Smoking; Maintenance; Ash Removal Procedures; Creosote Formation And Removal - Spartherm Varia M60h Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

Appliance Wood Appliance Wood Appliance
consumed consumed
per hour per hour
Varia 3.3 - 6.2 lbs Arte Bh 5.3 - 9.7 lbs
M60h 3RL60h
Varia 4.2 - 7.9 lbs Varia 4.9 - 9 lbs
M80h 2L/2R-80h 3RL80h
Varia 5.3 - 9.7 lbs Varia 5.1 - 9.7 lbs
M100h 2L/2R- 3RL100h
100h

6.3.3 SMOKING

A properly installed appliance should not smoke. If
yours does, check the following:
• Has the chimney had time to get hot?
• Is the smoke passage blocked anywhere in the
appliance, chimney connector or chimney?
• Is the room too airtight and the air intake not
connected to the outside? Try with a window partly
open.
• Is the smoke flow impeded by too long a horizontal
pipe or too many bends?
• Is it a weak draft perhaps caused by a leaky chim-
ney, a cold outside chimney, too large a diameter
of a chimney, too short a chimney, or a chimney too
close to trees or a higher roof?
• Has a direct flue connection been used rather than
a chimney liner continuous from cap to appliance
flue collar.
Wood Appliance Wood Appliance
con- consumed
sumed per hour
per hour
Arte 3.3 - 6.2 Arte 4.2 - 7.7 lbs Arte
lbs U-50h-2016 U-50h-2016
Arte 4.2 - 7.7 Arte 5.3 - 9.7 lbs Arte
U-70h-2016 U-70h-2016
lbs
Arte 5.3 Arte 6.2 - 11.5 Arte
- 9.7lbs U-90h-2016 lbs U-90h-2016

7. MAINTENANCE

WARNING
APPLIANCE MAY BE HOT, DO NOT SERVICE UNTIL
APPLIANCE HAS COOLED. DO NOT USE ABRASIVE
CLEANERS.
Check your chimney and chimney connector for creo-
sote and soot buildup weekly until a safe frequency for
cleaning is established.
If accumulation is excessive, disconnect the appliance and
clean both the chimney and the appliance. You may want
to call a professional chimney sweep to clean them. Both
have to be cleaned at least once a year or as often as
necessary.
Remove fire baffles and clean above them once a year.
Replace any broken bricks.

7.1 ASH REMOVAL PROCEDURES

WARNING
IMPROPER DISPOSAL OF ASHES RESULTS IN FIRES.
DO NOT DISCARD ASHES IN CARDBOARD BOXES.
DUMP IN BACK YARDS, OR STORE IN GARAGES.
Wood
IF USING A VACUUM TO CLEAN UP ASHES, BE SURE
consumed
THE ASHES ARE ENTIRELY COOLED. USING A VAC-
per hour
UUM TO CLEAN UP WARM ASHES COULD CAUSE A
4.2 - 7.7 lbs
FIRE INSIDE THE VACUUM.
5.3 - 9.7 lbs
NEVER OPERATE YOUR APPLIANCE WITH THE ASH
PLUG (IF APPLICABLE) REMOVED.
6.2 - 11.5 lbs
FAILURE TO ACHIEVE A GOOD SEAL BETWEEN THE
ASH OPENING, ASH PLUG OR ASH WELL DOOR
WILL RESULT IN AN OVER FIRE CONDITION THAT
COULD CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE APPLIANCE.
Allow the ashes in your firebox to accumulate to a
depth of two or three inches; they tend to burn them-
selves up. When the fire has burned down and cooled,
remove any excess ashes but leave an ash bed approx-
imately 1" (25mm) deep on the firebox bottom to help
maintain a hot charcoal bed.
Shovel some ashes out through the door into a metal
container with a tight fitting lid. Leave an ash bed
approximately 1" (25mm) deep on the firebox bottom
to help maintain a hot charcoal bed. Keep the closed
container on a noncombustible floor or ground, well
away from all combustible materials. The ashes should
be retained in the closed container until all cinders
have thoroughly cooled. Cold wood ashes can be used
on the garden or in the compost.
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7.2 CREOSOTE FORMATION AND
REMOVAL
When wood is burned too slow, it produces tar and other
organic vapors, which combine with expelled moisture
to form creosote. The creosote vapors condense in the
relatively cooler chimney flue of a slow-burning fire.
As a result, creosote residue accumulates on the flue
lining. When ignited this creosote makes an extremely
hot fire. The chimney connector and chimney should
be inspected at least once every two months during
the heating season to determine if a creosote buildup
has occurred. If creosote has accumulated it should be
removed to reduce the risk of a chimney fire.

7.3 RUNAWAY OR CHIMNEY FIRE

WARNING
A CHIMNEY FIRE CAN PERMANENTLY DAMAGE
YOUR CHIMNEY SYSTEM. THIS DAMAGE CAN ONLY
BE REPAIRED BY REPLACING THE DAMAGED COM-
PONENT PARTS. CHIMNEY FIRES ARE NOT COV-
ERED BY THE WARRANTY.
CAUSES:
• Using incorrect fuel, or small fuel pieces which
would normally be used as kindling.
• Leaving the door ajar too long and creating extreme
temperatures as the air rushes in the open door.
• Improperly installed or worn gaskets.
• Creosote build up in chimney.
SOLUTIONS:
• Do not burn treated or processed wood, coal, char-
coal, coloured paper or cardboard.
• Do not burn green or freshly cut wood.
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