the area. This causes leakage of combustible gases (dense smoke, smell); it is therefore necessary to ensure a
greater flow of fresh air.
The depression of an extraction hood can, in the worst of cases, transform the flue of the wood burning
stove/cooker into an external air inlet re-sucking the smoke into the environment with detrimental
consequences for people.
8.
ALLOWED/FORBIDDEN FUELS.
The fuels allowed are wood logs. Only dry wood logs must be used (containing a max water content of 20%). The
logs should have a length of 30 cm and a max. circumference of 15-18 cm.
The wood used as fuel must have a humidity content lower than 20% which is obtained with a drying time of at least
one year (soft wood) or of two years (hard wood) placing it in a dry ventilated area (for example under a roof). Damp
wood makes lighting more difficult, as a greater amount of energy is needed to evaporate the water present. The
humidity content also has the disadvantage, with the lowering of the temperature, of making the water condense first
in the furnace and then in the chimney. Fresh wood contains approx. 60% of H20 therefore it is not suited to being
burned.
Among other things which cannot be burned: remains of coal, cuttings, wastes of bark and panels, damp
wood or wood treated with paints, plastic materials: in this case the guarantee on the appliance is null and
void
Species
Beech
Oak
Elm
Poplar
Larch*
Spruce*
Scots pine*
* RESINOUS WOODS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE WOOD BURNING STOVE/COOKER
Paper and cardboard must be used only for lighting. The combustion of wastes is FORBIDDEN and would damage
the wood burning stove/cooker and the flue, creating a health hazard and the disturbing smell would give rise to
complaints by the neighbourhood.
Wood is not a long term fuel and therefore it is not possible to have continuous heat of the wood burning stove/cooker
during the night.
WARNING: The continuous and prolonged used of wood particularly rich in aromatic oils (e.g. Eucalyptus,
Myrtle, etc.) causes sudden deterioration (flaking) of the components in cast iron present in the product
9.
TURNING ON
WARNING: For no reason turn on the fire before the system has been completely filled with water; doing this
would lead to serious damage of the entire structure.
IMPORTANT: at first lighting up it is inevitable that an unpleasant smell is produced (due to the drying of the glue in
the gasket chord or protective paints), which disappears after a short use. The environment must in any case
be well-ventilated. At the first lighting up we recommend loading a reduced quantity of fuel and to increase
slowly the heat output of the appliance.
To correctly light the products treated with paints by high temperatures, you need to know the following:
•
the construction materials of the products in question are not homogeneous, in fact parts in cast-iron co-exist with
steel.
•
the temperature at which the body of the product is submitted is not homogeneous: from zone to zone variable
temperatures are recorded from 300° C to 500° C.
•
during its life, the product is submitted to alternate cycles of lighting and turning off during the same day and to
cycles of intense use or total inactivity with the varying seasons:
28
Kg/mc
750
900
640
470
660
450
550
TERMOROSA
KWh/kg Humidity 20%
4.0
4.2
4.1
4.1
4.4
4.5
4.4
DSA
7097501 – EN