Lighting A Fire; Regulation Of Primary And Secondary Air Inlets - Carbel ARES Instrucciones De Uso Y Mantenimiento

3.3. Lighting a fire

Important: lighting a fire must be done with thin dry wood.
1. Load a generous amount of firewood, placing a layer of wood chips or thin firewood and another layer of
thicker wood on top. You must leave the pieces crossed and with enough separation between them to allow
proper air flow.
2. Light the first layer of wood chips or thin wood using fire-lighters or special lighting products, if necessary.
3. Leave the door ajar, with an opening between 0,5cm to 3cm, so that enough air can enter for the fire to light
quickly.
4. Once the wood is well-lit, wait until the wood burner temperature is high before completely closing the door
(10 to 45 minutes, depending on factors like wood, air circulation, etc.) and adjust the air inlet. If you find that the
volume of flames decreases, or the fire tends to go out and the smoke inside the fireplace increases, open the air
intake more or repeat step 3.
When reloading, if there are not enough embers to light the new load of wood, repeat steps 3 and 4.
When the wood burner is in operation, you must not open the door. When putting more wood on the fire, open
the door slowly to prevent the smoke inside the fireplace from blowing out into the room.

3.4. Regulation of primary and secondary air inlets

You have puchased a stove model that has máximum efficiency and output. Therefore, the control of the primary
air inlet, located in the ash pan, and the secondary air inlet, located at the top of the stove, are of vital importance
to achieve optimum performance.
The regulation of the air inlets might vary depending on varios factors such as the draft of the chimney, the
temperatura of the fire chamber and the quality of the Wood. (humidity, size and shape).
Regulate the air with the help of the cold hand delivered together with the stove, move the levers to the left to
diminish the air flow, and to the right in order to increase it.
Important.- To avoid burns when regulating the air inlet, always use the cold lever delivered with the
device.
Secondary air lever.
Primary air lever
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