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6 - If, while the door is ajar, there is smoke leakage from the unit, this means that you have
insufficient chimney draught or that the firewood used has a high moisture content.
* You MUST make sure the room where the unit is installed is adequately ventilated; otherwise, the
unit will not work properly. For this reason, it is important to also check whether any other air-
consuming heating appliance is present in the room (e.g. gas-fuelled heating appliances, braziers,
among others). We recommend that you do not operate these devices concurrently;
* Before refuelling the stove, please verify whether the previous load is completely burned down. If
the firewood has burned down, only embers should remain. These will help to ignite the fresh load of
firewood. As such, do not allow the embers to die down to mere ash, seeing as it will not produce
sufficient heat to ignite the new load. Next, slowly open the door of the unit, leaving it slightly ajar for
a few seconds. Wait a while to ensure that the fumes are being exhausted before opening the door
completely and slowly to prevent smoke from entering the room;
* The door of the unit should only be opened during the reloading process. Under normal operating
conditions, the door must remain closed;
* Remember to reload the unit before the previous load has burned down to ash, in order to ensure
continuous combustion;
* We do not recommend that you use the unit during adverse weather conditions that may seriously
affect the fume draught (especially under strong wind conditions).
* We recommend that you use logs of firewood with a length of 25 cm. This will allow you to place the
firewood longitudinally or transversely in relation to the base of the combustion chamber;
9.
Safety
* Please note that the exposed metallic parts of the unit reach very high temperatures – 100°C on the
door and 60°C along the external casing. The door latch does not heat beyond 45°C, but avoid any
contact with other parts that may be hot;
* If any contact with the unit is necessary while it is in operation, remember to use a glove or other
form of protection;
* In case of
fire in the chimney, immediately close the door of the unit, as well as the
primary and secondary air inlets;
* We recommend that you use only spare parts supplied by the manufacturer – (SOLZAIMA).
