SOLZAIMA TEK Basic, Instruction Manual

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6. Using the unit for the first time
* Ask the installation technician to turn on and start-up the unit to check its proper operation;
* The first time the unit is used, the paint finish is cured by the heat, which may generate additional
fumes. If this happens, ventilate the room by opening windows and any doors leading to the
exterior;
* Avoid touching the unit during its first burn to prevent leaving permanent marks on the paint. The
paint goes through a more plastic phase during the curing process. The curing of the paint occurs
at approximately 300ºC and for 30 minutes.
7. Normal usage
* Lighting :
1 - Fully open the door of the unit;
2 - Place pine cones (preferentially) on the vermiculite plates at the base of the combustion
chamber;
3 - Place kindling on top of the pine cones, piled horizontally;
4 - Open the primary and secondary controls to allow the admission of combustion air,
leaving the door ajar for more rapid lighting;
5 - The lighting period is completed when the unit chassis reaches a stable temperature. At
this point, close the door and adjust the admission flow of combustion air to ensure a slow burn;
6 - If, while the door is ajar, there is smoke leakage from the unit, this means that you have
insufficient chimney draught or that the firewood used has a high moisture content.
* You MUST make sure the room where the unit is installed is adequately ventilated; otherwise, the
unit will not work properly. For this reason, it is important to also check whether any other air-
consuming heating appliance is present in the room (e.g. gas-fuelled heating appliances, braziers,
among others). We recommend that you do not operate these devices concurrently;
*
Before refuelling the stove, please verify whether the previous load is completely burned down. If
the firewood has burned down, only embers should remain. These will help to ignite the fresh load
of firewood. As such, do not allow the embers to die down to mere ash, seeing as it will not
produce sufficient heat to ignite the new load. Next, slowly open the door of the unit, leaving it
slightly ajar for a few seconds. Wait a while to ensure that the fumes are being exhausted before
opening the door completely and slowly to prevent smoke from entering the room;
*
The door of the unit should only be opened during the reloading process. Under normal
operating conditions, the door must remain closed;