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Index
1. Introduction ________________________________________________ 3
2. How it Works _______________________________________________ 3
The Air Flow _________________________________________________ 3
The Fuel Air Ratio _____________________________________________ 3
3. About the Types of Stove _____________________________________ 4
Dry Stoves __________________________________________________ 4
Small Boiler Stoves ____________________________________________ 4
Large Boiler Stoves ____________________________________________ 4
4. Controls List ________________________________________________ 4
Types of Valve________________________________________________ 4
Toby Valve __________________________________________________ 4
OCI Valves __________________________________________________ 4
What Does The Valve do ________________________________________ 4
The Descaling Lever____________________________________________ 5
5. Lighting and Adjusting_________________________________________ 5
Three Ways to Light the Stove ___________________________________ 5
Lighting Into The base Of The Pot _________________________________ 5
Manual Lighting Through the Lighting Port ___________________________ 6
Electric Ignition ______________________________________________ 6
Excess Flames During Ignition ____________________________________ 7
Correct Low Fire Running ________________________________________ 7
Correct High Fire Running _______________________________________ 7
Never Try To Relight a Hot Stove _________________________________ 7
6. Glass and Stove Cleaning_______________________________________ 7
Door Glass___________________________________________________ 7
Stove Exterior _______________________________________________ 8
Burner Pot___________________________________________________ 8
7. Extinguishing ________________________________________________ 8
8. Fuel Supply Information _______________________________________ 8
Fuel Guage __________________________________________________ 8
Isolation Valve _______________________________________________ 8
Fuel Filter___________________________________________________ 8
Safety Shut off Valve __________________________________________ 8
Isolation Valve _______________________________________________ 8
Flooded Pot __________________________________________________ 9
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9. The Coal Kit ________________________________________________ 9
To Remove the Coal Kit _________________________________________ 9
Coal Kit Maintenance ___________________________________________ 9
Take Care ___________________________________________________ 9
10. Routine Maintenance _________________________________________ 9
Every 4 Weeks _______________________________________________ 9
Every 8 Weeks _______________________________________________ 9
Once per Year ________________________________________________ 9
Every 4 Years ________________________________________________ 9
As Required__________________________________________________ 9
11. Fault Finding ______________________________________________ 10
Racing _____________________________________________________ 10
Flue Vacuum or Chimney Pull _____________________________________ 10
Burner Shuts Down and Stove Goes Out ____________________________ 10
Oil Trip will not Reset _________________________________________ 10
Burner Will Not Come to High Fire ________________________________ 10
Oil Will Not Flow Into the Pot ___________________________________ 10
Burner Runs Sooty or with Dirty Flames ____________________________ 11
Oil Smells __________________________________________________ 11
12. Running Costs _____________________________________________ 11
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The stove is a room heater which
burns kerosene in a controlled manner
utilising an lined ordinary chimney to
discharge the products of combustion.
This stove is designed to run with a
coal fired effect kit which will
partially create the effect of a coal
fired stove.
(Burner component)
Door glass.
Door glass seals.
Door seals.
2. There are components in the oil
supply line which need to be kept in
good condition and serviced annualy
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It must be clearly understood that
coal effect will only be available when
the stove is running at maximum or
near maximum performance which is
5Kw OR 18,000 B.T.U,s PER HOUR.
To prevent the risk of injury through
burning it is strongly recommend that
a fireguard complying with BS6539 is
fitted.
The stove must not be operated with
the glass front door opened or
cracked, or without the front apron
fitted.
The door glass may require light
cleaning occasionally depending upon
the continuous running time of the
stove.
Oil stoves are a relatively new
phenomina in the UK and as such
there are a few things which you need
to know.
1. There are components in the stove
which will need replacing from time to
time and these are -:
Upper catalyser (Burner component)
Lower catalyser (Burner component)
Flame ring (Burner component)
YOUR stove generates heat from
burning oil mixed with air in a
vapourising pot located in the bottom
of the stove.
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Once ignited, oil goes into the pot at a
steady and controlled rate via a
gravity flow, metered by the OIL
CONTROL VALVE.
The oil flow can be controlled from
minimum to maximum or any setting in
between determined by where you set
the oil flow control knob.
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Air is sucked into the pot by the
natural action of the negative
pressure in the chimney and to allow
the chimney to work correctly it is
essential that you have adequate
ventilation into the room where the
stove is situated.
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The amount of oil which can be
successfully burned is directly
proportional to the amount of air that
the chimney can draw into the pot and
so to achieve adequate combustion we
Descaling device packings.
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must have a balanced and appropriate
flow of both oil and air.
The air side of the equation can vary
wildly with the changing performance
of the chimney and so to part
compensate for this, the appliance has
a built in swinging barometric damper,
designed to spill air into the chimney
should the vacuum suddenly increase.
The appropriate copy of the relative
valve info is supplied with the
appliance literature.
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If your appliance has a Toby DVR
valve fitted the main difference is
how the oil trip lever works.
The flow of oil into the pot can be
adjusted via the knob on top of the oil
control valve.
With the increased flow of oil extra
heat is generated which in turn
stimulates the chimney to work
harder and consequently draw more
air into the pot to maintain an
adequate fuel air ratio.
