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RIDDLING
Riddlingtwiceadayisusuallysufficient.
Thefireshouldberiddledwiththedoorsshut.Placethe
toolontheknobandrotatebetweenthehorizontalandthe
45°positionseveraltimesasshowninFig.2.
Caution:whenriddlingthegrateusingsolidfueldonotgo
beyondthe45°positionasthiscancausethegratetojam.
Ifjammingdoesoccurthenthefireshouldbeallowedto
burnforapproximatelyhalfanhourbeforeriddlingthe
grateagainasdescribedabove.
Toomuchriddlingcanresultinemptyingunburntfuelinto
theashpanandshouldthereforebeavoidedClinkershould
regularlyberemovedfromthefirebed.
Afterriddling,thegrateshouldbeputbackintothesolid
fuelorwoodpositionasrequired(thetoolshouldbe
horizontalforsolidfuelorverticalforwood).
Keepthefireboxwellfilled(thefuelmaybeslopedupfrom
thefrontfirebars),butnottoallowthefueltospilloverthe
topofthefrontfirebars.Takecare,especiallywhen
burningwood,thatthefueldoesnotprojectoverthefront
firebarsordamagetotheglassmaybecausedwhenthe
doorsareclosed.
Emptytheashpan,ifnecessary,andthenriddlethefireif
youareburningsolidfuel.Ifthefireisverylowthenitmay
benecessarytoaddalittlefuelandturnthethermostat
controluptomaximumforabriefperioduntilthefireis
burningbrightlybeforefillingwithfuel.Whenburning
wooduselargelogsovernightastheywillburnmoreslowly
thansmallones.
Someexperimentationmaybenecessarytofindthesetting
mostsuitablefortheparticularfuelusedandthedrawon
thechimney,butgenerallythethermostatshouldbeturned
downtotheminimumsetting.
Forovernightburningthefiredoorsmustbeclosed.
Torevivethefire,emptytheashpanifnecessary,riddle
(whenburningsolidfuel)andturnthethermostatcontrol
tomaximum.Whenthefireisburningwellloadmorefuel
asnecessaryandturnthecontrolknobtothedesired
setting.
Whenburningwooddonotriddlebutsimplysettheair
controlstomaximumuntilthefirepicksupandthenset
themattherequiredsettingandrefuelasnecessary.
Itisimportantthatthethroatplateandalltheappliance
fluewaysarekeptclean.Whenburningsmokelessfuelsthey
shouldbecleanedatleastmonthly.Whenburningother
fuelstheyshouldbecleanedonceaweek,andmore
frequentlyiffoundnecessary.
Thethroatplateandfluewaysmaybecleanedwithalow
firestillburning.Usethescrapertooltoscrapeanysooty
depositsoffthefrontoftheplateuntiltheydropintothe
fire.
Moresootwillbedepositedonthethroatplateandinthe
fluewaysiftheapplianceisrunatlowlevelsforlongperiods.
Ifthisisthecasethenmorefrequentcleaningwillbe
necessary.
Whenburninghousecoalkeeptheairwashcontrolatleast
sightlyopenallthetime(refertoFig.1.)
Whenloadingtheappliancetakecarenottosmotherthe
fire,insteadfillthefireboxintwostageswaitingforthe
flamestoappearabovethefire.
Afteraperiodofslumberingalwaysturntheaircontrolup
tomaximumandwaituntilflamesappearabovethefuel
bedbeforeopeningthedoors.
Burningcoalwillproducemoresootdepositsthanother
fuels,especiallyifthefireisrunatlowlevelsforalong
periods.Itisthereforevitaltocleanthethroatplate
regularly,weeklycleaningis recommended.
Theapplianceisfinishedinvitreousenamel.Tocleanthe
surfacessimplywipeoverwithadrycloth.Abrasivepads
andscouringcleanersmustnotbeusedasthesewill
damagethefinish.Careshouldbetakennottoknockthe
enamelwithhardobjectsasitwillchip.
Theglassinthedoorsisaspecialceramicglasswhichisable
towithstandhightemperatures.Beforecleaningtheglass
openthedoorsandallowthemtocool.Cleantheglass
usingadampclothandthenwipingoverwithadrycloth.
Anystubborndepositsontheglassmayberemovedwitha
proprietarystoveglasscleanerorceramichobcleaner.
Somedepositsontheglassmaybeburntoffsimplyby
runningthefireatafastrateforafewminutes.Donotuse
abrasivecleanersorpadsasthesecanscratchthesurface
whichwillweakentheglassandcauseprematurefailure.
Aerosolspraycleanersshouldnotbeusednearthe
appliancewhilstitisunderfire.
REFUELLING
OVERNIGHTBURNING
THROATPLATEANDFLUEWAY
CLEANING
SPECIALPOINTSWHENBURNING
COAL
CLEANINGANDMAINTENANCE
Cleaning
CleaningtheGlass
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