Austroflamm G1 - Manual (Page 7)

english 5 G1
Floor load capacity
Make sure that the load capacity of the supporting con-
struction is sufficient to carry the weight of the entire unit
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before the heating unit is installed.
Combustion air
Being the user of the stove you must take care of a suffi-
cient 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. Make
sure that the combustion air intakes are not blocked!
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 re-
tailer carry out the connection of your stove.
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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: appr. 1,6 kg
wood or appr. 1,6 kg wood 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. The right amount of wood must be burned in
order to ensure a clean fire that releases only small
amounts of emissions.
Startup procedures
During the first 3-4 operations - at nominal heat output -
there may be some odour development and the varnish
has not yet hardened.
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.).
If there is not enough feed pressure, please light only
some paper or small kindling first, in order to “warm up”
the stove and the chimney.
The air inlet must not be covered or closed.
Position the lever for the combustion air to the open
(“AUF”) position (see fig. 3).
Fig. 3 air knob
Place 2-3 logs (approx. 1,1 kg in total) crossways in the
combustion chamber with sufficient distance from each
other (min. 2 cm), on top of that place some softwood
chippings (approx. 0.5 kg) and some ignition aid and light.
(see fig. 4)
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Fig. 4: before lighting
Close the door!
We recommend to let the first load burn down without
changing the air lever position.
As soon as no visible flames are left (only embers in the
combustion chamber), you can put another load of logs
(approx. 1,6 kg) in the combustion chamber if desired.
When reloading the stove please repeat the procedure as
mentioned under “first lighting”: air lever position (= open),
open door carefully, place logs, close door.
After a few minutes, when the logs burn well on all sides
(bright, high flames), you can adjust the heat output with
the air lever (lever on open position = maximum heat out-
put), the flames should be yellow and never look blueish or
have black tips (otherwise add more air) – see fig. 3. Nev-
er close air supply completely during operation (danger of
flash-fire!).
The stove door may be opened only for refuelling or dis-
posing of ashes and is to be closed again afterwards.
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