Operating control, Operation with external air supply, Lucy cook accessories – Austroflamm Lucy Cook User Manual
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5. LUCY COOK Accessories
Operating control
The Lucy Cook is equipped with an operating control on the right side of the stove. As required you can choose
between “heating” or “cooking”. The position “heating” retains the warmth longer in the carcass, the position “cooking”
warms up the cooking/top plate quickly and intensely.
Fig. 5: cooking plate and
Fig. 6: position „cooking“
Fig. 7: position „heating“
operating control
Cooking/top plate
The model Lucy Cook is equipped with a fully functional cooking plate (= top plate) made of a special steel, which is
coated with a special hotplate paint. You can clean the cooking plate with customary kitchen cleaners. If necessary
you can obtain a corrective paint for the cooking plate as an aerosol, for touching up small blemishes.
Operation with external air supply
The German institute for constructional engineering (DIBT) has given the Lucy Cook the general technical approval for
operation with exteranl air supply. If the combustion air is being supplied directly to the furnace by an air-tight pipe including
closing mechanism from the outside, then the stove may be used in residential property with mechanical ventilation.
If the stove in being used like that, a multiple stove installation on the same chimney is forbidden
.
This stove has been approved by the German DIBT
.
problem
possible reason
solution
door glass gets sooty too fast
generally: door glasses must be cleaned with
Austroflamm glass cleaner from time to time (depending
on the frequency of use)
bad chimney draught
contact your chimney sweep (elongate chimney/draught
metering)
incorrect use of the combustion air
supply lever
please operate air lever according to user's instructions
(if secondary air is closed, the door glass soots rather
fast)
wood logs are too large
keep to the max. fuel quantity according to user's
instruction
operating temperature was not
reached
more fuel, use dry wood (< 15 % residual moisture),
attend air regulation
stove does not get enough
combustion air
chimney draught not sufficient
contact your chimney sweep (elongate chimney/draught
metering)
stove is sooted inside
more fuel, use dry wood (< 15 % residual moisture),
attend air regulation
stove smells strongly and there is
smoke on the outside surface
baking phase of the varnish
there may be some odour development during the first
operations
stove is dusty/dirty
cleaning before the heating season starts!
exhaust gas emission while putting
more wood on the fire and during
operation
inspect joints and seal up again if necessary
chimney draught no sufficient, flue
pipe connection leaky
check chimney draught, examine operating - for info
video follow:
http://www.austroflamm.com/de/Video/index.html
the stove door was opened before
the wood has burnt down to
embers
put more fuel wood into the combustion chamber only if
there are only embers left (no more visible flame)