KASTOR KH-20, Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

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5.
5. prOblEM SITUATIONS
If the stove or the sauna fail 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 -> “woodburning” -> “select your
stove”.
SMOKE lEAKS INTO THE SAUNA, bAd drAfT
Is the chimney valve open?
Is the connecting pipe attached tightly both to
the stove and the chimney?
There should be no air leaks.
Is the stove’s other flue opening closed tightly with
the cap that came with the stove?
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 draft height (chimney height) sufficient with
regard to the environment?
Nearby trees, a steep hill etc. require 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?
You should burn at least one compartment full of split,
dry logs according to instructions.
Too much draft?
The flames reach into the connecting pipe, which is
red hot, although the lower end of the stove within the
mantle is not red. See chapter 3.3. about draft adjust-
ment and heat output.
Is the draft too weak?
See chapter 3.3. about draft adjustment
correct amount of stones?
The stones should reach up to the edge of the stone
compartment at the edges and be heaped up only by
half a stone in the middle.
Are the stones packed too tight?
The stones need to be stacked in such a way that
there is enough air between them.
See chapter 2.2. “Stones and their arrangement”.
Are the stones good quality and the correct size?
Suitable stones are peridotite or dunite of a length of
over 10 cm and not too flat.
THE SAUNA dOES NOT gET HOT ENOUgH
Is the sauna new or the wooden structures
otherwise moist?
For instance, a new log cabin sauna warms up proper-
ly past 80
o
C only after a year.
Is the stove properly heated?
Has the stove been fired sufficiently?
You should burn at least one compartment full of split,
dry logs according to instructions.
Too much draft?
The flames reach into the connecting pipe, which is
red hot, although the lower end of the stove within the
mantle is not red. See chapter 3.3. about draft adjust-
ment and heat output.
Is the draft too weak?
See chapter 3.3. about draft adjustment
Is the stove too big for the sauna?
Is the draft height (chimney height) sufficient with
regard to the environment?
Nearby trees, a steep hill etc. require more than 3.5.
metres as measured from the chimney floor.
correct amount of stones?
The stones should reach up to the edge of the stone
compartment at the edges and be heaped up only by
half a stone in the middle.
Are the stones packed too tight?
The stones need to be stacked in such a way that
there is enough air between them.
See chapter 2.2. “Stones and their arrangement”.
Are the stones good quality and the correct size?
Suitable stones are peridotite or dunite of a length of
over 10 cm and not too flat..
THE SAUNA HEATS Up qUIcKlY, bUT THE STONES
rEMAIN cOOl
correct amount of stones?
The stones should reach up to the edge of the stone
compartment at the edges and be heaped up only by
half a stone in the middle.
Are the stones packed too tight?
The stones need to be stacked in such a way that
there is enough air between them.
See chapter 2.2. “Stones and their arrangement”.