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When the flames from the kindling load just begin to subside add several small pieces of firewood.
Try to avoid smothering the fire with the new pieces. Placing the pieces on and behind the burning
kindling can help prevent smothering. As your Logaire woodstove is a convection fire it requires
approximately 45-60 minutes to preheat the steel firebox before it can effectively convect heat into
the room. A well maintained hot fire will reduce the preheat cycle.
FIRE IN CYCLES
Don’t expect perfectly steady heat output from your Logaire woodstove. Woodstoves burn best in cycles.
A cycle is the time between the ignition of a load from charcoal and the consumption of the load back to a
hot ember bed. Each cycle should provide between four and eight hours of heating depending on how much
wood was used and how much heat is needed. Plan the firing cycles around your household routine. If
someone is home to operate the fire build a small hot fire. If you must be away from the house during the
day build a long burning fire.
THE SMALL HOT FIRE
A small hot fire is when a small amount of wood is burnt quickly. This is best used when you just want to
take the chill off the house usually in spring and autumn. To build a small hot fire:
1.
Rake the embers towards the front of the fire and place several small pieces of wood
onto it. The bottom layer should be positioned to ensure that combustion air can flow
over the embers and along the length of the pieces of wood.
2.
The next layer should be stacked loosely in a crisscross arrangement.
3
Open the airslide control to high to produce a hot bright fire.
4
After approximately 15 to 20 minutes the air supply can be reduced slightly as the
fire progresses, but never enough to extinguish the flames.
5
When only charcoal remains the air supply can be reduced further to prevent cooling
the ember bed.
EXTENDED OR OVERNIGHT BURNING
Available only for properties in excess of 2 hectares.
The Logaire fire range will burn overnight provided the customer is correctly loading and burning dry hard-
wood, e.g., Manuka, Blue Gum, Black Wattle, with a moisture content of less that 25%. For best results
load a well established ember bed with larger dry hardwood logs and run on high for at least 45 min before
turning the airslide control down in three 15 minute stages (med, low and off).
The most important rule is NEVER LET THE FIRE SMOULDER. As long as there is solid wood in
the firebox there must be flames present or the unburned gases will escape both reducing efficiency
and increasing air pollution.
Phone: 0800-655-001
www.logaire.co.nz
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