4
USE
4.1
OPERATION
During the operation, inside the cooker happens
a combustive reaction of combustible (the wood
inserted in the combustion chamber) and burn-
ing (the oxygen present in the air of the room in
which the cooker is placed). The wood fired cooker
makes an intermittent combustion: after the light-
ing, the combustion goes on till the exhaustion of
the combustible but it can be maintained lighted
by making another load of combustible and so on.
The maintenance of the combustion in time is
guaranteed by the correct working of the chimney,
which allows to evacuate the fumes and in the
same time to feed the flame with comburent air.
In this way, the features of the chimney have a big
influence on the correct working of the device.
The combustion of wood requests that the air flow
WARNING! For a correct operation verify that the eventual external air intake in the room
and the air aspiration and ventilation grids are not obstructed.
4.2
STARTING
To allow an easier lighting of the cooker with cold
chimney, wood fired cookers and thermal cookers
are endowed with starting key governed by a rod:
if you extract this rod, the key opens. The opening
of the key creates a direct connection between
the combustion chamber and the chimney, in or-
der to obtain a better draught. To light the fire, you
Picture 22 - Starting key. With lever outside, the key is open and the starting is easier; with lever inside the key
is closed for the normal working.
inside the combustion chamber happens in differ-
ent points to obtain the maximum efficiency. In
particular, it is present a primary air feeding that
flows in the lower part of the combustion chamber
by the grill, and one or more secondary air feed-
ings that flow in the upper part of the combustion
chamber.
The primary air is the main air and regulates the
combustion speed. The secondary air allows the
post-combustion of the fumes, generating further
heating, knocking down the amount of harmful
gas and so improving both the rendering and the
impact on the environment. Once started the com-
bustion it cannot be interrupted in a safe way: it
must be always faded out naturally with the ex-
haustion of all the combustible inserted.
can use well dried wood, very subtly cut, together
with the specific products you can find in com-
merce. The combustion may be difficult as long as
the chimney is cold. The necessary time depends
on the chimney and on the weather conditions.
When the fire becomes powerful you must turn
off the key in order to force the fume to heat the
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