INIS Meain MK2, User And Installation Manual

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Inis Meain MK2 Roomheater stove
7. Care should always be taken when
emptying the ash pan of the stove.
Hot ashes should never be put in a
plastic dust bin, bag or
container. Ideally, empty the ash
pans when the ashes are cold.
8. Heating during adverse weather
Conditions. In certain cases eg.
the weather is rainy and
Damp, or when a wind is gusty etc,
The chimney draught might be worse
Than usual. In such cases a minimum
Amount of fuel should be used in
The fireplace and the initial air
Supply valve should be fully opened.
Fuel
Inis Stoves recommend that wood logs be used
to fuel the stove. Other fuels however
can ’t be burned in the stove.
Using wood logs to fuel the stove, the grate
should be in the closed position.
Excessive riddling should be avoided and
a good ash layer on the grate is
recommended. When using wood logs,
please ensure that the wood has moisture
content below 20%. Well-seasoned and
kiln dried wood logs will achieve this.
Burning wood logs with a higher moisture
content will result in much reduced heat
output and a build-up of heavy tar
deposits in the stove and chimney.
To refuel the stove the firebox should
be well filled without fuel falling out
over the firebar against the doors. By
operating the stove in this way,
refuelling should only be needed every
45 minutes at full
output and the stove will operate most
efficiently and cleanly this way. Once
the stove is fully hot the control knob
can be used to adjust the firing rate
down to the required output.
Fill the firebox up but do not
have fuel over flowing over the firebar.
Household waste should never be burned
in the stove.
Never burn petroleum coke in this stove
as it will invalidate the guarantee.
Lighting the fire
The key to quick and easy lighting of
the stove is the ample use of kindling
wood. If too little kindling is used,
the fire will be slow to start and will
produce excessive smoke and deposits on
the glass.
The grate should be put in the open
position and both the thermostatic and
“Easy start” dampers fully open.
Firelighters or well crumpled paper
should be surrounded with small pieces
of kindling toward the back of the
grate.
Light the fire and with the door lock
engaged but the doors slightly ajar let
the fire light up. After the kindling is
well alight add larger pieces of fuel to
the fire and after a few more minutes
this fuel should be well alight. The
stove can be fully loaded now and a
bright high temperature fire should
result. Once the fire is well established
the “Easy Start” manual damper should be
closed . The stoves output will normally
not require adusjtment down of the thermo-
static damper until after approximately an
hour as the stove will take this time to
fully heat up.