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Lighting
To ignite the fuel, use fire lighters, small
paraffin ignition bags or small pieces
of wood placed on the bottom grate.
Place larger pieces of wood on top of
this kindling material, at right angles
to the firing, doors. Completely open
the secondary air supply and leave the
firing door ajar – i.e. approx. 1 cm open.
Once the fire has taken a good hold of
the fuel and the chimney has heated
up (after about 10 min) close the firing
door. We recommend that you burn the
entire first firing with the secondary air
supply fully open to make sure that the
chimney is thoroughly heated.
Refiring
You should normally refire the stove
while there is still a good layer of em-
bers
. Distribute the embers across
the bottom grate, place pieces of
fuel (max. 2,5 kg) on the embers in
a single layer perpendicular to the
firing opening. Close the firing door.
The wood will then ignite within 30
to 60 seconds. When the flames are
steady, adjust the secondary airflow
to the level required. Nominal ope-
ration (6 kW) will be achieved when
the secondary airflow is fully open.
When firing, take care not to place
the pieces of fuel too closely to-
gether, as this will result in poor com-
bustion and insufficient exploitation
of the fuel.
Reduced burning
The stove is well-suited to intermit-
tent use. If you wish to operate the
stove with reduced out-put, simply
insert smaller volumes of wood at
each firing, and apply a lower airflow.
However, remember that the secondary
combustion air supply must never be
shut off completely during firing. It
is important to keep a good bed of
embers. Gentle heat is released when
the fire settles - i.e. when the wood
no longer generates flames and has
been converted to glowing embers.
Optimal firing
To achieve optimal firing and the hig-
hest possible effect, it is important to
make sure that the air supply is used
correctly. As a general rule, the se-
condary air is to be used to control
the fire to ignite the flue gases. This
produces a high effect and keeps
the glass panel completely clear of
soot as the secondary air “washes”
down over it. Please note that the
stove will, naturally, produce soot if
the secondary air intakes are closed
completely. This will prevent oxygen
from being drawn into the stove, and
the viewing window and other parts
will become covered with soot. If
this situation is combined with firing
with wet wood, the build-up of soot
can become so thick and sticky that
the sealing rope can, for example,
become detached when the door is
opened the next day.
Risk of explosion
After you add new fuel, it is
very important that you do not
leave the stove unattended
until the wood is burning con-
stantly. This will normally occur
within 30 to 60 seconds.
A risk of explosion can possibly arise
if too much wood is placed in the sto-
ve. This may result in the production
of large volumes of gas, and this gas
can explode if the intake of primary
and secondary air is insufficient.
It is an advantage always to leave
some ash lying in the bottom of the
combstion chamber.
