Guidelines For Safe Operation - NESTOR MARTIN C13 Mode D'emploi

GUIDELINES FOR SAFE OPERATION

Due to high temperatures, the appliance should be located out of traffic and away from furniture
and draperies. Advise all adults and especially children to be alert to the hazard of high
temperatures and that they should stay away to avoid burns.
Supervise young children when they are in the same room as the appliance and/or use a fire
guard. It is imperative that the control compartments and circulating air passageways of the
appliance be kept clean.
The appliance should be inspected before use and the chimney cleaned at least annually. More
frequent cleaning may be required due to poor operation, installation, or low quality fuel.
CAUTION:
Hot while in operation. Do not touch. Keep children, clothing and furniture away. Contact may
cause skin burns.
This room heater is a heat producing appliance and may cause severe burns if touched. Keep
children away. All furnishings and other materials should be kept a considerable distance from
the appliance.
Do not over-fire. If any portion of unit or chimney connector starts to glow, you are over-firing.
This unit is designed as a radiant room heater and should be used for no other purpose. Be sure
to provide combustion air into the dwelling when using the appliance. A partially open window or
outside air register in the vicinity of the unit would be acceptable for this purpose.
Unattended Fires
Many structure fires have resulted when a slow burning fire has been left unattended for an
extended period of time. These fires normally occur because combustible materials close to an
appliance become heated to the ignition point by an over-fired appliance which the operator
thought was safely "throttled down."
Fire intensity is a function of several factors. One of these factors is draft. Normally, increasing
draft increases fire intensity. Conversely, increasing the fire intensity will increase draft. Draft can
also be affected by external factors such as wind strength and direction, outside temperature,
airflow in or out of the structure, and so forth. If one of these factors changes, the draft of a low-
burning appliance may increase.
This increased draft may cause dangerously high temperatures to develop, possibly causing
failure of the unit or flue, or ignition of nearby combustibles. Closing down the combustion air flow
controls may not guarantee that this will not happen.
Exercise extreme caution if a fire must be left unattended.
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