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2.3 Lighting the fire
It is recommended to start the fire by means of a dry wooden fuel. Add e.g. 15 to 30 kg
pellets or sawdust in the base of the store and then add the alternative fuel, e.g. grains
on top.
When the fuel is lead to the burner tube according to section 2.2, you must light the fire
by using e.g. sawdust or pellets soaked in kerosene or the like. By soaked sawdust you
add 2 to 3 handful and mix it with the fuel in the burner tube, now light it by using a
newspaper or the like. Close boiler door and wait for 1 to 2 minutes for the fire to catch,
and then press START. The display will show the text
Soft start
PLEASE NOTE, THAT FLAMES MIGHT REACH OUT OF BOILER IN THIS PHASE
ALWAYS USE GLOVES WHEN LIGHTING THE FIRE
NEVER USE HIGLY FLAMMEBLE FLUIDS OR THE LIKE IN THIS PROCESS
2.4 Soft start mode
The function of the “soft start” is to limit the boiler load when starting up a cold boiler.
The boiler runs in “soft start” mode for a period of 15 minutes.
Should the combustion not have been correctly stated, when the boiler goes into the
mode “Running” the result can be un-combusted fuel being pushed through the burner
tube into the combustion room.
Hence you should check the stoker app. 1 hour
after start
. Normally this can be done in looking at the chimney. If you do not see
visible smoke then the combustion should be OK. If you however see a thick, white
smoke, this is a sign, that the fire has been partly choked in the burner tube by too
much fresh fuel being pushed in. Normally the combustion room too will be filled with
white smoke.
If this is the case, you should carefully and slowly open the door to the combustion
room (the white smoke might start burning under certain conditions). Leave the door
slightly open for – say - ½ hour to allow the chimney to evacuate the smoke from the
combustion room.
(see also section 3.3 Low temp / section 3.5 high O2.)
Section 2 – Start up and normal use
