Lighting A Fire - NESTOR MARTIN C13 Mode D'emploi

Lighting a fire

Step 1: Use the tool provided to operate the stove's air controls, as well as to open the ashpan
door. Open the start up air intake by sliding the Burn Type Lever to the centre position. Be
sure the ash drawer is closed and secured.
Step 2: Open the Burn Rate Knob all the way by turning to the left. This knob may be turned
manually or by pressing ▲ on the remote control (optional). (See page 44)
Step 3: Place five or six loosely crumpled sheets of newspaper in the bottom of the stove. Add a
small amount of dry kindling randomly on the top of the newspaper. Place a few more loosely
crumpled newspaper on top of the kindling and light the bottom paper first, then light the top
paper.
The upper fire should preheat the chimney and create an effective draft while the lower fire
ignites the kindling.
Step 3: After the kindling is burning well, add increasingly larger pieces of wood until the fire is
actively burning.
Step 4: When the fire is well established, slide the Burn Type Lever to the top for normal
operation with wood. Then adjust the Burn Rate Knob to the desired heat output, either
manually or with the remote control.
Note on coal burning: When burning coal, always keep the Burn Type Lever in its lower position ("B").
Reloading the stove
To refuel the stove, first slide the Burn Type Lever to its mid position, and then rotate the Burn Rate
Knob to maximum. Let the fire "liven up" for about one minute. Open the fuel door about ½" and
hold in this position about 30 seconds or until stove is drafting well. Open the front door all the way
and rake the embers towards the front of the stove, spreading them evenly. If there are logs only
partially burned, rake these to the front of stove.
Add wood. If the fire or coal bed is almost depleted and a full load of cord wood is added, it
may be necessary to leave the Burn Rate Knob on the high setting for a while to re-establish
a lively fire. Once the wood is burning at a brisk rate, slide the Burn Type Lever back to
Position A (for wood only) and turn the Burn Rate Knob down to the desired setting.
Overnight burning
The Burn Rate Knob allows you to adjust the size of the intake opening, and therefore the tempo of
the fire. Turning the knob to the left increases air intake, resulting in higher flames and a cleaner
burn; Turning the knob to the right decreases air intake, thus lowering the flames and prolonging
the burn time.
If you fill your appliance with wood and close the air supply, it is possible to achieve overnight
burning though it is probable that the window glass will become dirty.
To keep the glass clean, we recommend you do not shut the air control completely but to leave it
slightly open, depending on how the chimney draws, to achieve slow burning for a maximum of 8
hours (with dry, good quality wood such as oak...). With a well-drawing chimney, the air control will
need to be closed further than with poor drawing chimneys.
If your window glass becomes tarred after a low burn, you may burn the tar off of it by using the
integrated air wash system. To do so, slide the Burn Type Lever between position A and the
middle position as to let in a small amount of under-grate air, and turn the Burn Rate Knob to
maximum. (see P. 46, fig. 2).
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