Hase Valencia - Manual (Page 34)

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5 . Initial Operation
NOTE!
During shipment, condensation moisture
can accumulate in the stove’s interior,
which may possibly lead to the appearance
of condensation or water on the stove or
flue pipes. Please dry off these damp areas
immediately.
The surface of your stove was treated in a sand-
blasting machine before applying the colour coating.
Despite careful and thorough inspection, there may
still be some residual material in the stove body,
which can fall out when your stove is being installed.
NOTE!
To prevent any damage, please immedi-
ately vacuum up these small steel pellets
with a vacuum cleaner.
The first time a stove is operated, the heat develop-
ment causes the emission of volatile components
from the coating, sealing strips and lubricants, and
smoke and odours can occur.
At a higher combustion temperature, this one-time
process can take between 4 to 5 hours.
To achieve this higher combustion temperature,
please increase the fuel quantity recommended in
Section 7, „Adding Fuel/ Heating with Nominal Ther-
mal Output“, by approximately 25%.
CAUTION!
To prevent adverse effects on health, no-
body should stay in the room(s) during
this process unless absolutely necessary.
Make sure the room is well-ventilated and
open the windows and outside doors. If
needed, use a fan for faster air circulation.
If the maximum temperature is not reached during
the first heating operation, you may notice an odour
for a short period of time the next time the stove is
used as well.
6. Lighting the Fire
The firing up phase should be as short as possible,
since higher emissions can occur during this phase.
The slider settings described in Table 1 (see figure
on the right) are recommendations that were de-
termined under conformance testing conditions, in
compliance with the relevant standard. Depending
on the weather conditions and the draught capability
of your chimney, accordingly adjust the slider posi-
tions for your Valencia to the local conditions.
NOTE!
The Valencia may only be operated when
the fire box door is closed; the fire box door
may only be opened to add fuel.
WARNING!
Never use spirits, petrol, or other flamma-
ble fluids to light the stove.
Lighting the Fire
Procedure Position of Control
Elements
Completely open second-
ary air. Pull air slider all the way
out (fig. 3)
Pile up any remaining ash
and unburned charcoal
into the centre of the
combustion chamber.
Place 2-4 small logs into
the middle of the fire box;
stack kindling/ignition
material and approx. 0.5
kg of dry wood chips
on top.
Light the kindling/ignition
material.
Open fire box door
Put fire box door in the
warming up position
(leave slightly ajar).Wait
about 5 minutes and then
close the fire box door
completely.
Tab. 1
fig. 3