Rayburn Regent - Rayburn Royal Cooker Operating Guide; Fueling and Refueling the Cooker; Lighting the Fire and Riddling

Rayburn Royal &
Regent
Solid
Fuel Cookers
OPERATING
INSTRUCTIONS
FUEL AND REFUELLING
LIGHTING THE FIRE
RIDDLING
TheRecommended Solid Fuels are : Manufactured - Sunbrite
Sh~gles, Sunbrite Doubles, Coallte, Phurnacite, Rexco and
Royal .
Natural - Anthracite Large Nuts, WdshDry Steam
Coal (Large
Nots), Housecoal (TrebkstLarge Nuts a Doubles/Nuts) .
Overdzu fad lumps should be broken down to size . Stone and
other foreign bodies should be removed when fuelling .
Fuel should be stored under coves, particularly manufactured
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fuels which must be kept dry . Wet kitchen refuse should not
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be burned .
Before fuelling, open the chimney damper to its ruji extent . Fill the firebox to
the recommended level, not above the bottom of the fire door opening . It is not
necessary to keep the fuel constantly at this level, but if the fire is allowed to
bum very low there will be a time lag after refuelling before the heat reaches the
oven, hotplate and boiler .
When burning coal or anthracite, time should be allowed for a fresh charge
to ignite before the damper is closed .
open
the chimney damper, fire door and ashpit door . Kindle with paper and
sticks in the ordinary way . Leave the doors open until the fire is well alight .
Then
close both doors, and keep them closed . Push chimney damper back to
the
position which has been found from experience to give the best results .
A
gas poker may be employed instead of paper and sticks . The gas poker
can be inserted
through the ashpit immediately above the round grate .
Note : If there
is dead fuel in the grate, drop the bottom grate to remove
the
fuel when there is no gas poker .
Open
the chimney
damper to its full extent, engage the
operating tool on the
knob on
the riddler and
shake the bottom grate by a back and forth motion of