User manual WANDERS KANDA 100 GAS SCHEMATICS

[. . . ] Only the best materials are used for the construction and comply with current international standards. This will guarantee that your woodstove has a long life. The first part of this user's guide gives you tips and directions about how to use your wood-burning stove correctly and safely. We advise you to read this manual thoroughly before using your new stove and to keep the manual in a handy place. [. . . ] The polluted flue gasses which consequently develop will deposit on and burn in the glass of your stove and cannot be removed later. You can use all kinds of woods as fuel as long as it is clean, split and dry. Hardwood like oak, beech and birch burn slowly, give off much heat and form charcoal easily. Softer woods like spruce, fir and poplar give more flames but less heat and less charcoal. The best place to store timber is in a windy spot but sheltered from the rain. This is how the logs can dry in a natural way. Pile the logs on an old pallet or a frame to let the wood dry from underneath and to prevent the lower logs from being in contact with water. Never put on your cooking hood when you have a stove burning in the same space. Be careful with lighting the stove when it is foggy or when there is no wind outside. There is hardly any draught in the cold chimney when the weather is calm. Since smoke is heavier than air there is the chance of smoke streaming into the room. Do not put more than 3 logs on the fire at one time. Let extra air into your wood stove only when you start firing the hearth. A constant oversupply of air will make the logs burn more rapidly while your hearth will not have enough time to give off its heat to the room; if you overheat the stove, it may get damaged. Ventilate the space well when you have the stove on. It is advisable to leave an ash layer of two to three centimetres. Remove the cooled-down ash from the ash bucked two or three times a week. Clean the exterior of the stove with a damp cloth that does not give off fluff. Do not use any aggressive cleansing agents or abrasives. Clean the cold glass pane with a cleaning agent for ceramic cooking rings. Do not touch the clean glass with your fingers. Oil the hinges and the door fastener once in a while. [. . . ] An extra air supply opening is definitely required if: · The room has a heat recovery system. The air supply opening must be sealable if it goes through a fire-resistant wall. If there are several heating devices in the same room there must be enough air openings to guarantee proper combustion. First follow the instructions given in the previous chapter "preparations". [. . . ]