The cooker will satisfactorily burn wood logs, blocks or
peat briquettes, but logs should be perfectly dry in order
to obtain the best cooker performance and minimise the
deposits of creosote. Wet logs may also provide
overnight banking problems and the following hints are
recommended:-
a) Burn dry soft wood in the day time and dry hard
wood overnight if possible.
b) Avoid using ‘green’ wood on overnight banking as
creosote deposits will be increased.
c) Using hard wood in the day time will give prolonged
burning but heating response is slower.
d) Wet kitchen refuse should not be burned.
e) Before refuelling, open the flue chamber damper to
its full extent and fill the firebox up to the bottom of
the firedoor opening, ensuring the secondary air is at
fully open.
f) To obtain the optimum burning rate with wood
burning fuels only, a grate baffle should be located on
the top face of the reciprocating bars at the rear of
the firebox. See diagram. Grate riddling is not
required when burning wood where poking will
normally suffice. Always remove this grate baffle
when burning solid fuels
All Fuels using Wood and Paper
a) Check the flue pipe is free of blockage.
b) Open firebox door.
c) Open ashpit door.
d) De-ash (Fig. 8) and remove dead fuel from
bottomgrate (lift off clinker door above the
bottomgrate (Fig. 10), rake fuel into ashpan replace
clinker door).
e) Remove ashpan, empty and replace (Fig. 9).
f) Open flue chamber damper to maximum (Fig. 7).
g) Flue dilution lever fully to ‘left’ (flue chamber door
closed, Fig. 7).
h) Lay a liberal supply of wood and paper on top of the
bottomgrate bars together with a small quantity of
fuel and light.
i)
Close and lock the ashpit door
with the spinwheel
control open.
j)
Close and lock the firedoor
.
k) With fire established, open firebox door and fill
firebox with fuel. Check secondary air slide setting
(Fig. 6).
Close and lock firebox door
. Push flue
chamber damper back to position which has been
found to give desired burning rate.
All fuels Using a Gas Poker
a) Check flue pipe is free of blockage.
b) Open firebox door.
c) Open ashpit door.
d) De-ash (Fig. 8) and remove clinker door (Fig. 10).
Insert flat bayonet type gas poker on top of
bottomgrate bars.
e) Remove ashpan and empty (Fig. 9).
f) Open flue chamber damper to maximum (Fig. 7).
g) Flue dilution lever fully to ‘left’ (flue chamber door
closed, Fig. 7).
h) Lay a 75-100mm 3”-4”) shallow depth of fuel onto
the bottomgrate and light gas poker.
i) Close the ashpit and firebox doors as far as possible-
spinwheel control open.
j) When the fuel is well alight, extinguish and remove
the gas poker, replace the clinker door and ashpan,
close and lock the ashpit door
with the spinwheel
control open. close the firedoor.
k) With the fire established open the firebox door and fill
firebox with fuel. Check secondary air slide setting
(Fig. 6).
Close and lock the firebox door
.
Push the flue chamber damper back to position which
has been found to give best results. Set spinwheel
control to give desired burning rate.
Cooking Only - All Fuels
a) The fire is controlled by using the spinwheel on the
ashpit door to govern the air supply.
b) The adjustable flue chamber damper is for reducing
FUELLING WITH WOOD OR PEAT
FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THE
COOKER
LIGHTING THE FIRE
3
COOKER CONTROL
Fig. 4
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