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You can light the fire using just pellets or light it manually with wood
– or a
combination where you put firewood in the combustion chamber and use the
pellets to light the fire. We recommend a combined usage, since firing with wood
gives a higher temperature which burn the remains of the pellets.
If you only want to use your hybrid stove with wood, the hybrid stove has a
damper (see illustration) for closing the pellet combustion manually. The pellet
function does not work when this damper is closed.
The damper is necessary, as you need to close the air supply for the pellet
combustion to achieve optimum combustion of wood logs.
However, if you use the hybrid stove with both wood and pellets, the damper
must be open (pulled forward).
4.1 Firing with wood
The Aduro hybrid stove is intended for intermittent combustion. This means that each stoking should burn
down to embers before new logs are added. Always respect the MAX-load line which marks the limit for the
amount of wood.
You can regulate the effect/heat output with the fuel. Burning small logs provides more powerful combustion
than burning large logs. The ideal heat output is reached by burning approx. 1.5 kg wood per hour.
If you experience problems lighting the fire or the fire dies after a short time, it can be due to the following
reasons:
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The firewood is not dry enough. The firewood should have a moisture content of max. 18%.
•
There is a negative pressure in the house.
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The smoke outlet from the outside may be blocked from sooth. This can occur after chimney
sweeping. Control the smoke outlet.
•
The used amount of wood may have been too small. Therefore, the embers were too weak and cold
to light the next load of wood.
4.1.1 Air damper for firing with wood
The stove is equipped with an air damper for regulation of the primary and secondary air supply. The primary
air is used at the beginning to get the fire going, and the secondary air keeps the fire burning evenly. The
tertiary air ensures that flue gasses are burned and is not adjustable. You must always add secondary and
tertiary air, while firing the stove.
When using the stove’s pellet function, we recommend that this air damper
is always pushed all the way in, as the pellets burn most optimally this way.
The damper allows you to adjust the hybrid stove according to the chimney draft and the heat output, you
require. The longer the damper is pulled out, the more air is added and the more powerful the combustion.
If you overfire the hybrid stove and burn more than the recommended amount
of wood per hour, there is a risk that the paint on the stove will discolor and
later fall off. The stove can later be repainted.