Morso 1416 Instructions For Installation And Use Manual page 14

5. Refuelling of your stove should be done while there are still
glowing embers in the bed. Spread the embers across the bot-
tom, but concentrated mostly towards the front of the stove.
6. Place two pieces of fuel weighing roughly 0.5 kg and measu-
ring about 25 cm in length across the coals in one layer, with
spacing of roughly 1 cm between the pieces of wood.
7. When the secondary air supply – the right regulation handle
– is completely opened and the door is closed, the fresh mass
of wood will be ignited in a few minutes.
Important!
It is important that the fresh quantity of wood starts to
burn quickly. to ensure the fuel lights quickly, open the
combustion air to max. or leave the door ajar to allow
in the amount of air needed to light the wood.
If, however, the wood only smoulders, there will be a
strong build-up of smoke, which at worst can cause an
explosive ignition of the flue gases with the risk of ma-
terial damage and personal injury.
8. Once the new fuel has taken, adjust the secondary air amount
to the desired setting; optimal combustion will continue until
glowing charcoals are produced.
Make sure that there is always enough air (oxygen) to
maintain clear, lasting flames when, and after, reducing the
amount of combustion air.
Under normal chimney draft conditions, expect to refuel your
stove every 60 - 70 minutes.
9. A new charge of wood can be added by repeating steps 5 & 6.
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The stove door should normally be opened gently the first 2 - 3 centimetres, then you should
wait until the pressure has equalised before opening the door all the way. This technique will
prevent smoke from getting out, particularly when there is a poor draught.
Once the wood has burned out, it becomes glowing charcoal. If a good layer of embers has
already formed on top of a sufficient layer of ash, the stove can keep warm for a very long time,
not least due to the favourable qualities of the cast iron.
the stove door should never be opened when the stove is being fired vigorously.
Refuelling on to a low fire bed
If there is insufficient burning material in the firebed to light a new fuel charge, excessive
smoke emission can occur. Refuelling must be carried out onto a sufficient 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 fire bed, add suitable kindling to prevent excessive smoke :
Fuel overloading
The maximum amount of fuel specified in this manual should not be exceeded, overloading
can cause excess smoke.
Operation with door left open
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.
We would strongly recommend that you do not leave your stove alit at night. It harms
the environment, and constitutes very poor use of the wood, as the gases in the wood
do not ignite at the low temperature, but settle as soot (unburned gases) in the chim-
ney and stove. extreme conditions, such as poor draught in the chimney, large quanti-
ties of wood or wet wood, may, in the worst-case scenario, cause an explosive ignition.
When firing in the summer period, when there is minimal need for heat, the combu-
stion will be poor. the stove provides too much heat, so the combustion should be re-
duced. But always remember to make sure that there are lasting flames until the wood
becomes charcoal. If you want a weaker fire, stoke up using less wood.
If you fire the stove using wet wood, a lot of the fuel's thermal energy will be spent for-
cing the water out of the wood, without releasing any heat to the stove. this incomplete
combustion results in a layer of soot being left in the stove, pipe and chimney.
Comparison between wood-burning and oil-burning
type of wood (moisture content 20%)
Oak
Beech
Ash
Sycamore
Birch
elm
no. of cubic metres per 1000 litre of Oil
7.0
7.0
7.2
7.5
8.0
8.9
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