Rayburn royal and regent cookers - solid fuel models (14 pages)
Summary of Contents for Rayburn Heatranger 355M
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This information refers to the following products Rayburn cooker Model 355M Please note that some original pages may not appear in original numerical order, but have been rearranged for clarity or deleted if not appropriate. WARNING This information is a copy of an original...
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Air Slide Open - ALL fuels except for Sunbrite Coke Air Slide Closed - Sunbrite Coke only The Rayburn 355M has been designed to burn a variety of solid fuels and thereby provide heating facilities for WARNING THE ASHPIT AND FIREBOX DOORS MUST BE LOCKED cooking, domestic hot water and central heating.
Stones and other foreign bodies should be removed when fuelling. Fuel should be stored under cover, particularly manufactured fuels which must be kept dry. Wet kitchen refuse should not be burned. DOOR OPERATION OVEN DOOR OPERATION - SEE FIG. 2 To open the doors.
FUELLING WITH WOOD OR PEAT LIGHTING THE FIRE The cooker will satisfactorily burn wood logs, blocks or All Fuels using Wood and Paper peat briquettes, but logs should be perfectly dry in order a) Check the flue pipe is free of blockage. to obtain the best cooker performance and minimise the b) Open firebox door.
the chimney draught, and the more it can be closed, the easier the cooker is to control. The line markings on the flue chamber enable you to repeat the best settings to suit your chimney, from No.1 in a closed position to No.6 fully open.
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quarter of a turn. Ensure that the firebox and ashpit door are securely Set the boiler thermostat knob to its minimum setting and closed, close the spinwheel tight and the flue chamber close the flue chamber damper plate to No. 1 setting. Set damper is set to No.1.
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REMOVAL OF CLINKER REFUELLING FROM BOTTOMGRATE The firebox should be filled to the recommended level of Due to an accumulation of pieces of stone, clinker and the bottom firebox door opening and the firebox door shale etc. it may not be possible to pass them through closed.
CHAMBER DAMPER CAUSES THE FIRE TO SMOKE, IT SHOULD BE OPENED GRADUALLY UNTIL THE SMOKING STOPS. To reduce top heat in the oven adjust the cooker/boiler damper knob gradually away from symbol ‘C’. The oven may be cleaned with a stiff wire brush, when it is very hot. OVEN TEMPERATURES:- 220º-260ºC (400º-500ºF) Check with pointer...
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Replace flue chamber door and hotplate plug and riddle the bottomgrate thoroughly to clear the bottomgrate ready for relighting. The firebricks fitted to the Rayburn 355M are of first quality NOTE: THE APPLIANCE IS DESIGNED AND manufacture, and providing the cooker has been installed INTENDED TO BE UNDER CONTINUOUS FIRING BUT and used correctly will have a reasonable life.
SPARES LIST Part Number Description No Reqd Boiler Thermostat 1/16182 T Bottomgrate bars top 1/16182 B Bottomgrate bars bottom 3/16272 Oven side firebricks 4/16273 Firebox side top firebricks 3/16271 Front firebrick 3/16274 Removable boiler face rear firebrick 3/16275 Removable boiler face side firebrick 3/18172 Grate Baffle...
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For further advice or information contact your local distributor/stockist With Aga’s policy of continuous product improvement, the Company reserves the right to change specifications and make modifications to the appliance described at any time. Manufactured by Station Road Ketley Telford Shropshire TF1 5AQ England www.aga-web.co.uk...
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Do not use The Rayburn 355M is intended to supply heating for:- reconditioned or copy parts that have not been clearly Cooking and domestic hot water.
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Fig.1 DESN 510279 B Overnight banking with the cooker/boiler damper knob at C will RATINGS - Burning Solid Fuel produce 1.46kW (5,000 Btu/h) of hot water from the boiler. Winter Use (See Para. re: Firebrick Positions PREPARATION OF SITE The maximum boiler output obtainable burning solid fuel at the optimum burning rate - with the cooker/boiler damper knob at H and the boiler thermostat at No.8 - is 16.12kW (55,000 Btu/h).
THE CHIMNEY Checking existing chimney The internal and external condition of the chimney should be checked before the appliance is installed and rectification made where necessary to prevent leakage or porosity. The soundness of the chimney which should have a minimum flue dimension of 175mm square or 185mm diameter can be confirmed by smoke testing.
(b)Top Flue Outlet The cooker should be connected to the main flue via a 150mm minimum diameter cast iron pipe or appropriately internally externally vitreous enamelled mild steel pipe and be sealed to the cooker flue chamber with soft rope and fire cement.
See diagram 7. The firebricks fitted to the Rayburn Cookers are of first quality manufacture, and providing the cooker has been installed and used correctly will have a reasonable life. There are, however, expendable items and in time will require renewal.
INSTALLATION TESTING AND COMMISSIONING After completing the installation, the Heating Contractor should Place the cooker in the intended position and lift out of the demonstrate to the user, the operation of the appliance and the surface ground hotplate, checking that the joint between the routine cleaning method.
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For further advice or information contact your local distributor/stockist With Aga’s policy of continuous product improvement, the Company reserves the right to change specifications and make modifications to the appliance described at any time. Manufactured by Station Road Ketley Telford Shropshire TF1 5AQ England www.aga-web.co.uk...
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