Villager Stove User Guide
Sliding the control knob(s) inwards as far as they will go, achieves the fully
open position, see position 2 in figure 2 on the previous page. Sliding them
outwards will shut off the air inlet slots as shown in position 1.
5 Lighting your stove
5.1 Burning wood in a multi fuel stove
When wood is burnt it is in fact the wood gas that burns and this requires
a good supply of air coming from above the fuel. For this reason we will use
all the air inlets while igniting the stove, but will then reduce this to air coming
from the airwash system and over draught. As much as 40% of the heat from
burning wood is obtained from secondary combustion and this can be severely
hampered by air entering the fire box from below the fuel via the primary air
inlet control.
1. Multi fuel stoves need the grate system set to its wood burning position
using the supplied operating tool as follows:
On stoves with a riddling lever at
the front of the stove body, push
the control inwards.
On stoves with a riddling lever to
the side of the stove, lever the
control into the 'up' position.
2. Set the fire by using scrunched up newspaper and placing a layer of dry
kindling wood on top of this. The use of two or three fire lighters may assist
in lighting the kindling.
3. Fully open your air control(s) and light the fire.
4. After the kindling has caught light, you should almost close the fire door
leaving it ajar by about 20mm. This will aid flue draw during the initial
lighting of the fire.
5. The flue temperature and draw should be established after five minutes,
and the kindling reduced to form an ember bed. Carefully load the stove
with well seasoned wood and fully close the fire door.
6. After ten to fifteen minutes, close the primary air control and regulate the
airwash system to control the burn rate and maintain clear glass, typically by
reducing to approximately half open.
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