Nectre Fireplaces Nectre 15 User manual

Nectre 15
Free-Standing Wood Heater
Operang Instrucons
Ecient—Warm—Friendly
Manufactured in Australia
Keep instrucons in a safe place for future reference
Pecan Engineering Pty Ltd proudly supports the acvies of Landcare Australia through its membership of the AHHA

TABLE OF CONTENTS
2
USER INSTRUCTIONS 3
1. General Points 3
2. Using the Appliance for the rst me 4
3. Recommended Fuels 4
4. Lighng the Fire 4
5. Running the Appliance 4
6. Burning Tips 5
7. Ash Removal 5
8. Flue/Chimney Fire 5
9. Cleaning Paint Work and Glass 6
10. Flue Cleaning 6
11. Troubleshoong Tips 6
MAINTENANCE & SERVICING 7
1. Replacement of Fire Bricks 7
2. Replacement of Bae 7
3. Fing a New Door Glass 7
4. Fing a New Door Seal 7
5. Adjusng Door Catch 7
SPARE PARTS LIST 8
WARRANTY 8

USER INSTRUCTIONS
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1. GENERAL POINTS
Before use of this appliance please read these instrucons
fully.
WARNING: ANY MODIFICATION OF THE APPLIANCE THAT
HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE TESTING
AUTHORITY IS CONSIDERED AS BREACHING AS/NZS 4013.
WARNING: DO NOT USE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR AERO-
SOLS TO START OR REKINDLE THE FIRE.
WARNING: DO NOT USE FLAMMABLE LIQUIDS OR AERO-
SOLS IN THE VICINITY OF THIS APPLIANCE WHEN IT IS OP-
ERATING.
WARNING: DO NOT STORE FUEL WITHIN HEATER INSTAL-
LATION CLEARANCES.
WARNING: WHEN OPERATING THIS APPLIANCE AS AN
OPEN FIRE USE A FIRE SCREEN.
WARNING: OPEN AIR CONTROL (AND DAMPER WHEN FIT-
TED) BEFORE OPENING FIRING DOOR.
CAUTION: THIS APPLIANCE SHOULD NOT BE OPERATED
WITH A CRACKED GLASS.
CAUTION: THIS APPLIANCE SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND
OPERATED AT ALL TIMES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE IN-
STRUCTIONS.
CAUTION: THE USE OF SOME TYPES OF PRESERVATIVE-
TREATED WOOD AS A FUEL CAN BE HAZARDOUS.
The appliance or ue system should not be modied in any
way without the wrien approval of the manufacturer.
Extractor fans or cooker hoods must not be placed in the
same room or space as this can cause appliance to emit
smoke into the room.
SERIAL NUMBER
This number is required when ordering spare parts or mak-
ing warranty claims. This can be found on the appliance
specicaon label on the rear heat shield
Refer to photo below for locaon of serial number.
AIR CONTROLS
Cleanburn technology and greater eciency
The air spindle on the door controls the primary air to the
base of the re. This controls the burn rate of the re.
A tool for opening and closing the air spindle is supplied
with the heater. This can be used in instances when the
spindle control is too hot to touch. Alternavely, a glove or
equivalent can be used to adjust the air spindle.
A 2mm gap at the top of the door allows addional second-
ary air to enter the rebox, washing over the door glass
keeping it clean while also supplying necessary oxygen to
the re when the air spindle has been fully closed.
If required, the 2mm gap can be adjusted by loosening the
two grub screws in the top of the door (high-lighted in photo
below) with the Allen key supplied, adjusng the metal strip
accordingly and re-ghtening the screws.
DOOR HANDLE
Warning: door handle may get hot if appliance has been le
in High burn seng for extended period of me. In which
case use a protecve glove or equivalent to open.
Open air spindle before opening door to eliminate chance of
backdra.

