Mallee Freestanding
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Mallee Freestanding
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Fitting the Baffle Plate
After you have completed the installation you firstly have to fit the baffle plate into the heater with the curved lip facing upright and to the
front.
Put the baffle plate back into the heater by putting the right side of the plate through the door opening and then the left. Holding the plate in
two hands under the plate, lift the right hand side up hard against the top and right hand side of the firebox. Then lift the left hand side past
the retaining lugs on the left hand side of the firebox. When the plate is level, slowly lower it onto the baffle plate retainers. With the baffle
plate sitting evenly on the holders, push the baffle plate to the rear of the firebox so that the rear of the baffle plate is against the back wall
and sitting on the rear support.
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WARNING
WITH THE CURVED LIP FACING UPRIGHT AND TO THE FRONT, ENSURE THE BAFFLE IS SITTING
CORRECTLY. FAILURE TO DO SO WILL CAUSE THE APPLIANCE TO BE LESS EFFICIENT AND
OVERHEAT THE FLUE SYSTEM. IF THE BAFFLE PLATE IS NOT SUPPORTED AT THE REAR OF
THE FIREBOX AND PLACED FIRMLY AGAINST THE BACK WALL THE BAFFLE MAY BOW
DOWNWARDS CAUSING INEFFICIENT OPERATION.
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WARNING
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITHOUT READING AND UNDERSTANDING
THESE OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY. FAILURE TO OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE
PROPERLY MAY CAUSE UNDUE DAMAGE TO THE APPLIANCE OR RESULT IN A FLUE FIRE.
Take the firebricks out of the heater. They are to be placed so that they
stand on end against the rear and two side walls of the firebox. You will
notice that the bricks have a bevel on one end.
Inside the firebox there is a “C” shaped angle iron firebrick retaining
bracket. This is designed to sit over the bricks and hold them in place.
This should be placed in the firebox so that you see a flat face of the
angle iron on both sides of the firebox and at the rear of the firebox.
Holding the “C” frame up to the top of the firebox, insert a whole
firebrick, standing it vertically with the bevel edge pointing down and
facing inwards toward the left hand side of the firebox. Lower the left
hand side of the “C” frame onto the firebrick. Repeat with a whole
firebrick on the right hand side.
Place 4 whole firebricks using the same method against the back wall of
the firebox.
Now place one extra firebrick on either side of the firebox to complete
the installation of the firebricks. (i.e. two each side and remainder on the back wall.)
Push each brick and “C” frame firmly against the wall of the firebox and you are ready to light your fire.
Baffle Plate
“C” angle iron bracket
fire bricks
bevelled edge
Operating your Jindara
Your first fire
On installation of your Jindara Heater it is necessary to place a 12mm (approx) layer of sand, soil or ash in the bottom of the firebox. This is
required for the first fire. Thereafter, when cleaning out the firebox, always leave the equivalent amount of ash in the bottom.
Starting your fire
Place a firelighter or paper in the bottom of the firebox and place a large amount of small kindling on top. Ignite the paper or the firelighter.
Set the air control to high and leave the main door open approximately 25mm. When the kindling is burning, place about four pieces of small
wood on top of the burning kindling. Once the wood is alight, close the main door. After approximately 20 minutes, turn the air control down
to medium and, turn the fan on to low speed.
On the initial fire up you may detect smoke coming from the paint finish and from any oils that may be on the steel on the outside of the
firebox. This is normal. It is suggested to well ventilate your home on the initial fire up. Please refer to our section ‘Paint curing and cure’.
The glass door
Always operate your heater with the door closed and locked. The only time you can leave the door open is on initial lighting, or when
reloading the heater.
Care of your glass
If you are burning good dry wood, you will have very little discolouration of your glass in normal burning cycle. If you aim for an eight to ten
hour overnight burn, you should not get much discolouration. You can control this by adjusting the air control, moving from the left and
slowly creeping the control to the right. After a number of days you will find the right position to suit your requirements and the fuel that you
are using.
Cleaning the glass
Generally the only time you will possibly need to clean your glass is after a long overnight burn. If you find that you have a wet sticky black
film on your glass (creosote), it is better to burn the heater as normal for one load of wood. When the wood has burnt down to a hot bed of
embers, open the door and leave it wide open until the glass cools sufficiently to be wiped with a damp cloth. This should clean all the white
smoky film off the glass. Creosote on the glass is normally a sign that you have tried to get too long an overnight burn or you have burnt
excessively wet or green wood.If the film on the glass won’t come off with a wet cloth, you can use wet ash from the ash bed as a cleaner or
commercial products such as Crystal Clear, Johnson Foam Clean or Windex.
Normal Operations
When you get up in the morning, open up the air control of the heater to high position to start the embers glowing. Place three or four pieces
of wood on top of the embers and leave the door open 25mm. Once the fuel starts to flame close the door. As the heater starts to heat up
turn the fan on to low, (approx 20 minutes) and begin reducing the air control towards a lower setting. You will find with the fan on low you
will only need to run the heater between low and medium to maintain the temperature you desire in your home. To obtain the maximum heat
dissipation from the heater it is necessary to run the fan at any time the heater is running above the low position.
For best results it is best to burn 350mm long wood and load your wood straight into the firebox front to rear. This will give optimum
efficiency and recoverable heat, and minimise creosote formation and smoke emissions.
Placement of firebricks in firebox
Installation
(Continued)
Read these instructions
Installation Permit
Depending on what your local authority requires, a permit may be required for the installation of your heater. It is your responsibility to
arrange the same.
