RIKA VITRA, Instruction Manual

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The challenges of the present day and age mean that
everyone must act responsibly. One of most important
matters of concern is retaining our natural world. Our
products are developments that comply with the most
recent state of the art technology. This is an essential
prerequisite for a clean, efficient and perfect functioning of
our fires.
CLEAN BURNING
The following is important for clean burning:
1. THE FIREWOOD MUST BE DRY AND UNTREATED.
- Recommended value between 14% and 18% rel. wood
humidity.
- Dry and well ventilated stored wood that has been stored
for 2-3 years.
A fire is not a „waste incineration plant". The warranty
will become null and void if rubbish or nonapproved
material, such as plastic, treated wood etc. is burned.
Further consequences are damage or soiling of the
fire and chimney as well as the environment!
2. THE RIGHT QUANTITY OF FIREWOOD
AND FIREWOOD DIMENSIONS
- Too much firewood leads to overheating.
This stresses the material too much and leads to poor flue
gas values.
- Too little firewood or logs being too large means the
stove does not reach optimum operating temperature.
The flue gas values are also poor in this case.
- The right quantity of firewood is:
For wood
≈
1,2 kg (2 logs - 20 cm long) per layer (guide-
line) for rated heating value.
For minimum thermal output
≈
0,6 kg (2 logs - 25 cm long)
Note: Only wood and wood briquettes may be burnt in
your stove. Plastics, treated wood (e.g. chipboard),
coal and textiles may not be burnt.
BURNING WOOD
Clean burning of wood corresponds to the same chemical
process as natural decay, i.e. that the CO2 (carbon diox-
ide) released does not increase or contaminate the original
CO2 content – household of the atmosphere.
Plant growth
Wood
CO
2
content of
atmosphere
Rotting
or
burning