Rayburn 355m User manual

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Rayburn cooker
Model 355M
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Consumer Protection Act 1987
As responsible manufacturers we take care to make sure that our
products are designed and constructed to meet the required safety
standards when properly installed and used.
IMPORTANT NOTICE:Any alteration that is not approved by
Aga, could invalidate the approval of the appliance, operation of the
warranty and could also affect your statutory rights.
Control of Substances - Health and Safety
Important
This appliance may contain some of the materials that are indicated.
It is the Users/Installers responsibility to ensure that the necessary
personal protective clothing is worn when handling, where
applicable, the pertinent parts that contain any of the listed materials
that could be interpreted as being injurious to health and safety, see
below for information.
Firebricks, Fuel beds, Artificial Fuels - when handling use
disposable gloves.
Fire Cement - when handling use disposable gloves.
Glues and Sealants - exercise caution - if these are still in liquid
form use face mask and disposable gloves.
Glass Yarn, Mineral Wool, Insulation Pads, Ceramic Fibre,
Kerosene Oil - may be harmful if inhaled, may be irritating to skin,
eyes, nose and throat. When handling avoid inhaling and contact
with skin or eyes. Use disposable gloves, face-masks and eye
protection. After handling wash hands and other exposed parts.
When disposing of the product, reduce dust with water spray,
ensure that parts are securely wrapped.
The Rayburn 355M has been designed to burn a variety
of solid fuels and thereby provide heating facilities for
cooking, domestic hot water and central heating.
The thermostatically controlled hot water boiler can be
operated independently of the cooker and will provide hot
water for central heating and domestic use (normal
setting for winter usage), whilst manually operated
spinwheel control on the front of the ashpit door will
provide heat for cooking and domestic hot water (normal
setting for summer usage).
The cooker/boiler flueway damper knob on the centre
front of the cooker below the top plate requires to be set
in conjunction with the flue chamber damper to obtain the
appropriate service required from the appliance.
FIREBRICK POSITIONS
The Rayburn 355M is delivered complete including a set
of boiler removable firebricks where positional location
determines the amount of hot water supplied in winter
and summer seasons.
The oven side and firebox front firebricks are
permanently fixed with fire cement and should remain in
their positions at all times.
The two boiler face side bricks and boiler face rear brick
are so located for summer use when hot water, for
domestic use only, will be provided.
For winter use or central heating facilities the boiler face
rear brick is removed and the two boiler face side bricks
are transferred to locate on/over the oven side bricks.
Secondary Air Slide.
On opening the firedoor the secondary air slide is seen
on the base of the opening and should be set according
to the fuel being used as follows:-
Air Slide Open - ALL fuels except for Sunbrite Coke
Air Slide Closed - Sunbrite Coke only
MANUFACTURED - SUNBRITE SINGLES, SUNBRITE
DOUBLES, COALITE, PHURNACITE and SUPACITE.
NATURAL - ANTHRACITE LARGE & SMALL NUTS,
SELECTED HOUSECOAL (TREBLES/LARGE NUTS
AND DOUBLES/NUTS).
PETROLEUM COKE MUST NOT BE USED.
Oversize fuel lumps should be broken down to size.
Users Instructions
Rayburn Heatranger 355M Solid
Fuel and Wood Burning Cooker
INTRODUCTION
RECOMMENDED SOLID FUELS
PREPARING COOKER FOR USE
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WARNING
THE ASHPIT AND FIREBOX DOORS MUST BE LOCKED
CLOSED AT ALL TIMES DURING NORMAL USE, EXCEPT
WHEN LIGHTING OR RE-FUELLING.
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Fig. 1

Stones and other foreign bodies should be removed
when fuelling.
Fuel should be stored under cover, particularly
manufactured fuels which must be kept dry. Wet kitchen
refuse should not be burned.
OVEN DOOR OPERATION - SEE FIG. 2
To open the doors. Twist the handle slightly to lift up the
door catch from the locking spindle and pull the door
open.
To close the doors. Gently push the door shut until the
door catch makes contact with the locking spindle.
FIRE DOOR OPERATION - SEE FIG. 3
To open the door. Lift the door by the handle and pull
forward.
To close the door. Lift the door up by the handle and
push to shut.
THE FIREDOOR MUST BE LIFTED SLIGHTLY WHEN
OPENING AND CLOSING, OTHERWISE DAMAGE TO
THE DOOR CATCH WILL OCCUR.
DO NOT SLAM THE FIREDOOR SHUT!
DOOR OPERATION
DESN 512979
DESN 512978
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Fig. 2
Fig. 3

