Chilli Penguin Chilli Billie, Installation And Operating Manual

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The general principle to be observed in an Exempt Chilli Penguin stove, suitable for use
in smoke control zones, is that the air controls cannot be completely closed, allowing a
permenant air supply to the fire chamber. This means that fuel burns more efficiently,
thereby emmiting less smoky emissions into the atmosphere.
“The Clean Air Act 1993 and Smoke Control Areas”
Under the Clean Air Act local authorities may declare the whole or part of the district of
the authority to be a smoke control area. It is an offence to emit smoke from a chimney
of a building, from a furnace or from any fixed boiler if located in a designated smoke
control area. It is also an offence to acquire an “unauthorised fuel” for use within a
smoke control area unless it is used in an “exempt” appliance (“exempted” from the
controls which generally apply in the smoke control area).
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has powers under the
Act to authorise smokeless fuels or exempt appliances for use in smoke control areas
in England. In Scotland and Wales this power rests with Ministers in the devolved
administrations for those countries. Separate legislation, the Clean Air (Northern
Ireland) Order 1981, applies in Northern Ireland.
3.d Smoke Control Principles
If the accommodation is EITHER sited in a smoke control zone, OR has provision to be
transported or resited in a smoke control area the smoke control adaption should be
applied.
To make the Chilli Billie suitable to burn in a smoke control area, there is simple
adaptation. The secondary air control dial need to be removed. Make a note in this
manual if this has been done, on the commissioning page.
3.c
Smoke Control Adaptation
J2 Discharge of Products: Combustion appliances shall have adequate provision for the
discharge of products of combustion to the outside air.
J3 Detection of CO: Where a fixed combustion appliance is provided, appropriate
provision shall be made to detect and give warning of the release of carbon monoxide
J4 Protection of Building: Combustion appliances and flue pipes shall be so installed
and fireplaces and chimneys shall be so constructed and installed as to reduce the
reasonable level the risk of people suffering burns or the building catching fire in
consequence of their use.
J5 Provision of Information: Where a hearth, fireplace, flue or chimney is provided or
extended, a durable notice containing information on the performance capabilities of
the hearth, fireplace, flue or chimney shall be affixed in a suitable place in the building
for the purpose of enabling combustion appliances to be safely installed.
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