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DO NOT BURN
bituminous coal,‘petro-coke’ or other
petroleum based fuels as this will
invalidate the product warranty.
When burning wood logs it is recommended to
mainly use the secondary air function on your
stove.
In contrast, when burning solid fuel it is
recommended to use the undergrate primary
air function with little or no secondary air.
Lighting the Stove
We recommend that you have two or three small
fires before you operate your stove to its maxi-
mum heat output.
This is to allow the paint to cure in steadily and to
give a long service life of the paint finish. During
this curing in process you may notice an un-
pleasant smell whilst the finishes finally cure. It is
non-toxic, but for your comfort we would suggest
that during this period you leave all doors and
windows open.
First, open the primary and secondary air wash
control fully. Load the firebox with plenty of start-
ing fuel, i.e. paper, dry sticks and/or firelighters.
Light the fire at the base leaving the primary and
secondary air control fully open. Leave the door
slightly ajar for 10 minutes to enhance initial
starting and reduce smoke emission –
DO NOT
leave the stove unattended if the door is left
ajar.
Allow the fuel to reach a steady glow and build
the fire up gradually by adding a few small sticks
or well split logs at a time. Once you have a good
fire bed established across the grate, further fuel
can be added step by step as required.
Don’t be tempted to overload the fire bed with
fuel all at once or close down the air controls too
much until the fire is really well established for
some time.
Once the ignition period is well under way close
the primary air and gradually reduce the sec-
ondary air wash control opening to establish the
burning intensity you require (usually open 25%
approx.).
Refueling the Stove
When burning wood, the fire will die down as the
fuel is consumed. When the flames disappear
and the remainder is breaking down into glowing
embers it is an appropriate time to consider re-
fuelling.
Note:
If the flames disappear and there are still
lumps of solid wood left this indicates excessive
moisture in the wood or insufficient air supply/
flue draught.
Note:
To eliminate unwanted smoke emission,
after loading new logs on to the fire, open the air
wash control up fully for 1-2 minutes to boost the
fire and get flames issuing from the top of the
fuel as soon as possible. When flames are well
established, reduce the air wash to the running
setting required.
Burning without flames above the fuel will create
unnecessary smoke.
DO NOT load fuel above the tertiary air inlet
holes at the back of the firebox.
Loading 1 to 2 medium sized logs will produce a
good output with reasonable burn time, generally
small logs will burn up quicker producing a high
output for a short time and a large log will take
longer to burn and produce less output over a
given time.
This appliance is approved for intermittent
operation on wood (0.75 to 1.5 hour burn
cycles) although much longer burn times can
be achieved by fully loading the firebox, getting
the fuel burning well and then shutting the air
controls down.
The fire will then often need reviving by first de-
ashing and then using small pieces of wood and
plenty of air to get flames issuing from the wood
again.