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19. Service
19.1 Safety instructions for operation
WARNING: Life-threatening danger due to
poisoning!
An insufficient supply of air and/or fuel-gas exhaust can
result in dangerous escaping of fuel gas. Do not modify
the combustion air supply and keep all combustion air
openings and fuel gas lines of the stove system open
during operation!
All filling doors must be kept closed!
WARNING: Danger caused by incorrect
operation!
Observe all safety instructions in the chapters
„2. Safety Information“ on Page 3,
„3. Information on fireplace“ on Page 5 and
„5. Fire and heat protection“ on Page 7
Only operate the stove system in proper condition and
as intended!
19.2 Heating
19.2.1 Preparations before each heat-up
Make sure that there is a sufficient supply of fresh
air and all necessary combustion air lines and fuel
gas lines of the fireplace are open.
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If necessary, remove excessively large quantities of
combustion remains from the combustion chamber
when cooled. It is not necessary to completely
remove the ash. A remaining bed of ashes promotes
combustion. However, make sure that the combustion
air inlets are not covered by new ash produced during
combustion.
19.2.2 Filling combustion chamber
Wood mainly consists of cellulose, wood hemicellulose
and lignin. The basic substances do not directly burn, but
instead only their gases, which result at correspondingly
high temperatures. Splitting the wood significantly
helps promote this degassing process. Use only split,
dry wood to fill your masonry stove. Clean combustion
is only achieved with a sufficient supply of oxygen and
compliance with the combustion temperature.
Combustion starts with little smoke and lasts longer
when it takes place from top to bottom (ignite top layer).
In contrast to a campfire, the fire in the masonry
stove is ignited from above. Lay the smallest
possible split, dry soft wood on top of the log as a
firing-up module (Fig.: 9).
Completely open the combustion air slide for heat-
ing up (see „22.3 Stellungen der Bedienelemente“
on Page <?>).
The quantity of fuel used decisively determines the
heating output. Fill the stove in accordance with
Chapter "23 Log tables, heating values", on Page
48.
Fig.: 9 Example of igniting process, use log quantity in
accordance with the specification „23 Scheitholz-
tabelle“ on Page 48.
Lighters
Kindling
thick wood
How to fill the combustion chamber?
Fill the combustion chamber with lying logs and a wood quantity as
described in the manual „23 Scheitholztabelle“ auf Seite 48.
Masonry stoves
also see the brochure:
www.schmid.st/heizenmitholz.html
