Faber HAAKON, Assembly And Operating Instructions Manual

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6. YOUR SMALL TROUBLESHOOTER
If you have problems or questions, contact your dealer or your district chimney sweep.
Problem
Possible cause Possible solution
The wood does not ignite
or only hesitantly
•
The wood is too thick
• The wood is too wet
•
The air intake is too low
Sect 5.2b Further heating
Sect 3.3 Sect 5.2a Firing up
The wood burns without
a bright yellow flame,
smolders or even goes
out.
• The wood is too wet
• The air intake is too low
• The damper is closed too much
• The chimney draft is too low
Sect 3.3 Sect 5.2 Firing up
Sect 4.4 Sect 1.3 Chimney
draught
There is too much soot
which remains on the
(
interiors
panels? )soapstone plate
while the operation is not
clean
• The wood is too wet, too thick
• The air intake is too low
• The wood volume is too low and
thus the combustion chamber
remains too cold
Sect 3.3 Sect 5.2b Further
heating Sect 5.2
Although the fire burns
fiercely, the stove is not
warm
•
The chimney draught is too
strong
Sect 1.3 and 4.4
The wood burns too
quickly
•
The chimney draught is too
strong
Sect 1.3 and 4.4
•
The wood is cut too small Sect 3.3 and 5
•
Controls incorrectly set Sect 5
Smoke comes into the
living area during
operation • The air intake is too low
•
The damper is closed too far
• The chimney is too small or the
chimney cross-section is too
narrow
•
The flue draught in the stove
pipe or chimney are strongly
sooted
•
The wind blows down the
chimney
Fresh air supply guarantee
Sect 4.4 Sect 1.3, Install
draught amplifier (flue
ventilator)
Sect 3.4 Install wind
protection on the chimney
The chimney is wet and
sooted up, condensation
is coming from the stove
pipe
• The wood is too wet
• The flue is too cold
• The chimney is too cold
• The chimney cross-section is too
big
Sect 3.3 The stove pipe is too
long and must be isolated. The
chimney must be isolated. Talk
to your chimney sweep
Chimney fire
•
wrong or too moist fuel
•
deposits in the chimney
Close all air vents connected
by the stove and check that all
the cleaning access traps to
the chimney are closed. After
combustion is completed, have
the chimney checked by a
professional for cracks and
leaks.