Normal Operation - Nordica FOCOLARE 80 Idro Crystal - DSA Instructions Pour L'installation, L'utilisation Et L'entretien

Too much fuel and too much combustion air can cause overheating and damage the appliance. Never light
the fireplace when there are combustible gasses in the room.
To perform a correct first lighting of products treated with paints for high temperatures, the following must be
considered:
• The construction materials of the products in question are not homogeneous; in fact there are parts in cast iron,
steel, refractory material, and majolica ceramic.
• The temperature to which the body of the product is subject is not homogeneous: from zone to zone variable
temperatures are recorded between 300° C to 500° C.
• During its lifetime, the product is subject to alternating cycles of lighting and shutdown during the same day and to
cycles of intense usage or absolute rest along with the changing seasons.
• The new appliance, before being able to be defined as seasoned, must undergo various cycles of start-up to allow
all the materials and the paint to complete the various elastic stresses.
• In particular initially, you may notice the emission of the typical odours of metals subjected to high thermal stress
and of still fresh paint. This paint, though it is baked during manufacture at 250° C for a number of h ours, must be
subject to a temperature of 350° C numerous times an d for a certain duration before it becomes perfectly
incorporated with the metallic surfaces.
It is therefore important to follow these simple measures during the lighting phase:
1) Make sure that there is good air exchange in the place where the appliance is installed.
2) During the first lightings, do not excessively load the combustion chamber (about half the quantity indicated in the
instruction manual), and keep the product lit for at least 6-10 hours continuously, with the registers less open than
that indicated in the instruction manual.
3) Repeat this operation for at least 4-5 or more times, depending on your availability.
4) Subsequently, increase the load (in any case following that which is described in the instruction booklet regarding
the maximum load) and if possible keep long periods of lighting, avoiding, at least in this initial phase, brief cycles
of lighting-shutdown.
5) During the first lightings, no object must be set on the appliance and in particular on the enamelled
surfaces. The enamelled surfaces must not be touched during heating.
6) Once the "road test" has been passed, your product can be used like a car engine, avoiding brusque heating with
excessive loads.
ATTENTION: during the first lightings there could be a solid smokes condensation with a small escape of
water from the thermo-fireplace: this event will expire in a very short time but if it persists it will be
necessary to check the chimney draught.
IMPORTANT: Only after a few days of operation (the time necessary for determining that the appliance is
operating correctly), you can begin to assemble the aesthetic facing. We recommend providing an inspection
door on the counter plate or elsewhere as suitable to provide easy accessibility and visibility of the safety devices
(pressure gauges, valves,..) .

10. NORMAL OPERATION

After positioning the air register correctly, insert the hourly load of wood (see Chapter 18), avoiding overloads that
could cause anomalous stresses or deformation. Failure to observe this rule will void the warranty.
The heat emission is regulated with the register situated on the front of the appliance, which should be opened
according to your heating needs. The regulation of the register necessary for obtaining the nominal heat output with
depression to the chimney of 17 - 20 Pa (= 1.7 – 2 mm of column of water) is as follows:
In the event that the water temperature exceeds the tripping temperature of the safety devices, immediately
suspend the feeding of wood, and make sure that the water temperature and the flame decrease, eliminating
the causes of the overheating (if necessary by closing the air register).
If the water system is connected in the thermo-fireplace, the hot water tap can be opened to speed up the
cooling of the appliance.
The combustion intensity and therefore the heating output of your appliance are influenced not only by the regulation
of the combustion air but also by the chimney. Good draught requires a more reduced regulation of the combustion
air, and poor draught requires a more precise regulation of the combustion air.
To verify efficient combustion, check that the smoke coming out of the chimney is transparent.
If the smoke is white, it means that the appliance is not regulated correctly or that the wood is too damp; if the smoke
is grey or black, it means that combustion is not complete (a greater quantity of secondary air is needed).
Never overload the thermo-fireplace.
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Fuel Primary air
Wood Closed
Focolare 80 Idro Crystal - DSA
Secondary air
Open
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