Chimney 700 DO counterweight
Référence : 6876 44
XD – 13/02/2018
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VERY IMPORTANT
As a complement to this document, please read the “INSTALLATION AND USE MANUAL FOR CHIMNEYS AND INSERTS” supplied with
the appliance carefully.
INSTALLATION ADVICE
The depression in the flue must be between 6 and 12 Pascals. This value can be checked when heating using a pressure gauge. A draught moderator
is almost always needed to regulate the draught to the recommended values.
USE ADVICE
Only use recommended fuels: Dry wood (moisture less than 20%) cut at least 2 years previously (Ash, hornbeam, oak - pine and resinous woods are
prohibited).
The ash pan must remain permanently in the appliance except when being emptied. Use the heat-resistant glove to open and close the door.
It may be necessary to stop the mechanical ventilation extractor to prevent smoke blowing back into the room when the door is opening.
Lighting: place scrunched up paper on the grate (avoid glossy paper) plus some tinder (very dry small branches or thinly chopped wood). Light the
paper, close the appliance door and fully open the air intake. The door can be left partially open to facilitate the lighting phase, in which case the
appliance should be kept under surveillance. When the paper and tinder are burning, you can load your appliance. During the first hours of use, we
recommend a moderate fire to allow the entire appliance to dilate normally.
• Rated power: it is obtained with a 12 Pa draught, a 5 kg load in the form of 2 hard wood half logs (or a log split in two), renewed every 60
minutes and the firing rate control 1 third open or more if the appliance is not up to speed.
Activity may be reduced as a result of unfavourable combustion conditions, unsuitable log shapes or the use of hard or damp wood. These slowing
phenomena, which are neither exceptional nor totally foreseeable, result in a reduction of the flames (the fuel forms an arch and is no longer in
contact with the embers), the gradual loss of the stock of embers and the cooling of the insert. They are accompanied by a loss of power and
efficiency.
To avoid this: carefully open the insert door, rearrange the load on the bed of embers using a poker to move the fuel taking care not to allow
any embers to fall from the fire box, then close the door. Activity resumes as soon as the door is closed.
• 3 hour slow combustion: this is achieved with a 6 Pa draught and a load of 5 kg composed of 1 unsplit, large diameter (more than 16 cm), hard
wood logs, and by completely closing the firing rate control. First set a reduced firing rate by closing the firing rate control and then load on a
hardly glowing bed of embers.
Continuous operation in slow combustion mode, especially when the weather is warming up (unfavourable draught) and using damp wood, results
in incomplete combustion that favours bistre and tar deposits:
• alternate slow burning periods with rated power periods.
• prefer using small loads.
Door opening:
Before raising the door, make sure it is correctly closed on the side. Use the two handles at the bottom of the door and raise the unit
keeping it maintained until its stopper. To close, proceed in reverse and slightly push the two handles to guarantee leak tightness.
Regulation controls:
Systematically use the tool supplied with the appliance to operate the controls which can be very hot.
Firing rate control: Located on the ash pan facade, this control is used to modulate the appliance firing rate between normal power and slow
combustion:
CARE ADVICE
After long idle periods, check that the flue is not obstructed before lighting.
When having the chimney swept, have the appliance checked by a qualified technician who will:
fully clean the appliance, check the connections of the different parts and the deflector position which is sloped and rests on the throat at the top
and is held down at the back.
if necessary, replace worn parts (door seal in particular)
SAFETY
• When in use, all the appliance surfaces are hot: Beware of burns!! Avoid installing the appliance in a location where there is a lot of
passage.
• If a chimney fire were to break out, first close the loading door, then the primary and secondary air intakes, then immediately contact
your local fire & rescue services (In the UK, dial 999).
• Never load the appliance with more wood than indicated in the “use advice” (i.e. less than half the combustion chamber height). Using the
appliance as an incinerator is prohibited.
• The use of non-recommended fuels or fuel not adapted to it, including liquid fuels, is prohibited.
• The combustion chamber should always remain closed, except during re-loading. Do not overheat the appliance.
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