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immediateactionsshouldbetaken:
a)Opendoorsandwindowsto
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.
Fireblazingoutofcontrol
f)Doorsealsandairwashslideare
intact.
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".
Over-Firing
Freezing
LackofHeatTo
Radiators/HotWater
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
doorsofthe appliance.Thisshould
causethechimneyfiretogooutin
whichcasethecontrolsshouldbekept
attheminimumsettinguntilthestove
hasgoneout.Thechimneyand
fluewaysshouldthenbecleaned.If
thechimneyfiredoesnotgooutwhen
theaboveactionistakenthenthefire
brigadeshouldbecalledimmediately.
Afterachimneyfirethechimney
shouldbecarefullyexaminedforany
damage.Expertadviceshouldbe
soughtifnecessary.
ChimneyFires.
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