Draft Control - Continental HYBRID 150/200 Instructions D'installation Et D'opération

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Never use gasoline, gasoline-type lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal lighter fl uid, or similar liquids to start or
freshen-up a fi re in this appliance. Keep all such liquids well away from the appliance while it is in use. If using a
fi restarter, use only products specifi cally designed for appliances - follow the manufacturer's instructions carefully.
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Remove all source of gasoline or other fl ammable vapors and liquids in the vicinity of this or other ap-
pliances prior to lighting.
Use plenty of newspaper and kindling to ensure the appliance reaches a proper temperature. Once the kindling
is burning rapidly, place a few larger pieces of wood onto the fi re.
Tips:
When fi rst lighting a fi re, if the smoke is not quickly drawn into the chimney, there may be a downdraft or cold
air in the chimney. By fi rst burning large amounts of crumpled newspaper, the chimney will get heated and the
smoke will quickly vent up the chimney.
• Create a large fi re to heat up the appliance before adjusting to a slower burn.
• To create a large, quick burning fi re, use small pieces of wood.
• For a lower, but extended burn, stack larger pieces of wood close together.
• For long burns, leave a 1-2" (25mm - 51mm) bed of coals (for best secondary burn performance, create a
channel in the ashes down to the fi re bricks).
• This channel should be 1" to 2" (25mm to 51mm) wide and run from the front centre to the rear centre of
the fi re box. This channel allows in rush air from the pilot at the front of the fi re box to be heated in the coal
bead and then driven up the rear of the fi re box, where it can keep the secondary burn process ignited.
• Burn dry wood only.
• Closing the door too quickly after refuelling will reduce the fi rebox temperature and may result in an
unsatisfactory burn.
• As soon as the door is closed, you may (if glass door is installed) observe a change in the fl ame pattern. The
fl ames will get smaller and lazier because less oxygen is getting into the combustion chamber. The fl ames,
however, are more effi cient. The fl ames will remain lazy but become larger again as soon as the fi rebricks
have been heated thoroughly and the chimney becomes heated and provides a good draft.
• With the doors opened the fi re is wastefully drawing heated room air up the chimney, certainly not desirable.
Always operate with the doors fully closed once the medium sized logs have caught fi re.
• You can now add larger pieces of wood and operate the appliance normally. Once the appliance is
entirely hot, it will burn very effi ciently with little smoke from the chimney. There will be a bed of hot
coals in the fi rebox so you can safely fi ll the fi rebox with wood to the bottom of the secondary air tubes.
• Can't get the appliance operating? Use more kindling and paper. Assuming the chimney and vent are
sized correctly and there is suffi cient combustion air, the lack of suffi ciently dry quantities of small kindling is
the problem. Thumb size is a good gauge for small kindling diameter.
• Can't get heat out of the appliance? One of two things may have happened. The appliance door may
have been closed prematurely and the appliance itself has not reached optimum temperature.
Re-open the door and/or draft control to re-establish a brisk fi re. The other problem may have been wet
wood. The typical symptom is sizzling wood and moisture being driven from the wood.
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DRAFT CONTROL

ALWAYS OPERATE THIS APPLIANCE WITH THE FIRE BOX DOOR CLOSED AND LATCHED EXCEPT
Draft is the force which moves air from the appliance up through the chimney. The amount of draft in your
chimney depends on the length of the chimney, local geography, nearby obstructions and other forces.
Adjusting the draft control regulates the temperature. The draft can be adjusted via the thermostat from a low
burn rate with the air control on the low setting to a fast burn rate with the air control on the high setting.
Inadequate draft may cause back-puffi ng into the room and may cause plugging of the chimney. Too much
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DURING START-UP AND RE-FUELING.
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