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3) To achieve clean burning and maximize the performance and efficiency of the appliance it is
important to raise the temperature of the stove and chimney as quickly as possible. Thus, when
lighting the appliance, the technique is to open the door and start with a small amount of kindling
with the secondary and primary air controls fully open, use a long taper to ignite the kindling and
then close the stove door.
4) After a few (~5) minutes, open the stove door and add some larger pieces of wood. Close the
stove door.
5) Only when these have been well-alight and the flames dying down, should the stove door be
opened and normal sized logs be added, then close the stove door.
6) When the logs are well alight, the primary air control should be fully pushed in to close the air
supply.
7) Use the secondary air control to control the burn rate.
8) To operate at the nominal heat output of approximately 4.9kw the primary air control must be
fully closed, and the secondary air control should be adjusted so the maximum fuel load of 1.03kg
of suitable wood burns for approximately 0.77 hours.
Refueling
If there is insufficient burning material in the fire bed to light a new fuel charge, excessive smoke
emission can occur. Refueling must be carried out onto a sufficient quantity of glowing embers
and ash so that the new fuel charge will ignite in a reasonable period. If there are too few embers
in the fire bed, add suitable kindling to prevent excessive smoke.
Only open the door slowly
when the
fire is low
but with sufficient glowing embers to ignite the
new fuel charge. Add more logs and close the stove door and open both the primary and
secondary air controls.
When the appliance is refueled, leave the primary and secondary air controls open for 2 to 3
minutes, or until the logs are well alight, before closing the primary air control and using the
secondary air control to control the fire.
Always
refuel onto a good bed of glowing embers.
Never
leave the primary air control open, other than when lighting and re-fueling the
appliance.
Operation with door left open
Warning:
The firebox door shall be kept
closed
except during ignition, refueling and removal of
residue material.
It is
highly recommended
providing the ash pan is not full of residue material that the ash pan is
emptied when the fire is
not in use
and the stove, with all residue and components are
cold.
Operation with the door open can be
dangerous
and cause excessive smoke. The appliance
must
not
be operated with the appliance door left open except as directed in the instructions.
4.3.2 Ash removal, disposal of ash & cleaning the main grate
(see Figure 5)
WARNING
Ash and all residue materials including the ash pan will be
extremely hot
and can cause severe
life-threatening injuries
, therefore extreme care
must be
taken whenever removing hot ash
and residue material including the ash pan from the hot stove.
