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ventilatetheroom.
b)Letthefireoutandsafelydispose
ofthefuelfromtheappliance.
c)Checkforflueorchimney
blockage,andcleanifrequired.
d)Donotattempttore-lightthefire
untilcauseoffumehasbeen
identified,ifnecessaryseek
professionaladvice.
Themostcommoncauseoffume
emissionisfluewayorchimney
blockage.Foryourownsafetythese
mustbekeptclean.
Checkthat:
a)Thedoorsaretightlyclosed.
b)Theaircontrolsaresetatthe
minimumsetting.
c)thethermostatflapisclosed(atthe
bottomofthelefthandsideofthe
appliance,seeFig.1.)andthatitisnot
preventedfromclosingcompletelyby
apieceofash,
d)Theairwashcontrolisclosed.
e)Asuitablefuelisbeingused.
f)Doorsealsandairwashslideare
intact.
Fireblazingoutofcontrol
Over-Firing
Freezing
LackofHeatTo
Radiators/HotWater
Ifthefireisover-fireditwillcause
prematurefailureoftheinternalfire
parts.Overfiringisoccurringwhen
anypartsofthefirebegintoglowred.
Topreventover-firingensurethat:
a)thedoorsealsarekeptingood
condition,andthatthedoorsare
sealingcorrectly,
b)thethermostatonthefireis
workingcorrectly,
c)asuitablefuelisbeingused,
d)thefireisnotfittedontoaheating
systemwhichistoolarge.
Donotlightthefireifthereisany
possibilitythatanypartsofthesystem
maybefrozen.
Checkthat:
a)thefireisburningproperly-ifnot
thencarryoutthechecksunder"Fire
WillNotBurn".
b)thethroatplateisfittedcorrectly
(seeFig.3.)andthatitisnotdistorted.
c)thedoorsealsareingoodcondition.
d)Ifthehotwatergoescoldwhenthe
pumpisturnedon,orifsomeradiators
arehotterthanothers,thenthesystem
mayneedbalancing,thepumpmaybe
pumpingthewatertooquicklyaround
thesystem,ortheradiatorsmayneed
bleeding.Pleaseaskyourinstallerto
checkthesepoints.
Ifthechimneyisthoroughlyand
regularlyswept,chimneyfiresshould
notoccur.However,ifachimneyfire
doesoccurturnthecontrolstothe
minimumsetting,andtightlyclosethe
doorsoftheappliance.Thisshould
causethechimneyfiretogooutin
whichcasethecontrolsshouldbekept
attheminimumsettinguntilthestove
hasgoneout.Thechimneyand
fluewaysshouldthenbecleaned.If
thechimneyfiredoesnotgooutwhen
theaboveactionistakenthenthefire
brigadeshouldbecalledimmediately.
Afterachimneyfirethechimney
shouldbecarefullyexaminedforany
damage.Expertadviceshouldbe
soughtifnecessary.
ChimneyFires.
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