FIRST USE
Each Altech soapstone pellet stove is handmade with big care. Keep in mind
that the first week, you can burn the pellet stove with a maximum of 1 time
a day. Residual moisture in the soapstone can lead to more soot
development in the combustion chamber at the first firing. This will
decrease after a number of firings.
MANUAL FIRING
In the pellet stove you can only burn wood pellet, no other fuels. For more
information see chapter “fuels”. We advise for lighting the fire to use a
Firestarter.
-U clean the pellet burner by using the delivered brush.
-U can open the door and putting the pellets in the burner. (you can do
this easily with the specialy made pellet kit.
-Put a small an Firestarter on top of the pellets, and light it up.
-U can close the door and enjoy the beautiful flames until 3 hours.
Refilling
It is not possible to refill the stove if the stove is still burning pellets. U
have to wait minimal 20 minutes after the fire is out, with refill the burner
with pellets again. Before you refill te burner, you always need to clean the
burner with the supplied brush.
Burning at with higher temperatures
At higher outside temperatures, the chimney draft may be disrupted,
resulting in smoke leaving the stove. This can be prevented by burning the
stove with a larger flame development. A larger flame development with
the same capacity is obtained with a flue valve that is open further.
FUELS
You can only use high quality wood pellets for the Altech soapstone pellet
stoves, that means;
-A high combustion value (above 5 kWh/kg)
-A low ash value (between 0,2% –0,5%)
-A low moisture value ( between 7% –8%)