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 First few mes the appliance is lit, it will give o some
odorous fumes. This is caused by the paint curing.
 Once the paint has cured it will not re-occur.
 Keep the room well venlated unl these fumes have
cleared.
 Burn only seasoned hardwood mber with a moisture
content of less than 20%.
 Newly cut wood should be allowed to dry/season for
12 to 18 months before use.
 Wood should be stored in an environment protected
from the weather to minimise any potenal moisture
content.
 For best results, wood should not exceed 260mm in
length and 150mm diameter. Any larger and appliance
will not operate at its opmum. It is beer to burn sev-
eral smaller pieces of wood than one large single piece.
 Poor quality mber:
- Causes low combuson eciency
- Produces poor emissions (smokey)
- Results in addional build up of creosote (soot) in
the ue which will then require regular cleaning and
may result in a ue re
 Do not burn painted, impregnated/treated wood,
manufactured board products or pallet wood.
 Place relighters or paper and dry kindling wood in the
base of the rebox.
 Light the paper or relighters.
 Open the air spindle control on the door fully by turn-
ing it an-clockwise to its full extent.
 Leave the door slightly open as the re establishes and
the glass warms to avoid the build-up of condensaon.
 Add larger pieces of wood. Too many logs may smother
the re.
 Close the door.
 The appliance works opmally when there is a layer of
ash in the base of the rebox. This will take a few burns
before a reasonable ash bed has been established.
Maximum Heat Output:
 Aer establishing the re and loading it with larger
pieces of wood, leave it running with the air spindle
fully open.
 This seng will generate maximum heat output.
 Running the appliance with the door open will not
produce maximum heang in the room as it will
draw a lot of already warmed air out of the room.
 Do not overload rebox with fuel.
 Note that this seng is not the most energy e-
cient as some heat is lost up the ue instead of
being transferred into the room. However, parcu-
late emissions will be very low, i.e. no smoke,
which is good.
Low Heat Output:
 The heat output on the appliance can be reduced
by closing the air spindle which will restrict the
oxygen supplied to the re and slow down the rate
at which the wood burns.
 This seng will provide the best energy eciency
as the wood burns for longer. However, if not oper-
ated correctly may result in higher parculate
emissions.
 Prior to closing air spindle ensure that the re is
burning briskly. This may require opening the air
spindle fully for 5-10mins before shung down.
3. RECOMMENDED FUELS
4. LIGHTING THE FIRE
5. RUNNING THE APPLIANCE
2. USING APPLIANCE FOR THE FIRST TIME

USER INSTRUCTIONS
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 For the opmum between clean burning, and geng
the best in eciency, from the fully closed posion,
open the air spindle between half and one turn.
 The air spindle can be adjusted to any posion so de-
sired depending on wanted heat output versus burn
me.
Reload with more wood:
1. Open air spindle before opening door.
2. Rake / break up any exisng coals.
3. Load the wood with the length orientated front to
back .
4. Beer results will be achieved by loading several small-
er pieces of wood than one large piece.
5. Close door with air spindle fully open, and leave for
minimum of 10 minutes to allow the fresh wood to
catch.
6. Aer 10 or more minutes, the air spindle can be adjust-
ed to the desired seng.
Fuel Quality
Use wood with a moisture content of less than 20%. Logs
should not feel moist or damp, or have moss and fungal
growths.
Symptoms related to wet wood:
 Diculty starng and keeping a re burning well
 Smoke and small ames
 Dirty glass and/or re bricks
 Rapid creosote build-up in the ue/chimney
 Low heat output
 Short burn mes, excessive fuel consumpon and blue/
grey smoke from the ue/chimney outlet
Run appliance at high heat output for a short period each
day to avoid large build-up of tars and creosote within the
appliance and ue.
Flue Draught
The ue has two main funcons:-
1. To safely remove smoke, gases and fumes from the ap-
pliance.
2. To provide a sucient amount of draught (sucon) in the
appliance to ensure the re keeps burning.
Draught is caused by the rising hot air in the ue when the
re has been lit.
The posion, height and size of the ue can aect the per-
formance of the ue draught. Refer to installaon guide for
details on ue installaon.
Factors aecng the ue draught include:
 Insucient ue height
 Trees or other buildings nearby causing turbulence
 High and gusty winds
 Outside temperature and weather condions
 Blocked ue
For advice on the correcon of persistent ue problems
consult your supplier/installer for more detail.
Depending on the type of wood burnt and frequency, the
ashes will need removing every 2 to 6 weeks.
Excess ashes should be removed when necessary, placed in
a non-combusble container with a ghtly ng lid and
moved outdoors immediately to a locaon clear of combus-
ble materials.
Leave a small amount of ash, approximately 10mm thick, in
the boom of the rebox. This helps to insulate the base of
the rebox.
If a ue/chimney re occurs:
 Shut air spindle control fully to smother the re
 Do not use the appliance aer a ue re unl an accred-
ited installer has assessed the cause and any resultant
damage.
6. BURNING TIPS
7. ASH REMOVAL
8. FLUE/CHIMNEY FIRE

