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Warning. -
Any installation should be done by an authorised installer. A faulty installation of this product, and an
inadequate maintenance might cause grave incidents.
3. OPERATION
3. 1 Combustion
For good combustion that is clean and environment-friendly (CO-free), when the wood is well lit and it has
reached a high temperature, you must close the primary air inlet and keep the secondary air inlet open. This will
let the air for combustion (preheated) enter through the top of the fireplace next to the glass and through the
back wall below the deflector to ensure better gas combustion. You will notice this in an increase in flames and
temperature.
Wood burners and inserts are intermittent combustion appliances. This means that they should be lit, loaded with
an approximate weight of fuel as recommended by the manufacturer for each model, followed by a full
combustion cycle and fuel reloads after each combustion cycle.
Good combustion is necessary for optimum performance and a better view of the flames through the glass.
Guidelines:
- Maintain a high and constant temperature in the fireplace. Accordingly, the fireplace door must be closed at all
times and opened only to load firewood, which must be done as quickly as possible. Keeping the door open will
cause the stove to cool down, it will worsen the combustion and make lighting of the new wood more difficult.
- Do not take a long time when loading firewood and wait for the end of the combustion cycle, when the flames
of the previous load disappear.
Warning.
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During the use of your stove or inset appliance, the high temperatures generated during combustion and
cooling down of the device afterwards will cause expansion and contraction of the steel plates. This may cause some metallic
sounds; these are completely normal and should not be considered a defect in the product.
A full combustion cycle comprises the following:
1. A short period after reloading when the wood begins to heat up without flames. The time until the flame lights
is an indication of the fireplace temperature. If you wait too long to reload firewood, the temperature falls too
low and the new load of firewood does not light well. This has a negative effect on combustion and dirties the
glass.
2. The temperature of the firewood increases rapidly, and it begins to break up, emitting gas that ignites if the
fireplace temperature is appropriate. The fireplace temperature begins to increase as the fuel emits more gas and
the flames increase.
3. After a certain period of time, which varies depending on the type of firewood, the maximum temperature
value is reached, and the gases emitted from the firewood decrease slowly along with the volume of the flames.
When the firewood gas emission is complete, the flame goes out and the firewood turns to burning embers, that
is the moment to add wood into the stove.
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The fuel load should have the approximate weight recommended by the manufacturer for each model.
Preferably in one or two pieces.
