Leaving the start damper open when heating, leads to overheating and damage to the
3.1.5
Oven door
The oven door can be removed without using any tools. Take hold of the handle, slightly
open and then pull upwards at an angle (Fig. 10).
Remounting the oven door is done by inserting the two hinge brackets into the slots and
pressing in the lower edge of the door with the knee, at the same time pulling up on the
handle.
3.2 Lighting
Open the fire door. First put in fire lighters or wood wool and then lay two or three small
pieces of dry wood on top. Then light the fire through the fire door opening. Close the fire
door and open the start damper.
When the wood is burning well, add a shovel of coal or a few larger pieces of wood. The
ash door should be left slightly open for the time being and should only be closed about
five minutes after adding the fuel
The start damper should now also be closed. The performance control is set according to
the type of fuel and the desired heat capacity or may be closed completely for a low
setting.
Using wood, particularly soft wood, only limited slow burning is possible.
Lignite briquettes are particularly suited to slow burning overnight.
WARNING
In the interests of the environment do not fill the combustion chamber all at once. Feed the
fuel onto the fire bed in two or three charges at ten to fifteen minute intervals.
Do not use paper to start the fire
3.3 Cooking, roasting and baking
If the oven is only to be used for cooking, then the start damper should be opened. When
roasting or baking, close the start damper. In summer the grate Raking down, removing
cinders and ashes
Before adding fuel, open the ash door and, using the cover lifter, riddle the grate.
The ash pan should be emptied every day.
Remove all cinders at least every third day.
Do not dispose of glowing cinders in dustbins or outsidemust be in the upper position
and in winter in the lower position.
3.4 Care and cleaning
A decrease in the normal heating capacity and occasional smoke are signs of the need for
the range to be cleaned.
Cleaning the draught system
To clean the draught system under the oven the knurled nut on the cleaning cover must be
unscrewed and the cover removed. After cleaning the cover needs to be sealed again.
WARNING
range components.
Besides which it increases fuel consumption.
WARNING
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