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Fuel
Advised and authorized fuel
Only use wood of clean, untreated, natural, chopped and dry wood or briquettes in the prescribed
length and quantity
Ideal features:
Maximum length of logs:
ca. 25 cm
Maximum diameter:
ca. 35 cm
Maximum moisture:
20%
The right fuel quantity, please consult this table :
Max. capacity wood
Kg
1.6
Consumption at nominal power
Kg/h
2.0
Max. capacity briquettes
Kg
1.5
Consumption at nominal power
Kg/h
1.9
(info : 0.25kg wood =1kwh)
Optimal handling with wood and briquettes
Only dry wood burns efficiently and with low emission. The ideal fire wood is :
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Natural :
Don’t use painted or impregnated wood, nor glued
wood or multiplex. Also avoid pressed
wood, which may contain cortex.
All plastics and chemical components can be very toxic when burning and may endanger the
environment, as well as polluting or damaging certain parts of your stove and chimney.
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Chopped :
Only logs with nice, big surfaces can burn in an efficient and clean way. Smaller logs burn on the
other hand burn very bad and slow. It is a fact that the temperature that arises in these cases
aren’t high enough in order to create a
beautiful combustion with low emission. They can be the
cause for those dirty windows of your stove.
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Dry :
Wood with maximum moisture of 20%
Humid wood burns much worse and very impure. In general, dry wood can be obtained by
storing it 2-3 years in a well ventilated area.
When burning with briquettes, use them that consist of clean wood.
Also bear in mind that burning with pressed wood or briquettes, makes them gaining more volume.
