3- Lighting Your Heater - hergom CRAFTSBURY Installer Manual

2.1.3- LIGHTING YOUR HEATER

It is essential that the first lighting is carried out in a slow way.
The cast iron must be warmed up: Excessive heat on a new heater may cause cracks in
the iron or cause damages to other parts of the heater,
The volcanic stones of the hearth's walls must be warmed slowly to eliminate the
dampness contained in them and in the joint cement.
When you light the fire for the first time, your heater will let off some smoke and gases.
This is normal due to the evaporation of the paint components and the oils used to
manufacture your heater.
If you consider it necessary, open a window to ventilate the room. The smoke and gases
normally persist during the first 10 or 20 minutes of the lighting. The smells and smoke will
disappear when the heater is "cured".
During the first lightings there may be other smells of materials that are in the nearby
area to the heater. These smells will disappear in time. You may reduce these smells opening
the windows or by other means, creating ventilation around the heater.
LIGHTING THE HEATER FOR THE FIRST TIME
h) Open the door and place a couple of lighting tablets on the base.
crossed splinters on the tablets. The splinters should be approximately about 10
pieces of 10/15 mm in diameter and 25/40 cms. long.
i) Fully open the primary air control sliding the control forward.
j) Light the tablets. Leave the front door half open, without fully closing it, until the
splinters start to burn and the draught begins to rise.
k) Close the door and let the fire light. Keep the door closed while the heater is
working. Ensure the ash pan door is firmly closed.
l) AT ALL TIME KEEP YOUR EYES ON YOUR HEATER to keep a low fire. The first
fire must heat the heater but it should not burn when you touch it. You should add
some pieces of wood to the fire to reach an adequate temperature in the first
lighting.
m) Once the heater is hot, but does not burn to the touch, close the primary air by
sliding the control to the limit inwardly, and let the fire completely go out.
n) Let your heater cool down entirely.
The first time you light it and the first lighting of each season, must be carried out as
previously described. Your patience will be compensated by years of a good operating of your
heater.
NOTE: As the gas temperatures have been low during the first lighting, the creosote has
formed quickly. The glass on the door has probably got dirty. A subsequent hot fire will clean it.
ORDINARY LIGHTING
Before carrying out a regular lighting operation, if your heater has not been used often,
for a long time, it is recommendable to follow the first lighting procedure, at least, to minimize
the tensions of a strong fire on a cold heater.
Before loading the heater, ensure the ash pan door is closed and the ash pan is in its
place. If the ash pan door should open, the heater could over-heat and get damaged.
To perform a normal lighting, do so in the following way:
g) Open the door and place a couple of tablets on the hearth's base. Put some
crossed splinters on some newspapers. The splinters should be approximately
about 10 pieces of 10/15 mm in diameter and 25/40 cms. long.
h) Fully open the primary air control by moving the control towards the front.
i) Light the tablets up. Leave the front door half open, without fully closing it, until the
splinters start to burn and the draught begins to rise.
j) Close the door and let the fire light.
Put some