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 The appliance, when cool, can be cleaned with a damp
cloth.
 Over the years, the black paint will fade and can be
touched up with Stove Bright metallic black paint.
 To clean the glass, we recommend using a household
window cleaner or general purpose cleaner with a so
cloth.
 Do not use abrasive cleaner or scourer pads.
 Check inside of ue prior to each season for any build up
of creosote (wood tar). To do this:-
 First remove the bae (refer to “2. Replacement of
Bae” page 7)
 Using a small mirror and torch hold the mirror on an
angle below the ue with the torch shining at it and
look for black creosote build up. If only a ne black
powdery layer then that is normal, but if built up lay-
ers of creosote can be seen, then the ue needs
cleaning.
 Replace the bae if no cleaning is required.
 To clean the ue:-
 A ue cleaning brush can be purchased from most
wood heater retail outlets or large hardware stores.
 The objecve is to pull the brush down through the
ue.
 With the bae removed, e a rope to one end of the
brush, and drop the rope from the top (outside on
top of the roof) down the ue.
 Grab the end of the rope inside the rebox and pull
the brush through.
 Check the inside of the ue with the mirror and
torch. Repeat if necessary.
 Once clean, remove any excess creosote from the
rebox and replace the bae.
 Alternavely, get a ue cleaning service to do the job for
you (it’s a dirty job).
 Check ue integrity, by checking that the 900mm ue
secons have not separated at the joins.
1. Glass in door blackening
This can have several possible causes:
i) Secondary airwash gap has reduced — this can happen
once the door seal has seled in. The gap at the top of
the door should be 2mm. This can be checked with the
Allen key provided, as it is 2mm thick. If adjustment is
required, loosen the two grub screws on the top of the
door with the Allen key, adjust the posion of the metal
strip and re-ghten the screws.
ii) Burning unseasoned wood — if the wood is too wet, it
will cause the glass to blacken.
iii) Appliance operated at low temperature — aer an
overnight burn where the air spindle control has been
fully closed, the glass may have blackened. When the re
is re-stoked and burning on the high heat seng, the
blackened glass should self-clean.
iv) Problems with the ue — insucient ue draught can
cause the glass to blacken. If the ue is too short, not
properly insulated, or in a posion that results in a
downdraught, then there will be insucient ue
draught. Contact the installer should this happen.
2. Trouble starng the re — if all ash has been removed
from the rebox, then it can upset the supply of air to
the base of the re.
3. Glass cracking — Do not over ghten the screws on the
stainless steel strips that hold the door glass in place.
Otherwise, expansion of the cast iron door may cause
the glass to crack.
4. Insucient ue dra — if there is insucient or too
much dra when air spindle is fully closed, i.e. re
smokes and goes out, or burns too quickly, then the
2mm gap at the top of the door can be adjusted accord-
ingly (refer to “1. General Points” on how to adjust gap).
A larger gap will provide more oxygen to the re and
therefore burn cleaner and more quickly, while a smaller
gap will slow down the burn rate of the re by restricng
oxygen to the re. Note if gap is too small, re will
smoke, pollute the atmosphere, and potenally upset
neighbours.
10. FLUE CLEANING
11. TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS9. CLEANING PAINT WORK & GLASS

