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Next Stage - stove tempering:
For the first 3 hours burning use just small wood fires, then for the next 15-20 hours, total burn time, fires
must be very gently increased in temperature and log size and load and NO SOLID FUELS (products other than
wood) must be used during this period. A stove thermometer will be a valuable tool in helping you to achieve
this and to ensure an efficient burn rate in future. After these small fires, gently increase fires over the course
of a week or so. Starting a large fire too soon is likely to damage the stove in which case will not be covered by
the warranty.
ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THESE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE LIGHTING THE FIRE, AND
THAT YOU ARE CONFIDENT THE STOVE HAS BEEN INSTALLED CORRECTLY.
ALWAYS WEAR A PROTECTIVE GLOVE WHEN REFUELLING YOUR STOVE.
Ignition (FOLLOW INITITAL TEMPERING INSTRUCTIONS FIRST TO AVOID DAMAGE)
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Ensure the ash-pan is in place.
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Ensure all air inlets are fully open
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Construct a pile of kindling in the middle of the grate using approximately 1kg of kindling wood
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Light with a single chemical firelighter
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Partially shut the door but leaving it cracked open slightly
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After about 5 minutes or when the fire is well established, shut the door
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After a further 3-5 minutes as the fire starts to die, add a further three larger pieces of wood weighing
approx. 1kg.
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Once theses logs are alight, and after about 7 minutes or so, a normal load of 2 or 3 logs weighing up
to
1.5kg (for the ST1)
or
1.7kg (for ST3)
,
(ONLY AFTER THE INITIAL TEMPERING PERIOD HAS BEEN
FOLLOWED
–
SEE ABOVE)
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Once this load is burning well, the Primary and Secondary vents can be altered according to your
required burn rate and chimney draw strength.
Refuelling
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Open all air vents
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Add up
1.5kg (for the ST1)
or
1.7kg (for ST3)
of wood
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After about 2 to 3 minutes or when flames from the fresh fuel fully established, reduce the Primary
vent as necessary.
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At high power output, your stove will require refuelling approximately every hour.
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It is important to follow these instructions in order to achieve clean burning and to maximise the
efficiency of the stove
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Do not leave the fire unattended until flames are well established on the newly charged logs
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Always refuel onto hot embers.
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If the fire has died out at the point of refuelling, use kindling to re-establish the fire and follow the
“Ignition” procedure above.
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It is important that the stove is not overloaded with fuel.
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Reduced burn rates can be achieved by reducing the openings of the Secondary and Tertiary air vents.
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Operation with the door open can cause excessive smoke. The appliance must not be operated with
the door left open except as directed in the instructions above.
