Operating Advice; Lighting The Appliance; Recommended Fuels; Prohibited Fuels - Nordpeis N-24 round Installation & User Manual

9. Operating advice

Lighting the appliance.

During the first few firings, the paint will cure. Ensure that the room is well ventilated during this period
since the paint will give off fumes and a hazy smoke.
Use kindling or firelighters to light the fire. Open the Lighting draft control (figure 1 page 13). Keep the
door ajar until the chimney is warmed. Add larger logs until the fire is established. Once established,
the lighting draft control should be closed. Use this vent only for the first 15 minutes after lighting the
fire – if used for longer, the insert may become overheated. The air supply should now be adjusted by
using the upper draft control (figure 2 page 13) Add additional logs when required.

Recommended fuels

Dry, seasoned hardwood. This should be a minimum of 2 years old and have a moisture content no
higher than 20%.

Prohibited fuels

Any solid fuel – this appliance is suitable for woodburning only.
Warning: Never use treated fuels like gasoline, petrol, paraffin, alcohol or
similar to start the fire. This can harm both you and the fire inset.
Paper/newspapers leave much ash behind, and cartons for milk, juice and so one are not suited for
starting a fire.
Warning: Do not use impregnated wood; painted wood, plastic laminated wood, plywood,
fibre plates, milk cartons or any other garbage as fuel. The warranty is not valid when such
materials is used, because they can produce harmful flue gas and acid when combusted.
It is important to use pure and dry fire wood. Moist fire wood will produce a lot of soot and steam, be-
cause much of the energy released in the combustion is used to evaporate water and the temperature
never gets high enough to getting a pure combustion. In worst case this can cause a chimney fire.
Never operate this appliance with both aircontrols wide open for long periods of time.
Once the fire is established, you should only ever have the one air control open. That way one will
avoid damage to welded joints and annealing of the steel.If you burn the appliance with both air
controls open for long periods, the insert will quickly overheat which may cause the heat insulation to
crack, and may cause permanent damage to the insert which is not covered by the warranty.
Warning: The inset must not be overheated. This can cause permanent damage
to the inset. The warranty will not cower such damage.
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