RIKA INTEGRA II, Manual

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Copyright © 2008 by Lucky Distributing Revision 2.0 updated 11/05/2008
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A NEW HEATING PHILOSOPHY
In today’s world, anyone manufacturing and
marketing heating appliances has more than just
the responsibility of producing a quality, safe
product. It is essential that wood heating
appliances apply technology which is
environmentally friendly and, at the same time,
extremely efficient. RIKA is 100% committed to this obligation, and
continues to do research and development in pellet
stove combustion technology. This gives you, the
consumer, assurance that you are buying the most
advanced product in the marketplace.
WHY HEAT WITH PELLETS?
Chemically speaking, burning wood is the same
process as wood rotting by itself. Rotting wood, as
well as burning wood, releases CO
2
that trees need
to grow and, therefore, burning wood has no impact
on the CO
2
cycle. Heating with pellets means that
the burning process is very carefully controlled, and
wood is added to the combustion process only in
precise quantities. This results in the optimized and
environmentally friendly incineration of wood.
In the past, waste wood products were simply
discarded into local landfills to rot. Heating with
pellets is an economical and a distinctly
advantageous alternative to dumping. It is a natural
and intelligent method of recycling. Heating with
your RIKA pellet stove is designed to be easy and
user-friendly. Because of its exceptionally large
hopper, low pellet consumption, and very simple
control panel, your RIKA pellet stove is, indeed,
easy and convenient to operate.