LIGHTING
CONTROLLINGTHE
FIRE
REFUELLING
ASHCLEARANCE
SPECIALPOINTSWHEN
BURNINGHOUSECOAL
RUNNINGTHEFIRE
WITHTHEDOOROPEN
OVERNIGHTBURNING
Oninitiallighting,thestovemaysmoke
andgiveoffanodourasthesilicon
paintwithwhichthefireboxispainted
reactstotheheat.Thisisnormaland
willceaseafterashorttime,but
meanwhiletheroomshouldbekept
wellventilated.
Atfirstonlylightasmallfireandburn
itslowlyfortwohourstoallowany
residualmoistureinthechimneyto
evaporate.
Whenburningwoodor
peatonthebaseofthestovethere
mustbeabedofashtoprevent
damagetothebase.Whenfirstlighting
thestove,ifthereisnoashavailable,
thenmakealayerofsandorearth
about12mm(1/2inch)thickonthe
basetopreventanydamage.
Thestovemaybelitusingdrykindling
woodandpaperorfirelighters.Place
thepaper,orfirelighters,andkindling
onthebaseorthegrateandcoverwith
athinlayeroffuel.Openthespin
wheelinthedoorandopenthe
airwashcontrolfully(seeFig.1).Light
thepaperorfirelighters.Closethe
dooruntilthefueliswellignitedthen
loadwithfuelandadjusttheair
controlstotherequiredsetting.
Whenrelightingthestove,leavethe
ashonthebaseifburningwoodor
peat,unlessitisbecomingtoodeep,in
whichcasesomeofitmayberemoved.
Ifburningsolidfuelclearthegrateand
emptytheashpanbeforerelighting.
Therateofburningandhencethe
outputiscontrolledbythespinwheel
andtheairwashcontrol(seeFig.1).
Thespinwheelshouldbeusedwhen
lightingorwhenrapidburningis
required.Itshouldnotbeleftfully
openforlongperiodsasthiscancause
over-firing.Forovernightburningit
shouldbeclosed.
Theairwashcontrolisusedmostofthe
timetocontroltheburningrateandto
keeptheglassclean.Fullyextended
givesfullairwashforfasterburningand
cleanglasswhereasfullyclosedgives
slowovernightburning.
Keepthefireboxwellfilledbutdonot
allowfueltospilloverthetopofthe
fuelretainer.
Careshouldbetaken,especiallywhen
burningwood,thatfueldoesnot
projectoverthefuelretaineror
damagetotheglassmaybecaused
whenthedoorisclosed,itcanalso
causetheglasstoblackup.
Whenburningwoodorpeattheash
shouldbeallowedtobuilduponthe
baseofthefire.Itwillonlybe
necessarytoremovesomeashonceor
twiceaweekwhenitbeginstorestrict
theflowofairthroughthelogretainer.
Whenburningcoalorsmokelessfuel
theashpanshouldbeemptiedregularly
beforeitbecomestoofull,generally
onceortwiceaday.Neverallowthe
ashtoaccumulateintheashpansothat
itcomesincontactwiththeunderside
ofthegrateasthiswillseriously
damagethegrate.Careshouldbe
takentoensurethatashiscoolbefore
emptyingitintoplasticlinersorbins.
Afteremptyingtheashpan,riddlethe
firetoclearthefirebedofash.
Occasionaluseofapokermaybe
beneficial.
Tomakeashremovaleasier,when
burningcoalorsmokelessfuel,thereis
aspecial
available.Thisenablesthewhole
ashpantobeplacedinthesealed
carrierandtakenoutside.Thesemay
bepurchasedfromyoursupplieror,in
caseofdifficulty,directlyfrom
ourselves.
Whenloadingthestovetakecarenot
tosmotherthefire,insteadfillthe
fireboxintwostageswaitingbetween
eachstagefortheflamestoappear
abovethefire.
Afteraperiodofslumberingalways
opentheairwashcontrolandwaituntil
flamesappearabovethefuelbed
beforeopeningthedoor.
Burningcoalwillproducemoresoot
depositsthanotherfuels,especiallyif
thefireisrunatlowlevelsforlong
periods.Itisthereforevitaltocleanthe
throatplateregularly,weeklycleaning
isrecommended.
NeverfullyclosetheAirwashcontrol
whenburningcoal.
Thefiremayberunwiththedoor
openifrequired.Themorereactive
fuels,suchaswood,peat,coaland
homefire,willburnbetterwiththe
dooropenthanfuelslikephurnacite
andancit.Donotleavethefire
unattendedwiththedooropen.
Forovernightburningthefiredoor
mustbeclosed.
Whenburningwoodloadsomelarge
logsonthefireandallowtoburnfor
halfanhourbeforeclosingthespin
wheel,(thiswillhelptoreducetar
depositsinthechimney.)Leavethe
airwashcontrolslightlyopentohelp
keeptheglassclear.
Whenburningcoalorsmokelessfuel,if
thefireisverylowthenopen theair
controlsandrevivethefire,addinga
smallamountoffuelifnecessary.
Emptytheashpanandriddlethefire,
loadwithfuel,andthenclosethedoor
spinwheel.Theairwashcontrolmaybe
keptslightlyopentohelpkeepthe
doorglassclean.
Someexperimentationmaybe
necessarytofindthesettingmost
suitableforthetypeoffuelbeingused
andthedrawonthechimney.
Torevivethefire,emptytheashpan,(if
IMPORTANT Itwillnotbe
possibletokeeptheglasscleanifthis
controlisfullyclosed,particularly
immediatelyafterrefuelling.
Charnwoodashcarrier
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