Sig Marine Sig100, Operating And Installation Instruction Manual

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12. Operation Tips
When operating on the lower temperature settings the burner needs less air.
To reduce the air, adjust the barometric damper open wider, turn off the fan,
and add more fuel even if you do not want the heat. It is better to make too
much heat and dissipate it than to run the burner too lean with flames inside
the burner pot as this will result in hard carbon build up and soot. The burner
is designed to burn a certain amount of fuel on low and if less fuel is burned,
it causes the flames to end up below the ring, inside the burner pot causing
an unclean burn.
Turning up the valve in
small increments will help the draft to catch up with
the fuel increases, keeping a good fuel to air mixture, which helps in
reducing soot.
When on medium to higher settings, the flames start to look orange with
black tips, turn the fan on using the lowest fan speeds, increase air slowly
until the flames start to turn yellow and more vibrant.
If you turn the fan on too high the air will burn off all the fuel leaving
the flames below the burner ring resulting in carbon soot
.
***Remember, the key to burning this heater correctly is to find the right
fuel to air mixture. When adjusting the fuel, you must adjust the air to find
the correct balance so you have the cleanest burn.
After the heater is well heated and cabin temperature is reaching comfortable
temperature, the valve body and the fuel in it will start to warm up and the
fuel will become thinner, flowing faster causing the heater to burn hotter. An
adjustment will have to be made to turn down the fuel to a lower setting or
add more air for a higher setting.
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