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VI.- SAFETY
A number of possible risks are
present when operating your solid
fuel cooker with fuel of any brand.
The said risks can be minimised if
the
instructions
and
recommendations included in this
manual are followed.
Below, we shall recommend some
rules and advice but, above all else,
we recommend common sense.
1.
Keep
any
flammable
material
(curtains,
clothes...)
away
from
cooker, at a minimum
safety distance of 0.90 m.
2.
Protect nearby furniture
with
heat
resistant
materials on the hob and
smoke outlet.
3.
Leave a 50 mm. gap
between furniture and the
sides of the cooker for air
to flow through.
4.
Ash should be emptied
into a metal container and
immediately
removed
from the house.
5.
Do not use flammable
liquids to light the cooker.
6.
Keep
any
type
of
flammable liquid (petrol,
alcohol...) away from the
cooker.
7.
Inspect
the
chimney
occasionally and clean
whenever necessary.
8.
Do not place the cooker
near walls that may catch
fire easily or that have
some type of lining that
may be damaged or
deformed by temperature
(varnish, paint, PVC...).
VII.- MAINTENANCE PRODUCTS.
INDUSTRIAS Hergóm, S.A. places a
range
of
products
for
the
preservation of its cookers at your
disposal:
-
Refractory
putty,
to
improve air-tightness and
sealing.
-
Anti-soot,
a
powerful
catalyst that enhances the
elimination of non-burnt
by-products.
-
Window cleaning liquid,
an ideal product to
eliminate
carbonised
grease
from
cooker
windows, chimneys...
VIII.- ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATION
Industrias Hergóm S.A. recommends
using the packaging (wood and
cardboard) that comes with the
device as fuel for the first times you
light your Hergóm product.