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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
Installation
The cabinet must be installed on a firm floor and must
be in a horizontal position. Use a water level and check
both ways in the freezer compartment.
Avoid locating the refrigerator in a room subject to high
temperatures or strong draughts.
See that a space of at least 16 inches (400 mm) is left
free above the top of the cabinet to allow an unrestricted
circulation of air, which is essential for the efficient
operation of the refrigerator. The ventilation opening at
the top of the cabinet must not be covered in any way.
The refrigerator should not be placed in a small pantry
or similar location.
The flue baffle must be positioned as shown on the
illustration.
Filling the Tank
Always use the kerosene funnel when filling the tank,
and fill until the gauge pointer approaches the red mark.
Clean off any kerosene on the top of the tank. If kerosene
overflows, the tank should be removed from the refriger-
ator and wiped clean.
Do not let the tank run dry while the refrigerator is in use
because refrigeration will be interrupted and a portion of
the wick will be burned off, reducing the life of the wick.
Always use best quality burning kerosene (Paraf-
fin) and see that it is kept clean, dry and unadulter-
ated. Under no circumstances must vaporizing
kerosene, petrol or spirit of any kind be used.
Lighting the Burner
Remember that the kerosene lamp is an essential part
of the refrigerator and that care taken to maintain it in
good condition is well repaid.
Before lighting a new wick for the first time, allow the wick
to become soaked with kerosene for at least two hours.
Important
When lighting the burner, remove the gallery, lamp glass
and seal ring as one unit after turning the gallery anti-
clockwise to unlock (FIG. 1). Do not attempt to light the
burner by turning up the wick as high as it will go, leaving
the gallery in place, as this will damage the wick and
result in unsatisfactory refrigeration.
Adjust the wick turner so that the wick height is about
1/8" (3 mm) above the top of the outer wick tube
(FIG. 1).
Light the wick. Allow the flame to travel round the wick,
and replace the gallery complete with lamp glass and
seal ring. Turn the gallery clockwise until locked securely
in position. Should the flame be extinguished, relight
following the above procedure.
Push the tank into the tank holder underneath the cabi-
net and at the rear of the refrigerator. Slide the tank
carefully forwards against the guide pin. Carefully lift the
tank by means of the lever arm and check that the guide
pin enters the hole in the bracket on the left side of the
burner (FIG. 2).
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Make sure that the sealing ring on the top of the lamp
glass seals against the bottom of the flue tube, it should
not be any air gap between the flue tube and the sealing
ring. Lock the lever arm in the position were the sealing
ring seals against the flue tube.
The burner should burn with a blue flame; a partly or
wholly yellow flame indicates an air gap and must be
adjusted.
When the burner is in position under the flue tube, adjust
the wick to produce a medium-high blue flame. Wait 30
minutes to allow the burner to warm up before making
any further wick adjustments. To obtain better cooling,
turn the wick up which raises the light-blue flame.
To make the refrigeration less cold, turn the wick down
to give a blue flame of reduced height. To maintain
steady cabinet temperatures the refrigerator should
operate continuously day and night.
NOTE: Never operate the burner with a flame having
yellow tips or streaks on or in the bright blue lower
portion, or with a wholly yellow flame. Such conditions
will result in rapid carbonization of the wick, smell, and
possible damage to the cooling unit.
Do not force wick turner if it will not turn readily, as this
may be an indication that the burner needs cleaning or
that the wick should be replaced.
Cleaning Wick and Burner
While the flame is burning, carbon forms on the top of
the wick, on the flange of the outer wick tube and on the
surface of the flame spreader. For the best refrigeration
results and to prolong the life of the wick, this carbon
must be cleaned off every two or three days for the first
two weeks and at least once a month thereafter, provi-
ded a good grade of kerosene is used. When poor grade
kerosene is used, the burner should be cleaned at least
once a week.
To clean the wick and the burner, loosen the lever arm
and pull out the tank, remove the seal ring, lamp glass
and gallery by turning it anti-clockwise and lift off. Take
out the flame spreader. Insert the wick cleaner, (supplied
with the burner) in the burner tube and adjust the wick
by pressing the cleaner gently against the wick surface.
Turn the wick cleaner in a clock-wise direction, gently
cleaning and reshaping the burning surface (FIG. 3).
Be careful not to fray the wick.
The top surface of the properly cleaned wick should be
free from carbon and frayed fabric threads. It should
slope upwards to its inner top edge, which should be
fairly even.
Blow off all loose carbon from the wick and burner, and
remove any dirt or carbon, which has fallen into the
burner base.
Reassemble the burner.
When cleaning the burner, take out the burner from the
tank and inspect the tails of the wick. If they are dirty,
unsuitable kerosene has been used and the tank must
be cleaned. Empty the tank and put the dirty kerosene
aside for other uses. Rinse the tank twice with clean
kerosene and refill with filtered kerosene.
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