The cooker will satisfactorily burn wood logs, blocks or
peat briquettes, but logs should be perfectly dry in order
to obtain the best cooker performance and minimise the
deposits of creosote. Wet logs may also provide
overnight banking problems and the following hints are
recommended:-
a) Burn dry soft wood in the day time and dry hard
wood overnight if possible.
b) Avoid using ‘green’ wood on overnight banking as
creosote deposits will be increased.
c) Using hard wood in the day time will give prolonged
burning but heating response is slower.
d) Wet kitchen refuse should not be burned.
e) Before refuelling, open the flue chamber damper to
its full extent and fill the firebox up to the bottom of
the firedoor opening, ensuring the secondary air is at
fully open.
f) To obtain the optimum burning rate with wood
burning fuels only, a grate baffle should be located on
the top face of the reciprocating bars at the rear of
the firebox. See diagram. Grate riddling is not
required when burning wood where poking will
normally suffice. Always remove this grate baffle
when burning solid fuels
All Fuels using Wood and Paper
a) Check the flue pipe is free of blockage.
b) Open firebox door.
c) Open ashpit door.
d) De-ash (Fig. 8) and remove dead fuel from
bottomgrate (lift off clinker door above the
bottomgrate (Fig. 10), rake fuel into ashpan replace
clinker door).
e) Remove ashpan, empty and replace (Fig. 9).
f) Open flue chamber damper to maximum (Fig. 7).
g) Flue dilution lever fully to ‘left’ (flue chamber door
closed, Fig. 7).
h) Lay a liberal supply of wood and paper on top of the
bottomgrate bars together with a small quantity of
fuel and light.
i) Close and lock the ashpit door with the spinwheel
control open.
j) Close and lock the firedoor.
k) With fire established, open firebox door and fill
firebox with fuel. Check secondary air slide setting
(Fig. 6). Close and lock firebox door. Push flue
chamber damper back to position which has been
found to give desired burning rate.
All fuels Using a Gas Poker
a) Check flue pipe is free of blockage.
b) Open firebox door.
c) Open ashpit door.
d) De-ash (Fig. 8) and remove clinker door (Fig. 10).
Insert flat bayonet type gas poker on top of
bottomgrate bars.
e) Remove ashpan and empty (Fig. 9).
f) Open flue chamber damper to maximum (Fig. 7).
g) Flue dilution lever fully to ‘left’ (flue chamber door
closed, Fig. 7).
h) Lay a 75-100mm 3”-4”) shallow depth of fuel onto
the bottomgrate and light gas poker.
i) Close the ashpit and firebox doors as far as possible-
spinwheel control open.
j) When the fuel is well alight, extinguish and remove
the gas poker, replace the clinker door and ashpan,
close and lock the ashpit door with the spinwheel
control open. close the firedoor.
k) With the fire established open the firebox door and fill
firebox with fuel. Check secondary air slide setting
(Fig. 6). Close and lock the firebox door.
Push the flue chamber damper back to position which
has been found to give best results. Set spinwheel
control to give desired burning rate.
Cooking Only - All Fuels
a) The fire is controlled by using the spinwheel on the
ashpit door to govern the air supply.
b) The adjustable flue chamber damper is for reducing
FUELLING WITH WOOD OR PEAT
FAMILIARISE YOURSELF WITH THE
COOKER
LIGHTING THE FIRE
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COOKER CONTROL
Fig. 4
Fig. 5

the chimney draught, and the more it can be closed,
the easier the cooker is to control. The line markings
on the flue chamber enable you to repeat the best
settings to suit your chimney, from No.1 in a closed
position to No.6 fully open.
c) Control over the direction of the flue gases is obtained
by the setting of the cooker/boiler damper. Set the
cooker/boiler damper knob on the front of the cooker
to ‘C’ and the boiler thermostat knob on the rear left
hand corner of the top plate, to its minimum setting.
d) Thermostat set at No.1 as domestic hot water is
obtained when cooking.
NOTE: INTERMEDIATE SELECTIVE SETTINGS OF
THE COOKER/BOILER DAMPER KNOB AWAY FROM
‘C’ WILL PROGRESSIVELY RESTRICT THE AMOUNT
OF HEAT TO THE TOP OF THE OVEN AND
INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF HEAT INTO THE
BOILER UNTIL THE KNOB IS POINTING TO SYMBOL
‘H’ FOR MAXIMUM WATER HEATING. IN THIS
POSITION, THE MINIMUM PROPORTION OF HEAT IS
DIRECTED TO OVEN HEATING.
Cooking Only - All Fuels
Set spinwheel open which does not require to be open
more than:-
a) Coke - Five complete turns
b) Other fuels - Three complete turns during cooking
periods.
After setting the cooker/boiler damper knob to ‘C’, set the
flue chamber damper fully open after refuelling and reset
to position which has been found by practical experience
to give the best results. Do not try to obtain a fast
increase in temperature by opening flue chamber to its
fullest extent. This results in most of the heat being
wasted up the chimney.
Avoid excessive fire temperatures with solid fuel - they
are unnecessary and may do serious harm to the cooker.
The first symptoms of an overheated cooker is the
formation of clinker (melted ash) which will damage the
fire bricks.
Damaged firebricks should be replaced as soon as
possible but may be temporarily repaired with fire
cement.
Keep the ashpit door securely closed with the front
plate catch.
Solid fuel
The appliance is designed for continuous burning and the
best results will only be obtained if it is allowed to burn
overnight. It is no more expensive in fuel costs.
Last thing at night, de-ash the fire, empty the ashpan and
fully refuel but do not overload.
Ensure that the firebox and ashpit doors are securely
closed, and after closing the spinwheel, re-open it a
CONTROL SETTING
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OVERNIGHT BANKING
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