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There are three types of stove.
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Stoves with out water heating used
for space heating only.
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Stoves which will heat space with a
little water heating
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Stoves which will heat space with
more water heating.
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There are two types of valve which
can be fitted to this appliance.
On Toby valves it is lift for on and
therafter it will not need to be
touched.
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On OCI valves it is lift for off.
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The performance of the stove is
regulated by the amount of oil and air
allowed to go into it.
The oil function is controlled by the -:
OIL CONTROL VALVE (O.C.V.)
situated at the rear of the stove.
There are two control knobs mounted
on extension shafts.
THE SMALLER of them is a safety
fuel cut off button. PULL FOR OFF &
PUSH FOR ON and is designed to
rapidly cut off the fuel supply into
the oil control valve, consequently
stopping the stove.
THE LARGER of the knobs controls
the flow of oil into the pot and can be
rotated to adjust the flow of oil from
minimum to maximum or any setting in
between, determined by where you
set it.
FULLY CLOCKWISE TURNS THE
APPLIANCE OFF,
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FULLY ANTICLOCKWISE IS FULL
OUTPUT,
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1. Through the lighting port.
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(Your installer will have set these
settings up for you during the
commissioning stage.)
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On the lower right hand side of the
stove is the descaling device lever.
This lever is used for descaling
carbon build up from the inside of the
oil inlet connection.
This lever should be rotated
occasionally to clean away any carbon
build up.
NOTE WELL
The descaling lever must not be
touched whilst the stove is running, it
gets very hot and if touched will
cause burns.
2. Through the front door,
directly into the base of the
pot.
3. Via Electric ignition kit.
(Optional extra)
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On the first light up you may find the
first option easier, as you can see the
oil trickle in to the pot more easily.
You must use a heatproof glove when
putting the catalysers back into the
pot and it is important to replace
them quickly whilst the flame is small.
1. Make sure that the oil is turned
off.
2. Open the front door.
3. Carefully remove the coal kit,
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When attempting to light the stove
these are the rules, which must be
followed.
1.Always make sure that the pot is
not flooded with oil by looking down
into the base of the pot.
2.Never try to light the stove if it
is flooded with oil.
4.Do not light the stove and leave
it unattended until it is settled
down and stabilized into blue flame
combustion on low fire.
(This will take approximately 10
minutes.)
4. Remove the upper catalyser and
ring,
5. Remove the lower catalyser,
6. Turn the oil on and allow a small
pool of oil to flow into the pot
about the size of a small
biscuit, then turn the oil off
7. Light a small piece of
firelighter and drop it into the
oil, replace the catalysers and
coal kit, and close the door.
8. Wait for approx 1 minute until
the pool of oil is alight and then
turn the oil on to minimum
setting no 1.
9. Watch the appliance for a few
minutes and you will see the
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flame establish and settle down
into blue flame combustion.
10. Allow the burner to run for a
further 10 minutes before
turning the appliance up to the
higher settings.
11. If at any time during
the ignition process large
amounts of flame can be
seen, turn the oil off
immediately and wait until the
flames die down before
putting the oil on again at
minimum setting.
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1. Make sure that the oil safety cut
off knob is lifted (tripped off) via an
audible click.
9. Light it and push it into the
lighting port tube, let the
firelighter drop off the spike
into the bottom of the pot.
10. Replace the lighting port plug
back into the tube and close
the cover.
11. Close the front door.
12. Wait for approx 1 minute until
the pool of oil is alight and then
turn the oil on to minimum setting
no 1.
13. Watch the appliance for a few
minutes until it settles down into
blue flame combustion.
14. Allow the burner to run for a
further 10 minutes before
turning the appliance up to the
higher settings.
2. Check that the isolation valve is
turned on.
3. Press the oil safety cut off
knob down to trip the oil on via
an audible click.
4. Open the front door.
5. Remove the lighting port plug
by pulling it out of its tubular
socket.
6. Turn the oil on to the first
position via the flow control
knob and allow a small pool of
oil to flow into the pot about
the size of a small biscuit.
7. Turn the oil off.
8. Cut a small piece of firelighter
and stab it onto the spike.
15. If at any time during the ignition
process large amounts of flame cane
be seen, turn the oil off immediately
and wait until they die down before
putting the oil on again.
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If your stove is fitted with an
electric ignition kit:
1. Make sure that the oil safety cut
off lever is lifted (tripped off) via an
audible click.
2. Check that the oil isolation valve is
turned on.
3. Press the oil safety cut off lever
down to trip the oil on via an audible
click.
4. Press the push button ignition
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5. After 20 seconds and then turn the
oil on to minimum flow..
glow red and there should be whispy
blue flames licking through them.
6. After 2 to 3 minutes the burner
should come into blue flame ignition.
7. Watch the appliance for a few
more minutes to make sure that it is
settled down into blue flame
combustion.
8. Allow the burner to run for a
further 10 minutes before turning the
appliance up to the higher settings.
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If at any time during the ignition
process large amounts of flame can be
seen, turn the oil off immediately and
wait until they die down before
putting the oil on again.
