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OPERATION
Lighting and combustion
DO NOT USE GRATES OR ELEVATE FIRE. BUILD WOOD FIRE DIRECTLY ON EARTH.
If, during the first lighting, the stove should emanate smells due to the evaporation of
substances used in the manufacturing, it is sufficient to ventilate the room for a few hours.
Use small and medium-size logs and put them in the fireplace so that the air can penetrate
between them. Place at the base of the stack some lighters (we recommend tablet derived
from natural wax).
With the air regulation registers you can regulate the passage of primary and secondary air,
necessary for combustion and post-combustion. While lighting the stove, both registers shall
be totally opened.
This registers are placed in the base of the stove, like in the
following drawings:
The use will be as follows:
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To light the stove: air registers completely opened
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For a fast and powerful combustion: primary air register half opened – secondary air register ¾
opened
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For slow combustion: primary air register ¼ opened – secondary air register 1/3 opened.
These positions can be changed in relation to the chimney flue draft, and they are to be considered for an
insulated chimney flue with a 160 – 200 mm (6 – 8 inches) diameter and a 12 Pa draft.
ADVICE: do not close the registers completely because by doing so the combustion would be
deprived of the necessary air, giving rise to a choked combustion and to the growing of soot
on the door glass.
primary air
secondary air
