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for extra air supply and enhancing chimney draught. Once the kindling has caught fi re you can add extra wood.
(Put the logs loosely on the fi re so that the fl ames can catch on all around).
How the air valve works
The air valve has 3 positions:
1. Opened all the way: the primary and secondary air supply is open.
2. Pressed until the fi rst click is heard: only the secondary air supply is open and the stove will produce the
highest yield while the glass cleaning system works optimally.
3. Pressed until the second click is heard: everything is closed, and the fi re will go out slowly.
It is prohibited to light the stove with liquids like petrol or spirits.
Do not have the cooker hood on in the room where you operate your stove.
Never touch the varnished parts when you heat your stove.
Avoid fi nger marks
Do not touch the glass of the stove with your fi ngers. Finger marks will burn into the glass and cannot be removed
later.
Lighting the stove for the fi rst time
Discolouration of walls, ceilings and grates
The walls, ceilings and grates may show some discolouration after lighting your stove. This is caused by the
dust particles that burn in the convection cover. WANDERS cannot be held responsible for this natural process.
To minimize discolouring we refer to the advice given for atmospheric hearths. Your installer can give you more
information about this.
When you light the Oak for the fi rst time, the hearth must still ‘anneal’ and temper itself. The unit has a heat
resistant lacquer which must burn in the stove at temperatures above 400 °Celsius. This will happen during the
fi rst few times of lighting the stove and temperatures rise to 600 °C. Though this may give an unpleasant smell, it
is otherwise harmless. It is advisable to keep the stove burning with limited fuel for at least 6 hours when lighting
the stove for the fi rst 4 or 5 times. Air the room well when the stove is burning. Make sure that any cooking hood
is not turned on when the stove is burning; a cooking hood extracts the combustion air that the stove needs.
Some deposit may form on the glass panes of the stove when you ‘anneal’ your hearth. You can easily remove this
deposit with a damp cloth after the stove has cooled down. You can also use some cleansing agent for ceramic
rings. Please make sure you do not leave any fi nger marks on the clean glass. Finger marks burn into the glass and
cannot be removed later.
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