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The purpose of the rebricks in the appliance is to increase
thermal mass and to guarantee the longevity of the steel re-
box. Over me the rebricks may become cracked and crum-
ble away. If so, then they should be replaced soon aer.
To replace the rebricks:
i) Move any ash away from the base of the bricks.
ii) Raise the steel brick retainer and remove the bricks.
iii) Replace with new bricks, and lower retainer which will
keep the bricks in place.
The 6mm thick steel bae helps to retain the heat in the re-
box by lengthening the path of the ame so that they do not
go straight up the ue.
Over me, the bae will begin to sag a lile due to the exces-
sive heat. This will not aect the way the re burns. If it has
sagged, the bae can be turned over to increase its longevi-
ty.
Eventually the bae will burn through (5+ years) and if so will
need to be replaced.
To remove the bae:
i) Raise the brick retainer, and remove all the rebricks.
ii) Slide the bae forward so that it can be lowered at the
back.
iii) Lowering the rear of the bae will allow the front of the
bae to slide past the steel pegs on the sides of the re-
box so that the bae now can be rested in the base of
the rebox.
iv) Raise the bae on a sideways angle and remove.
v) Repeat steps i) to iv) in reverse to replace with the new
bae.
This task may be easier with the door removed from the ap-
pliance and laid horizontally on a work-bench.
To replace the door glass:
i) Remove the four M4 size Phillips head screws on either
side along with the stainless steel strips holding the glass
in place.
ii) Take out the glass, and check if the grey rope beneath
needs replacing. If so replace this rope as well.
iii) Posion the new glass on top of the grey rope and re-t
the stainless steel strips and M4 screws.
iv) Take extra care not to over-ghten the screws, other-
wise the glass will crack again.
v) On occasion, the M4 screws will have deteriorated from
the constant heat in the rebox resulng in them snap-
ping o when trying to loosen them. In this case, a new
hole can be drilled in the door and tapped using a 3.4mm
drill bit, and M4 tap.
This task may be easier with the door removed from the ap-
pliance and laid horizontally on a work-bench.
i) Remove any old seal from the door.
ii) Clean out the groove in the door that the seal was bed-
ded in using a at-end screw driver or equivalent.
iii) Run a thin bead of clear roof and guer silicone along the
groove.
iv) Starng at one end, press the new door seal rope into
the groove on the door.
v) Ret the door if it has been removed and close.
If the door does not close rmly, then the door catch can be
adjusted.
Aer locang the door catch on the front lower right-hand
side of the door opening on the inside of the rebox, using a
large at-end screw driver, place it under the base of the
catch and gently lever it out.
Close the door with the door handle to test for any improve-
ment. If no improvement, repeat process unl door can be
closed rmly.
1. REPLACEMENT OF FIREBRICKS
2. REPLACEMENT OF BAFFLE
3. FITTING A NEW DOOR GLASS
4. FITTING A NEW DOOR SEAL
5. ADJUSTING DOOR CATCH

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SPARE PARTS LIST:
1. Firebricks: (9) x 234mm x 118mm x 40mm
2. Bae Plate: Steel 440mm x 250mm x 6mm
3. Brick Retainer: Steel 410mm x 345mm
4. Glass Seal: 1080mm x 8mm x 3mm
5. Glass: 333mm x 195mm x 5mm Pyro Ceramic Glass
6. Door Rope: 900mm x 13mm round braided ceramic rope
WARRANTY
Pecan Engineering Pty. Ltd. warrants this stove to be able to operate under normal use and service and within 10 years from the
date of the original purchase on the terms herein shall repair or replace without cost to the original customer any part thereof
which shall be returned to our factory, transportaon charges prepaid and which our inspecon shows would prevent operaon.
This warranty does not apply to rebricks, brick retainer, bae, door seal, glass, nor discolouraon of the surface or tarnishing of
chrome ngs all of which require normal service to maintain them.
Under the terms of this warranty, Pecan Engineering Pty. Ltd. assumes no responsibility for the labour costs involved in removing
or replacing the stove. Nor shall Pecan Engineering Pty. Ltd. be liable for any injury, loss, or damage (direct, indirect or conse-
quenal) arising out of the use or inability to use the product, or its removal and replacement. All other stove warranes, ex-
pressed or implied are excluded to the extent possible to law. Any claims against Pecan Engineering Pty. Ltd. must be brought
within Australian Jurisdicon.
The Retailer does not have the authority to alter this warranty.
MANUFACTURER NAME & ADDRESS:
Pecan Engineering Pty. Ltd.
13 Acorn Road
Dry Creek
South Australia, 5094