Parkray CONSORT 15, Инструкции по установке/эксплуатации/обслуживанию/сервисному обслуживанию

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Lighting the Stove
To light the stove, open the primary and secondary air controls fully.
Light one or two firelighters placed centrally on the grate, allowing the flames to become established before placing
several pieces of small dry kindling in a criss-cross fashion above the firelighters, taking care not to smother the fire.
Close the stove door. Once the kindling is well alight open the door and build the fire by gradually adding slightly
larger pieces of wood, closing the door afterwards.
Once you have a good fire established across the grate bed, further fuel can be added as required and the air
controls set to the correct position. Should the fire fail to light correctly open the door and use a poker to spread the
fuel across the grate. Close the door and allow the fuel and stove to cool before attempting to relight the fire.
N.B. Leaving the air controls in the closed position, adding too much fuel or using wood that is wet or too large will
prevent the fire from establishing correctly and may result in smoke emission from the stove.
Locomotive Grate
Grate Operation & Burning Wood
Your Consort is fitted with a locomotive type grate. So that de-ashing can be carried out cleanly and easily, it is
riddled from the outside of the stove with the doors closed.
To burn wood, push the operating tool up and away from you.
When left in this position, air is restricted through the bed of the fire providing a solid
base to build up a bed of ash.
Surplus ash can be removed either by gentle riddling or with a shovel.
It might prove beneficial when burning more reactive fuels to leave the grate in a
“neutral” position, thus directing some under fire air and some over fire air to the fire
bed.
Grate Operation & Burning Solid Mineral Fuels
To burn solid mineral fuels,
place the operating tool over the riddling spigot and pull it towards you. When left in
that position, air is directed under and up through the slots in the firebed, giving the optimum conditions for burning
solid fuels.
It is important that the riddling tool is used to remove the ash to ensure airflow through the fire bed and allow the
fire to burn over the entire area of the grate. The ashpan should be emptied at least daily and ash should never be
allowed to build up over a period of time as this will result in damage to the fire bars. The flat end of the riddling tool
can be used to carry the ashpan.
Loading The Appliance (Solid Mineral Fuel)
Solid mineral fuel should be placed in the stove so that there is no more than a 30° incline of the fuel bed from front
to back. It should
not be stacked above the level of the rear firebrick as this may result in damage to the stove. With
a full load of fuel, the stove will need to be refuelled approximately once every 2 hours.
Air Controls (Solid Mineral Fuel)
Solid mineral fuel burns most efficiently with the secondary air control in the closed position. The primary valve
lever can then be used to control the burn rate of the stove. Always de-ash before refuelling and do not let the ash
build up to the underside of the grate bars. Solid mineral fuel produces ash, which if allowed to build up will stifle
the airflow through the Primary air valve cavity and grate. This will eventually cause the fire to die. With some solid
mineral fuels, a residue of burnt fuel or clinker will accumulate on the grate, allow the fire to go out periodically to
remove this.
IMPORTANT!
We cannot stress firmly enough how important it is to empty the ashpan regularly. Air passing through the fire bed
cools the grate bars. Distortion or burning out the grate bars is nearly always caused by ash being allowed to build up
to the underside of the grate.