Austroflamm Chester compact - Manual (Page 7)

english 5 Chester compact
Floor load capacity
Make sure that the load capacity of the supporting
construction is sufficient to carry the weight of the
entire unit
, before the heating unit is installed.
Combustion air
Being the user of the stove you must take care of a
sufficient combustion air supply. Sealed-up windows
and doors may not allow a sufficient combustion air
supply or disturb the draught behaviour of your stove.
Please ensure the additional supply of fresh
combustion air if necessary. For details please
consult your specialist retailer
Stove pipe connection
For your own safety stringent laws apply for
connecting the stove pipes to the chimney. Your
professional dealer or distributor knows these laws.
Please have your certified retailer carry out the
connection of your stove
.
3. CORRECT OPERATION OF YOUR STOVE
Approved fuels
Dry, well cured and natural wood (hardwood
preferred), wood briquettes.
Maximum amount of fuel
Maximum amount of fuel to be added: 1,6 kg wood or
briquettes. Larger amounts of fuel can lead to
overheating and thus damage the stove.
Clean burning
The wood must be dry (relative wood moisture
< 15%) and untreated and the right amount of wood
must be burned in order to ensure a clean fire that
releases only small amounts of emissions.
Making a fire
For the correct and safe operation of your stove
please pay attention of the chimney developing the
necessary feed pressure. This must especially be
considered before the initial operation (or e.g. after
the summer heating break) and during the mid-
season heating periods (e.g. at strong wind, etc.).
Turn the air control knob to the left “+” position.
Put 2-3 logs of wood at the firebox bottom (1) and put
the kindling (2) on top. Place a wood lighter aid on top
and in the middle of the kindling, light it (see fig. 3)
and close the door.
Figure 3:ignite the fire
Figure 4: air control knob
As soon as the surrounding logs are burning well
enough you can start controlling the heat output
(control knob on maximum “+” = maximum heat
output). The flames shall always look yellow and
never blue (otherwise please add more air) – see
fig. 4.
The recharging is principally done the same as the
starting up of the stove: turn the air control knob to
the maximum “+” position, open stove door
CAREFULLY, place wood in the firebox cautiously,
close door. Wait until the newly added wood is
burning properly and subsequently control the heat
output by adjusting the air knob as desired.
Heating in-between seasons
If you heat the stove in between seasons, when the
outside temperatures are higher, the flue gases may
not be able to escape completely and this may lead to
disturbances in the chimney draught, especially if the
temperatures are rising suddenly. The stove has to
be charged with less wood then and the primary air
has to be increased so that the wood can burn down
faster (with visible flames) and thus the chimney
draught can stabilize.
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