SENKO cookers SG –
Instruction manual
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8.
MALFUNCTIONS / CAUSES / SOLUTIONS
PROBLEM
POSSIBLE CAUSE
SOLUTION
Firebox door glass is
black and/or the
firebox is smoky
(black soot)
insufficient flue draught
(less than 10Pa)
faulty regulation
too much fuel in the firebox
fuel too moist
inadequate fuel
excessive temperature in
the firebox
check the connection of the
cooker with the chimney and the
chimney
study
chapters 4.2
and
4.3.
study
chapter 5.2.
reduce the fuel quantity
use fuel with less than 17% of
relative moisture
use fuel as described in
chapter 1.1.
reduce the fuel quantity and
primary air volume and adjust
chimney flue draught in
accordance with
chapter 5.2
Insufficient flue
draught in the
chimney; black
smoke expelled
from the chimney
chimney filled with soot
cooker filled with soot
chimney partially clogged or
filled with soot
fuel not sufficiently dry
firebox cast grate turned in
the wrong direction
firebox door opened
inadequate flue draught
faulty regulation
clean the chimney
clean the cooker
unclog and clean the chimney
use fuel in accordance with
chapter 1.1.
set the grate in accordance
with
chapter 5.3.
close the door
adjust the flue draught in
accordance with
chapter 4.2.
adjust the primary and
secondary air in accordance with
chapter 5.2.
Smoke coming out
of the cooker
cooker filled with soot
chimney filled with soot
fuel too moist
low calorie fuel
levels of fresh air in the
room too low
temperature in the firebox
too low
chimney lower than 4.5 m
chimney diameter smaller
than the one prescribed
clean the cooker as described
in
chapter 6.
clean the chimney as
described in
chapter 6.
use fuel as described in
chapter 1.1.
study
chapter 4.4.
increase the firebox
temperature by increasing fuel
quantity
adjust the chimney in
accordance with
chapters 4.2.
and
4.3.
Cooking and baking
temperature too
low
insufficient or excessive
chimney flue draught
excessive primary air volume
adjust the chimney flue
draught in accordance with
chapter 4.2.
reduce primary air volume
