Eco-ideal eco 4 Instructions For Installation, Use And Maintenance Manual - page 14
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Riddling Grate
Your Eco Ideal Stove is fitted with a locomotive
type grate. So that de-ashing can be carried out
cleanly and easily, it is riddled from the outside of
the stove with the doors closed. The grate is
designed to burn both wood and solid mineral
fuels.
GRATE OPERATION & BURNING WOOD LOGS
Place the operating tool over the riddling spigot and
push the operating tool up and away from you.
When left in this position, air is restricted through
the bed of the fire providing a solid base to build up
a bed of ash. Surplus ash can be removed either by
gentle riddling or with a shovel.
GRATE OPERATION & BURNING SOLID
MINERAL FUELS
Place the operating tool over the riddling spigot and
pull it down towards you. When left in that position,
air is directed under and up through the slots in the
fire bed, giving the optimum conditions for burning
solid fuels. It is important that the riddling tool is
used to remove the ash to ensure airflow through
the fire bed and allow the fire to burn over the
entire area of the grate. The ashpan should be
emptied at least daily and ash should never be
allowed to build up over a period of time as this will
result in damage to the fire bars. The flat end of the
riddling tool can be used to carry the ashpan. It
might prove beneficial, when burning more reactive
fuels, to leave the grate in a “neutral” position, thus
directing some under fire air and some over fire air
to the fire bed.
LIGHTING THE APPLIANCE
First, load the fire with starting fuel, i.e. paper, dry
sticks and/or firelighters in the mode chosen, either
wood or solid mineral fuel. Light the fire at the base
leaving all air controls open. Allow the fuel to reach
a steady glow and build the fire up gradually. Once
you have a good fire established across the grate
bed, further fuel can be added as required.
LOADING THE APPLIANCE (WOOD)
With a full load of wood, the stove will need to be
refuelled approximately once every hour and a half.
Wood can be stacked higher in the stove than solid
mineral fuel but care must be taken that logs do not
touch the baffle.
LOADING THE APPLIANCE (SOLID MINERAL FUEL)
Solid mineral fuel should be placed in the stove so
that there is no more than a 30° incline of the fuel
bed from front to back. It should not be stacked
touching the rear edge of the baffle as this may
result in damage to the stove.
With a full load of fuel, the stove will need to be
refuelled approximately once every 4 hours
AIR CONTROLS (WOOD)
Wood burns most efficiently with the primary air
control in the closed position and the secondary air
control approximately 60% open. Moving the
secondary air control will control the burn rate of
the Stove.
The secondary air control should not be completely
closed unless the primary air lever is also in the
closed position.
Wood burns best on a bed of ash and it is therefore
only necessary to remove surplus ash from on top of
the grate occasionally. Do not let the ash level under
the grate reach above the primary air inlet. If
allowed to build-up, ash will stifle the airflow
through the grate.
Burn only dry, well-seasoned wood, which should
have been cut, split and stacked for at least 12
months, with free air movement around the sides of