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2.1 Lighting and fuelling intervals
A lot of air is needed when lighting the stove. If you are starting with a cold stove, the door
should be left ajar for the rst few minutes, and the combustion air supply opened to maxi-
mum. Always keep a couple of centimetres of ash in the bottom of the combustion cham-
ber. This will have an insulating eect, and ensures good combustion.
1. We recommend using the “top-down” method to light your wood-burning stove. It is the
most environmentally-friendly method of lighting. Use two relighters and approx. 1.5 kg
of dry kindling sticks to quickly create a glowing layer of wood. Place the relighters directly
under the top layer of kindling sticks.This minimizes soot formation on the glass. Soot for-
mation on the glass is often caused by too vigorous burning in contact with cold surfaces.
If you avoid the formation of soot when lighting the re and build up a layer of hot embers,
you will have minimal soot formation when getting the re burning again later.
2. Open the air supply as much as possible.
The combustion air is supplied when the handle is pushed to the right.
3. After the paper/solid alcohol tablets have caught re, leave the re door ajar, so that the
chimney draws well. Lift the door latch mounted on the right side so that the door can be
kept ajar
4. When you can see that the chimney is hot enough to draw (after 5 - 10 minutes), close
the door. If all the necessary conditions are met, a thick layer of embers will have been formed in
the combustion chamber after another 15 - 20 minutes, and there will be a high temperature in
the combustion chamber, which is necessary in order to be able to continue the combustion.
5. If the condition in step 4 is met, place max. 2 pieces of wood with a total weight of 1.5kg
and a length of 25-30 cm over the embers in a single layer, with a distance of approximately 1
cm.
6. Open the air supply to maximum, and close the door.
The fresh wood will be lit within 1-3 minutes.
If it does not light, open the door slightly to allow in enough air to ignite the wood.
Close the door again once the wood has caught re.
7. Reduce the amount of combustion air to the desired position, and the optimal combustion will
continue. Make sure that there is always enough air (oxygen) to maintain clear, lasting
ames when, and after, reducing the amount of combustion air.
Make sure that there is always enough air (oxygen) to maintain clear, lasting ames when,
and after, reducing the amount of combustion air.
The stoking interval is between 45-75 minutes.
8. Once the re has been reduced to a thick layer of embers, a new portion of wood can
be added by repeating steps 5 & 7.
The stove door must be opened gently the rst 2 - 3 centimetres, then you should wait until the
pressure has equalised before opening the door all the way. This technique will prevent smoke
from getting out, particularly when there is a poor draught.
The stove door should never be opened when the stove is being red vigorously. The stove
door must only be opened at startup, refuelling and when cold ashes must be raked out.
