EdilKamin FIREBOX DECO Installation, Use And Maintenance Manual page 19

FUEL
The product was designed to burn wooden logs or
sawdust briquettes.
Use dry wood logs (max. humidity 20%)Use logs The
use of damp wood would cause the product and the
flue to get dirty, the risk of smoke and a lower yield
than that declared.Each type of wood has different
characteristics that also influence combustion yield.
The data outlined on this manual are with wood used
during certifi cation.
In general wood can have a heat of combustion up to
4.5 kWh/kg while cut fresh it has heat of combustion
around 2 kWh/kg
In general, beech or elm is recommended, or however
class A1 wood according to UNI EN ISO 17225-5
Attention to prolonged use of wood with aromatic oils
(e.g. eucalyptus). Cast iron parts can deteriorate
Use the recommended quantities of wood:
Overloading causes overheating, resulting in damage:
• possible deformation of the inner parts;
• possible irreversible changes to the colour of the
paint on the metal parts for which Edilkamin or the
retailer cannot be held liable.
To respect the environment and safety, do NOT burn,
among other things: plastic, varnished wood, coal and
bark waste.
Do not use the product as an incinerator.
Use of these fuels also nullifi es the guarantee.
First switch on phases
• Ensure you have read and understood the content
of this manual
• Remove all the inflfl ammable parts from the
product (manuals, labels, etc.). In particular
remove any labels from the glass. If they melt, they
would irreversibly damage the glass.
For initial switch on of the fifi replace, always use the
smallest logs. Use larger wooden logs to raise the fifi
re.
Always locate the wood deep in the fifi replace, al-
most in contact with the rear wall, so that even if they
slide they won't come in contact with the glass.
There may be a slight smell of paint the fi rst few
times it is ignited, however, this will disappear quickly.
USER INSTRUCTIONS
Lighting a cold fifi replace
1. Check the existing ash bed is not too high. If the
ash bed is too high, there is a danger of opening the
door of the fifi replace to add wood and possible
brazier fragments fall out of the fifi replace.
2. Position the adjustment lever of the valve in the "total
opening" position . The air for combustion will flfl ow
intensely to the wood in the fifi replace, to quickly reach
good combustion.
3. place the wood in the fifi replace without excessively
squashing it in. Position a fifi relighter between the
wood logs and light. Never user materials such as
petrol, alcohol and similar to switch on.
4. At this point, close the door and monitor it for a few
minutes. If the fifi re should extinguish, slowly open the
door, re-position another fifi relighter between the logs
and light again.
Lighting a hot fireplace
When should wood be added? When the fuel is
almost completely consumed to embers. With the
glove supplied, slowly open (to avoid formation of
vortexes that can cause smoke to exit) the door.
Add the desired wood to the fifi replace, locating it on
the existing embers (within the quality limits indicated
in the technical table).
Product functioning changes with the chimney flue
draft and adjustment of the air valve in combustion.
Functioning with initial low draft
To extract air for combustion and discharge the
smoke, the fifi replace needs a draft to be exerted on
the chimney flflue.
If the draft is weak, initially light a "starter" fifi re using
small sized lighting material.
Once the correct draft is restored, you can add the fuel.
As with all the products, the wood product heats and
cools during the various phases. This would lead to
normal dilation. Such dilation can cause slight settling
noise, which is not a reason for dispute.
Use always the glove supplied to touch
hot parts.
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