
and open the air control to maximum
(towards you) for a few minutes to allow
the new wood to catch fire then slowly
push the air control back into the stove
until the desired effect is reached.
In order to avoid the quenching of the stove
fire by use of oversized logs we recommend
a maximum wood fuel size of 4” (10cm)
diameter by 10” (25cm) length split seasoned
logs, with a maximum moisture content of
20%.
This appliance is designed to operate with the
door closed, except for lighting and reloading,
failure to close the door during operation can
result in fume spillage.
WARNING: Properly installed, operated and
maintained this appliance will not emit fumes
into the dwelling. Occasional fumes from
re-fuelling may occur. However, persistent
fume emission is potentially dangerous and
must not be tolerated. If fume emission does
persist, the following immediate actions
should be taken:
■ Open doors and windows to ventilate
room then leave the premises.
■ Let the fire go out or eject and safely
dispose of fuel from the appliance.
■ Check for flue or chimney blockage, and
clean if required.
■ Do not attempt to relight the fire until
the cause of the fume emission has been
identified and corrected.
If necessary seek expert advice.
3.5 Important Information for Wood
Burning
With a full load of wood and burning near
nominal output the stove will need to be
refuelled approximately every 1-1.5 hours.
One or two large logs will burn longer than
a number of smaller ones. Care must be
taken that logs do not touch the baffle or the
glass panel. Do not stack logs above the level
of the tertiary air inlet profiling in the rear
vermiculite firebox liners at the back of the
stove.
Always make sure that flames are visible
above the wood after re-fuelling for cleanest
burning. Burning without flames above the
fuel will create unnecessary smoke. After re-
fuelling open the primary air control fully for
3 minutes or until the logs are fully blackened
to achieve full flames above the fuel.
Wood burns best on a bed of ash and it is
therefore only necessary to remove surplus
ash from the stove occasionally. Burn only
dry, well-seasoned wood, which should have
been cut, split and stacked - under cover from
rain - for at least 12-24 months with free air
movement around the sides of the stack to
enable it to dry out.
Burning wet or unseasoned wood will create
tar deposits in the stove and chimney and will
not produce a satisfactory heat output. Wood
that is not properly dry (‘dry’ is considered to
be less than 20% internal moisture content)
uses up energy from the burn process to
evaporate the water inside the wood thus
creating very poor conditions for combustion.