both need oxygen so always provide adequate ventilation to ensure you both
get enough.
EXTINGUISHING
After you have turned the wick right down to extinguish the heater, turn it up
again and look to make sure it is really out. It is vita! to ensure that the flame
is out—a low yellow flame will overheat the burner and could cause smoking.
USING WICK CLEANER
A good flame depends on a clean wick. The wick should not be cleaned until it
has been used for 50 hours or more. There after, about once a week remove
the flame spreader (P.329900), turn the wick right down, make sure the wick
cleaner (P.1 59904) is the right way up (trade mark “Aladdin” uppermost) and
place it on the top of the burner Whilst turning the wick cleaner clockwise fl
with one hand, slowly turn the wick up with the other. Maintain a gentle
downward pressure on the wick cleaner to keep it level and touching the rim
of the burner basket (P.151000). When the rising wick reaches the cleaner, j
black carbon will come through the three holes. This will soon stop and your
wick will be clean and properly shaped for further use. Wipe the rim of the
burner basket clean before replacing the flame spreader. The wick must be
kept shaped at the correct angle and this can only be done with the wick
cleaner provided. Never use scissors, razor blades, etc.
Please store the wick cleaner in a safe place. Do not keep it near the heater
chimney as the temperature could be sufficient to soften and distort it.
CLEANING THE HEATER
A dirty heater may smell and can even be dangerous, particularly if fluff or
carbon is blocking any of the air holes. Wipe off any paraffin which has been
spilt during filling and clean regularly to get rid of all dust, fluff and carbon.
Take out the flame 9 spreader (P.329900) and burner basket (P.151000) for
cleaning and don’t forget to clean the gallery which can be seen at the bottom
of the chimney when the heater is open. Hot soapy water can be used as long
as none gets in the tank or on the wick, but you must never use abrasives.
RESHAPING WICK
If the top edge of the wick becomes unevenly burnt away and one side of the
flame is much higher than the other, or burning yellow, you must not use the
heater until the wick has been reshaped. Put the heater where the smell won’t
matter, and let it burn completely out. Careful use of the wick cleaner now,
and for the next day or two of normal burning, will fully restore the shape of
the wick. .
FITTING NEW WICK
Carefully used, the wick will last a remarkably long time, but when it will no
longer turn up enough get a new one—forcing the wick winder will only result
in an unnecessary repair bill. Take out the flame spreader (P.329900) and
remove the burner basket (P.151000) by turning anti-clockwise Th. Turn the
wick up until the cog is free and then pull the wick and carrier out of the tank.
Disengage the teeth on either side of the wick by pressing the top of the wick
above the teeth and draw the old wick out of the carrier.
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