Use; Loading The Pellets - Piazzetta P963 Instructions For Installation, Use And Maintenance Manual

6.0 USE

The pellet stove is a different type of heater. Its operation and maintenance differ from the traditional wood stove. Follow these operating instructions
exactly as stated to ensure safe and reliable operation.
• Do not use the stove as a cooking appliance.
• Ensure that the room in which the stove is installed is sufficiently well ventilated (fresh air intake).
• A certain amount of carbon monoxide may be produced within the stove as a by-product of combustion. All exhaust vent connections must be
sealed with RTV silicone to assure a gas tight seal. Any leaks into a confined area caused by faulty installation or improper operation of the stove
could produce dizziness, nausea and in extreme cases, death.
• Check (or have checked) regularly that the flue is clean.
• Under no circumstances use fuels other than pellets.
• Remove any deposits of unused pellets left by failed ignition before restarting the stove.
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Direct contact with the stove while operating may cause skin burns.
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During operation some parts of the stove (door, handle, controls, ceramic parts) can reach high temperatures. Take great care and all
the necessary precautions, especially in the presence of children, the elderly or disabled and pets.
Keep any inflammable object well away from the stove while it is in use (MINIMUM 32" - 80 cm) from the front panel.
While in use the door must remain closed and the glass must be present and intact.
The removal of the protective grille inside the pellet hopper is strictly prohibited.
If replenishing with pellets while the stove is lit, ensure that the bag does not come into contact with any hot surfaces.
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Operate this unit only with the fuel hopper lid closed. Failure to do so may result in emission of products of combustion from the
hopper under certain conditions. Maintain hopper seal in good condition.

6.1 LOADING THE PELLETS

• When lighting your stove for the first time, or any time you have run
out of Pellets, you will need to fill the hopper. Pellets are fed from the
hopper to the burn pot by an auger. A high torque motor that is capable
of doing serious harm to fingers drives the auger and for this reason in
Piazzetta pellet stoves a protective grille inside the hopper is placed.
To open the pellet hopper, pull the upper panel and then lift the hopper lid.
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Don't remove the protective grill inside the pellet hopper.
• To load the pellets into the hopper it is advisable to tear off the edge of
the sack and empty the sack directly into the hopper. This makes filling
easier and avoids pouring pellets on top of the stove.
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Do not allow sawdust to accumulate on the bottom of the
hopper.
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Do not leave leftover pellets on top of the stove – they could
catch fire!
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Do not overfill the hopper.
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Maintain the hopper seal in good condition.
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DO NOT RELOAD WITH PELLETS WHEN THE APPLIANCE IS LIT if the red
reload indicator inside the pellet hopper is visible (see figure to the side).
To load with pellets if the red reload indicator is visible, proceed as follows:
- shut down the appliance;
- load the hopper as described above.
The auger must have the time to fill; during this stage the pellets are not
distributed inside the firebox and it is more than likely that the first attempt to
ignite the appliance fails; empty and clean the great. Lighting again the stove.
If an alarm is triggered, deactivate the appliance by pressing the ON/
OFF key for a few moments, remove the fuel to be found in the grate
and set a new ignition cycle.
Any unburned pellets to be found in the grate must be disposed of.
The appliance has a system that controls the opening of the hopper lid.
At each opening of the hopper lid, the appliance interrupts fuel supply.
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If the sliding top panel remains open for more than 60
consecutive seconds, the stove starts the shut-down procedure
after a 30-second audible beep activates to request that the
sliding top panel be fully closed. The hopper lid must be closed
before sliding the panel into its fully closed position.
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In circumstances where the sliding top panel is left not in its fully
closed position a 30 second audible beep will be activated requesting
the sliding top panel to be manually returned to its fully closed
position, otherwise the stove will go into shut-down procedure.
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