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content) uses up energy from the burn process to evaporate the water inside the
wood thus creating very poor conditions for combustion
. The main cause of
burning problems with wood stoves is due to excessively damp wood. Wood can appear
perfectly dry on the outside but still contain 40-50% water on the inside. A moisture
meter can be purchased from some stove and equipment suppliers if you wish to check
your wood source is correct.
6.5.1 Refuelling on to a low fire bed
If there is insufficient burning material in the firebed to light a new fuel charge, excessive
smoke emission can occur. Refuelling must be carried out onto a sufficient quantity of
glowing embers and ash so that the new fuel charge will ignite in a reasonable period. If
there are too few embers in the fire bed, add suitable kindling to prevent excessive
smoke.
6.5.2 Fuel overloading
The maximum amount of fuel specified in this manual should not be exceeded,
overloading can cause excess smoke.
6.5.3 Operation with door left open
Operation with the door open can cause excess smoke and spillage into the room. The
appliance must not be operated with the appliance door left open.
6.5.4 Primary Air left open
Operation with the primary air controls left open can cause excess smoke. The
appliance must not be operated with air controls or door left open.
6.6 Lighting the Stove
We recommend that you have two or three small fires before you operate your stove to
its maximum heat output. This is to allow the paint to cure in steadily and to give a long
service life of the paint finish. During this curing in process you may notice an
unpleasant smell whilst the finishes finally cure. It is non-toxic, but for your comfort we
would suggest that during this period you leave all doors and windows open.
First, open the secondary air wash control fully. Load the firebox with plenty of starting
fuel, i.e. paper, dry sticks and/or firelighters. Light the fire at the base leaving the
secondary air control fully open. Leave the door slightly ajar for 5-10 minutes to enhance
initial starting and reduce smoke emission
–
DO NOT leave the stove unattended if
the door is left ajar or the primary air controls are open
. Allow the fuel to reach a
steady glow and build the fire up gradually by adding a few small sticks or well split logs
at a time. Once you have a good fire bed established across the grate, further fuel can
be added step by step as required. Don’t be tempted to overload the fire bed with fuel all
at once or close down the air controls too much until the fire is really well established for
some time. Once the ignition period is well under way, gradually reduce the secondary
air wash control opening to establish the burning intensity you require.
6.7 Re-fuelling
When burning wood, the fire will die down as the fuel is consumed. When the flames
disappear and the remainder is breaking down into glowing embers it is an appropriate
time to consider re-fuelling. NOTE: If the flames disappear and there are still lumps of
solid wood left this indicates excessive moisture content in the wood or insufficient air
supply/flue draught.
