Jøtul F 500 ECO IT Installation And Operating Instructions Manual page 10

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5.2 Valve adjustment
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Pulled to the right : Open (used during ignition).
Shifted to the left: Closed.
5.3 Use
• Open the air vent and the ignition vent by pulling it to the
right. If necessary, keep the door slightly open. (Use a
glove, for example, as the handle can become hot.)
• Place two medium sized logs in/out on each side of the
base. N.B. In order to avoid sooting on the glass, it is
important that the log is not placed adjacent to the glass
on the product.
• Put 2-3 briquettes (or birch bark) between these and add
some kindling wood in a criss-cross pattern on top and
light the newspaper.
• Gradually increase the size of the woodlogs.
• Finally, place a medium-sized log on the top of the pile.
• Then regulate the rate of combustion to the desired level of
heating by adjusting the air vent.
• Close the stove door. It must always be closed when the
fi re is lit.
• Operation with the air controls or appliance dampers open
can cause excess smoke. The appliance must not be
operated with air controls, appliance dampers or door left
open except as directed in the instructions.
• Operation with the door open can cause excess smoke.
The appliance must not be operated with the appliance
door left open except as directed in the instructions.
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5.4 Adding fi rewood
Stoke the stove frequently but only add small amounts of fuel
at a time. If the stove is fi lled too full, the heat created may
cause extreme stress in the chimney. Add fuel to the fi re in
moderation. Avoid smouldering fi res as this produces the most
pollution. The fi re is best when it is burning well and the smoke
from the chimney is almost invisible.
If there is insuffi cient burning material in the fi rebed to light
a new fuel charge, excessive smoke emission can occur.
Refuelling must be carried out onto a suffi cient quantity of
glowing embers and ash that the new fuel charge will ignite
in a reasonable period. If there are too few embers in the fi re
bed, add suitable kindling to prevent excessive smoke.
5.5 Heating advice
NB: Logs that have been stored outdoors or in a cold room
should be brought indoors 24 hours before use to bring them
up to room temperature.
There are various ways of heating the stove but it is always
important to be careful about what you put in the stove. See
the section on "Wood quality".
NB! Combustion with too low air supply can lead to poor
combustion, poorer effi ciency, high particulate emissions, black
carbon and other health and climate hazardous compounds.
Wood quality
By quality wood we mean most well-known types of wood
such as birch, spruce and pine.
The logs should be dried so that the moisture content is no
more than 20%.
To achieve this, the logs should be cut during the late winter.
They should be split and stacked in a way that ensures good
ventilation. The wood stacks should be covered to protect the
logs from rain. The logs should be brought indoors during early
autumn and stacked/stored for use in the coming winter.
Be especially careful never to use the following
materials as fuel in your fi replace:
• Household rubbish, plastic bags, etc.
• Painted or impregnated timber (which is extremely toxic).
• Laminated wooden planks.
• Driftwood
These may harm the product and are also pollutants.