Wood burning stove/cooker
– TERMOROSA DSA
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Installation, user and maintenance instructions – EN – Rev.02
9. TURNING ON
WARNING: For no reason turn on the fire before the system has been completely filled with water; doing this
would lead to serious damage of the entire structure.
IMPORTANT: at first lighting up it is inevitable that an unpleasant smell is produced (due to the drying of the glue in
the gasket chord or protective paints), which disappears after a short use. The environment must in
any case be well-ventilated. At the first lighting up we recommend loading a reduced quantity of fuel
and to increase slowly the heat output of the appliance.
To correctly light the products treated with paints by high temperatures, you need to know the following:
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the construction materials of the products in question are not homogeneous, in fact parts in cast-iron co-exist with
steel.
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the temperature at which the body of the product is submitted is not homogeneous: from zone to zone variable
temperatures are recorded from 300°C to 500°C.
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during its life, the product is submitted to alternate cycles of lighting and turning off during the same day and to
cycles of intense use or total inactivity with the varying seasons:
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before being considered run-in, the new wood burning stove/cooker must be submitted to different cycles of start
up to allow all materials and paint to complete the varying elastic stresses;
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especially initially you will notice the emission of smells typical of metals submitted to large thermal stress and
fresh paint. This paint, though in the phase of construction is heated to 250°C for a few hours, must exceed many
times and for a certain duration the temperature of 350° C, before bonding perfectly with the metal su rfaces.
It becomes important to follow these small suggestions during the lighting up phase:
1. Ensure that ample air changes in the installation space of the appliance are guaranteed.
2. In the initial occasions of turning on, do not load the combustion chamber excessively (about half of the quantity
indicated in the instruction manual) and keep the product lit for at least 6-10 hours non stop, with the registers
less open compared to that indicated in the instruction manual.
3. Repeat this operation for at least 4-5 or more times according to your availability.
4. Successively, load always more (following what is described in the instruction booklet at the maximum load) and
extend the period of lighting up avoiding, at least in the initial phase, short cycles of turning on and off
5. During the initial occasions of turning on no object should be placed on the thermo stove/cooker and in particular
on the polished surface. The polished surfaces must never be touched during heating.
6. Once the « running-in » phase has been passed you can use your product like the engine of a car, avoiding
sudden heating up with excessive loads.
To light the fire we advise the use of small planks of wood with paper or other means of lighting available on the
market, excluding all liquid substances such as alcohol, petrol, oil and the like.
Follow the instructions below:
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Open the smoke register to envelop the exhaust, regulate the register to stove/cooker function, the control
lever must be pressed backwards (the butterfly valve on the smoke outlet tube must also be opened).
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Position the knob of the thermostat on position 5(maximum opening).
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Open register of the primary air (placed on the ash tray).
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After having started the fire with small pieces of wood and waited for it to be well lit, set the thermostat on the
position corresponding to the heat desired.
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Bring the smoke register in the oven position, pulling the lever.
When the wood starts to burn more fuel can be loaded, close the register of the primary air and check combustion
through the secondary air according to the advice of the paragraph 10. During this phase never leave the
stove/cooker unsupervised.
WARNING: during the initial occasions of turning on a consistent condensation of smoke could occur with a
small leakage of water from the wood burning stove/cooker; this phenomena will disappear in a
very short time, if it should persist it will be necessary to have the draught of the flue checked.
Never overload the wood burning stove/cooker. Too much fuel and too much air for combustion can cause
overheating and damage the wood burning stove/cooker. Damage caused by overheating is not covered by
the guarantee.
