KASTOR Karhu PK Series, Installation And Usage Manual

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4.3. Sweeping
Hatches in the stone area of the heater are soot hatches (covered with a lid).
Inner parts of the heater are cleaned through the holes covered with a lid 2 to 6 times a year
according to use.
If the heater has a flue leaving from the top of the heater, soot can drop on the heater from the
flue, and must be removed through the soot hatch at the back of the space intended for stones.
At the bottom part of the space provided for stones, in the side channels there are also soot
hatches for cleaning.
Soot hatches open when they are lifted upward.
4.4. Removal and cleaning of the stove's glass
The glass door must be treated with care. Do not slam it shut or uses it to push logs into the
stove. The glass doors are cleaned with Kastor’s Noki Pois cleaning fluid.
4.5
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Changing a broken glass pane
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Remove the door according to chapter 2.7.
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Remove the glass splinters and the retainers.
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Straighten the tongues in the corners of the laths.
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Push the glass all the way into the upper lath and then into the lower one by adjusting the
glass. Centre it.
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Push the locking springs into the lath ends and bend the tongues against the glass.
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Attach the door to the stove.
5. Troubleshooting
If the stove or the sauna fails to work as you think they should, go through the following check
list.
First, to make sure you have chosen the correct stove for your sauna’s requirements, look
through the stove choosing instructions on our internet pages at www.kastor.fi -> “wood
burning” -> “select your stove”.
Smoke leaks into the sauna, bad draught.
Is the chimney valve open?
Is the connecting pipe attached tightly both to the stove and the chimney?
There mustn't be any air leaks.
Is the stove’s other flue opening closed tightly with the cap that came with the stove?
Is there ash in the heater channels?
Is the flame plate in the upper part of the stove clean of ash?
Is the connecting pipe between stove and chimney clear of ash?
Is the chimney fully open?
In need of sweeping, stuffed with snow, winter cap on etc.
Is the chimney intact?
Cracks, weathered
Is the draught height (chimney height) sufficient with regard to the environment?
Nearby trees, a steep hill etc. requires more than 3.5. metres as measured from the chimney
floor.
Is the chimney’s size correct?
At least a half brick wide or, depending on stove model, a round chimney of 100 or 120 mm.
The stove stones do not heat up sufficiently.
Has the stove been fired sufficiently?
Burn the heater according to instructions, table 2 wood quantities.
Is the draft too weak?
You should burn at least one compartment full of split, dry logs according to instructions.
Is there too much draught?
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