Burning Wood; Burning Coal - Dovre 2000 Série Installation Et Mode D'emploi

4.3.

Burning wood

The best way to control the fire is to completely close the lower air slide, which you
use to get the fire started, and to regulate the air supply with the upper air slide
only (not for 1800). In case the air supply through the upper slide seems insuffi-
cient, or if you would like to fan the fire, you can partially open the lower air slide
for a while.
Always keep the stove doors tightly closed. Never let the doors open when the fire is
burning.
Add extra fuel when necessary. Never add too much fuel. It is best to fill the stove
for one third and to top it up on a regular basis.
Always open the filling door slowly and for a short space of time. Before filling up,
the charcoal bed should be carefully spread open. Check whether the coals are glow-
ing enough just behind the log retainer, so that the added fuel will immediately
catch fire. If necessary you can open the lower air slide for a while.
Open stacking will make the logs burn very intensely, as the oxygen can easily reach
every part of the fire. This
method of stacking is applied
when burning wood for a short
while. Compact
make the fire burn slower, as the
air can only reach the outer parts
of the fire. This stacking method
is best used whe n burning for a
longer while.
Low intensity fires cause tar and
creosote to deposit in the chim-
ney after a long period of time.
Tar and creosote are highly com-
bustible substances. Thicker lay -
ers of these substances might catch fire when the temperature in the chimney in-
creases suddenly and steeply. Therefore it is necessary for the fire to regularly burn
very intensely, so that thin layers of tar and creosote immediately disappear.
Low intensity fires also cause tar to deposit on the stove panes and doors.
When it is not too cold outside it is better to let the stove burn intensely for just a
few hours a day.
4.4. Burning coal (only for 2000S)
WHEN BURNING CHARCOAL THE AIR SLIDE ABOVE MUST ALWAYS BE KEPT CLOSED.
For burning coal, you need the coal-basket.
As soon as the fire is sufficiently stable and there is enough glow, the first shovel of
coals can be put onto the fire. Complete the filling once the coals have caught fire.
Make sure you do not quench the fire by putting too much coals onto it at a time.
Once the fire has burned for a while, adjust the air slide at the bottom of the door.
Before adding some extra coals, open the air slide below completely. Use the shaker
grate or the supplied shovel, and shake till the glowing parts fall into the ash plate;
then add the coals. After a few minutes, adjust the air slide. Add some more coals
until you can only see the glow of the previous filling.
When the fire basket or the cast-iron plate fins are red-hot, you are heating too in-
tensely.
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stac king will
open stacking
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compact stacking
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