Lighting A Fire / Burning Wood - Spartherm XS 500 Installation And Operating Instructions Manual

3.4
Lighting the fire in your fireplace cassette is very easy if you follow the
instructions given below:
1. A fire may only be started in the fireplace cassette when the firebox lining
has been correctly installed.
2. Turn off any air extraction ventilation (kitchen, bathroom, WC etc.). This
will avoid low pressure building up in the installation room that can affect
the extraction of flue gasses from the fireplace. Check the combustion air
supply (if required, open the cover flap)!
3. Adjust the combustion air regulator to the "Air supply open" position and
open the firebox door (swing open) (see Fig. 8).
other easily combustible liquids.
7. Light the fire using the firelighter cubes and, if required, leave the firebox
door open by approx. 3-5 cm. The fire should now light, burning bright-
ly and intensively.
10. You can find out more about the correct volume of wood to add to the fire
in the section "Volume of wood to add per hour" (see point 3.4.2 or 2.2).

Lighting a fire / burning wood

4. Place chopped wood into the middle of the
firebox using the funeral pyre method (use
softwood).
5. Place standard firelighter cubes under the
wood pyre to help start the fire. (paper is not
recommended because it burns too quickly and
causes ash to circulate).
6. Never use methylated spirits, petrol, oil or
8. When the kindling wood is burning well, add
smaller hardwood logs or larger softwood logs
using the funeral pyre method and close the
door.
9. When the wooden logs are burning well, the
air control lever can be set to a position in the
middle.
11. When the wood has been completely
burnt and only embers are remaining from
the initial wood added to the fire, new wood
can now be added as required (hardwood is
ideal).
12. Depending on the weather conditions,
adjust the control lever towards the middle
setting or a little over (Fig. 4). The correct
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