Evaporator Operation; Lighting Up The Combustion Chamber - Lapierre VISION User Manual

SECTION 5 Start-up, operation and shutdown procedures (continued)

5.2 EVAPORATOR OPERATION

5.2.1

Lighting up the combustion chamber

To do pre-ignition
• Clean the door's ceramic window (see Section 6.4 : Door cleaning and maintenance, Ceramic window).
• Clean the hearth grate.
• A 1-2" (2.54-5.08 cm) bed of ash is ideal on the floor of the stove, it is recommended to remove the excess
ashes.
Pre-ignition check
• Check:
- if there are concentrate leaks,
- the correct positioning of the pans,
- that the insulation joints, if applicable, between each pan are in good condition and compressed,
- that the evaporator is well supplied with concentrate,
- the amount of the concentrate reserve to be boiled,
- that the amount of liquid in each pan is sufficient to function.
Clean the door window combustion chamber side before any firing as recommended in Section 6.4: Door
cleaning and maintenance, Ceramic window.
• If applicable, check:
- the proper condition of the gaskets between the pans and the combustion chamber,
- that the following valves are fully open:
o concentrate supply,
o from the boiling rear pan to the syrup pan,
o from the hot float.
Lighting up the combustion chamber
• Use plenty of paper and cardboard to prepare your load.
• Add two or three layers of small diameter pieces of wood.
- Make sure not to go beyond the middle of the door glass.
• Add standard diameter logs on top, preferably no larger than 6 in. (15.24 cm).
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