WANDERS KANDA Users Manual & Installation - page 20
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Airsupply controls
It is prohibited to light the stove with liquids like petrol
or spirits. Do not have the cooker hood on in the room
where you operate your stove. Never touch the varnished
parts when you heat your stove.
Lighting the stove for the first time
When you light the Kanda for the first time, the hearth
must still ‘anneal’ and temper itself. The unit has a
heat resistant lacquer which must burn in the stove at
temperatures above 400 °Celsius. This will happen
during the first few times of lighting the stove and
temperatures rise to 600 °C. Though this may give an
unpleasant smell, it is otherwise harmless. It is advisable
to keep the stove burning with limited fuel for at least 6
hours when lighting the stove for the first 4 or 5 times.
Air the room well when the stove is burning. Make sure
that any cooking hood is not turned on when the stove
is burning; a cooking hood extracts the combustion air
that the stove needs.
Some deposit may form on the glass panes of the stove
when you ‘anneal’ your hearth. You can easily remove
this deposit with a damp cloth after the stove has cooled
down. You can also use some cleansing agent for
ceramic rings. Please make sure you do not leave any
finger marks on the clean glass. Finger marks burn into
the glass and cannot be removed later.
The inside of the stove is made of chamotte. It is important
that you light the stove for a longer period (5-6 hours)
of time during the first 4 times. This is to vaporize the
moisture in the chamotte. During these first times the
window will turn black. Please clean the windows before
lighting the stove again.
Fuel: wood
Wood species
Drying time
Fir,
Poplar
1
year
Lime, Willow, Spruce, Birch, Ash, Alder 1.5
years
Fruit trees, Beech
2
years
Oak
2.5
years
The Kanda only burns on wood. Do not put more than 1
to 2 kg of fuel in the stove at the time. Always use clean
and cut logs, which have sufficiently dried. Please see
the above list for drying times. Wet wood does not burn
well and gives heavy smoke emission. It may blacken the
glass pane of your stove with soot and build up smut in
the flue pipe. This may increase the risk of chimney fire.
Fresh, moist wood contains about 50% moisture.
Cleaved wood still contains 20% moisture after drying
it for a year and moisture percentage will be decreased
to 12 to 15% after drying it for two years. Dry wood
gives nice flames and little or no smoke, and the fire
will crackle when burning. Wet wood makes a hissing
sound, gives much smoke and only small flames which
Avoid finger marks
Do not touch the glass of the stove with your fingers.
Finger marks will burn into the glass and cannot be
removed later.
Discolouration of walls, ceilings and grates
The walls, ceilings and grates may show some
discolouration after lighting your hearth. This
is caused by the dust particles that burn in the
convection cover. This is a natural process for
which WANDERS cannot be held responsible. To
minimize discolouring we refer to the advice given
for atmospheric hearths. Your installer can give you
more information about this.
Newly-built house or recently renovated?
It is advisable to wait six weeks before lighting
the stove in a newly-built house that has recently
been completed, or in a space that has recently
been renovated drastically. The walls and ceilings
still contain gases, softeners and moisture from
plasterwork or paint. The warm air-streams may
discolour the dust particles in the space which may
stick to walls and ceilings. Even the moisture in the
walls and ceilings will become warm and may cause
yellow stains.
What to do in case of chimney fire.
In case of chimney fire, immediately close the shut-
off valve in the chimney and all air supply ducts. Call
the fire department. After the fire is extinguished, the
chimney and the stove must be inspected again by
your installer.