Instructions For Use; Fuel; Lighting A Fire - Dovre 450 Mode D'emploi

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Instructions for use

4.1.

Fuel

The only suitable fuels for this stove are wood, brown coal briquettes and coal. No
other fuels are allowed to be burnt, as they can inflict serious damage to your stove.
Do not burn any treated wood either, such as scrap wood, dyed wood, impregnated
or preserved wood, plywood or chipboard. The fumes of these, as of synthetic mate-
rials, old papers and household waste, are highly polluting for both your stove and
your chimney, and for the environment. They even might cause chimney fires.
Wood
Hard wood, like oak, birch, fruit-tree wood, is the ideal fuel for your stove.
The wood is to have dried for at least two years in a covered and well-ventilated
place. Cleaved logs will dry faster. Dry wood should contain no more than twenty
percent of moisture.
Wet logs are no good fuel, as they do not produce enough heat and all energy is lost
in the process of evaporation. Moreover, the burning of wet wood causes badly
smelling gases to be released and a thick layer of soot will deposit on the stove
panes and in the chimney.
Brown coal briquettes
Brown coal briquettes burn in more or less the same way as wood does. You should
only burn briquettes on a bed of charcoal in your stove.
Coal
There are several categories of anthracite coal. Some characteristics may be legally
determined. For instance anthracite "A" has to contain less than 10% of volatile sub-
stances, anthracite "B" less than 12%. The ash content may range from 3 to 13%.
For a good operation of your equipment, the use of anthracite "A" with a low ash
content is recommended. After all, a combustible with a high ash content has a
lower net heating value. Apart from that, its ashes have to be removed more fre-
quently and it goes out faster. The recommended calibre is 12/22 or 20/30.
4.2.

Lighting a fire

In order to create sufficient d raught and to prevent
smoke from emanating into your living room, the chim-
ney should be warm enough before lighting a fire. A cold
chimney can be heated up by lighting a ball of paper
above the fire plate.
To kindle the fire in the stove you can use paper and/or
firelighters and small pieces of wood.
Slightly open the door and pull the air slides wide open.
See the sketch on how to use the air slides.
It is important that the kindled fire should burn intensely.
You can then throw larger pieces of wood onto the fire,
and close the doors. When the fire has eventually stabi-
lized and is glowing enough, you can put the logs, the
charcoal or the brown coal briquettes on the fire, depend-
ing on what type of stove you bought.
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