When the burner has been running for
ten to fifteen minutes move the oil
flow control knob round to position 3
and leave for another ten minutes
after which it will be safe to run the
burner up to full output.
To get the maximum effect the stove
will need to be left for half an hour or
so, if there are a lot of yellow flames
call back your service man to re
adjust the oil flow, a few yellow
flames are acceptable.
Excess oil flow, poor flue vacuum, bad
coal positioning or bad lighting
technique can all contribute to rapid
sooting of the glass and coals.
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NEVER TRY TO RELIGHT A HOT
BURNER, MAKE SURE THAT THE
BURNER IS COMPLETELY COOLED
DOWN BEFORE RE LIGHTING.
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The door glass will require light
cleaning occasionally
The frequency of cleaning will depend
upon how the stove is used.
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When the burner is running correctly
on position 1 (LOW FIRE) the lower
catalyser will be glowing dull red.
Keep an eye on the low fire and if a
dirty yellow flame can be seen, call
back your service man to re adjust
the oil flow.
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On full output, after approximately
ten minutes, the coals should begin to
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Where stoves are ignited each day
then the glass may soot up as the
lighting process may generate a little
soot until the stove has settled down
into blue flame combustion.
Where stoves are running
continuously then the glass will need
cleaning less frequently but when
cleaning is required you will need to
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let the stove go out and completely
cool down
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Use a soft cloth and slightly damp it
with vinegar or a proprietary stove
glass cleaner
After cleaning wipe it dry.
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Your Fuel is stored in an oil tank,
which should incorporate the following
features.
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To clean the stove externally
Let it go out and simply brush away
any dust with a very soft brush.
To clean the stove internally, use a
soft brush to remove any dust or
combustion debris into a vacuum
cleaner hose.
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Occasionally scrape away any hard
carbon deposits from the bottom of
the burner pot and remove debri with
a vacuum cleaner.
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Shutting the burner off is a very
simple manoeuvre.
Turn the oil flow control knob FULLY
in a clockwise direction until you feel
it stop in its off position.
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1. A fuel gauge, which can be in
the form of a numbered
circular dial or a site glass into
which oil is fed so as to indicate
the amount of oil in the tank.
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2. A manually operated isolation valve
on the tank, usually a gate valve.
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3. A fuel filter to filter out any small
particles of dirt or contamination,
which may get into the oil or tank.
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4. An automatically operated safety
valve designed to shut off the oil
supply should a fire occur near to the
stove.
After a few minutes, the flame will
die down and eventually extinguish
itself.
DO NOT TOUCH THE STOVE
UNTIL IT HAS COMPLETELY
COOLED DOWN.
NEVER TRY TO RE LIGHT A HOT
BURNER, MAKE SURE THAT THE
BURNER IS COMPLETELY COOLED
DOWN BEFORE RE LIGHTING.
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5. A manually operated isolation valve
near to the stove to allow you or the
service man to turn the oil off should
the need arise.
If you allow the stove to run the oil
tank dry it will obviously go out.
Before filling the fuel tank you must
make sure that the oil valve is
tripped to it’s off position,
otherwise the pot will flood.
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If the pot floods do not attempt to
light the stove until the excess oil
has been removed from it.
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The coals are located on the coal
support bars, which are designed to
glow red in the flame, passing on the
incandescence into the coals.
The whole system is designed so that
it can be removed in its entirety
without the need to disturb the coals
making routine cleaning and servicing
very easy.
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2. The door glass may require light
cleaning occasionally depending upon
the continuous running time of the
stove
Lightly clean the inside of the door
glass using dry cloth.
Do not attempt to clean the glass
whilst it is hot or warm. This will
cause the glass to craze or crack.
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Clean the burner completely by
removing all the inner components as
follows,
1. Open front door.
2. Remove coal kit.
To remove it turn the stove off and
when it is cooled down, open the door
and carefully lift it out, using the
front fret to lift with.
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The coal support bars and coals may
need replacing from time to time and
they are available from your supplier
as a service item.
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Take care not to drop any coals into
the pot.
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1. Operate the descaling lever by
turning it completely two or three
times.
Rotate the lever to remove any
excess carbon build up.
3. Remove upper catalyser and
upper ring.
4. Remove the lower catalyser.
5. Scrape the bottom of the pot
clean and remove all carbon
build up.
6. Reassemble in the reverse
order.
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Have your service man replace or
clean all the filters in the oil supply
line.
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Have your service man clean the filter
in the Oil Control Valve.
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Keep the Coals, Coal kit, and burner
inners in good condition, replace as
necessary.
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Audible vibrations generated by
excessive flames during the lighting
process caused by allowing too much
oil to build up in the pot or excessive
chimney draught.
Turn off the oil flow and open the
front door slightly to take the pull off
the fire and hold it slightly open until
the burner has settled down to a
steady burn rate, when this has
occurred, turn the fuel on again and
close the door, but don’t let the flame
go out otherwise the burner MUST be
allowed to cool down fully before a re
ignition is attempted.
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• Oil tank empty
• Oil in tank at low level.
• Water temperature safety stat
shut down. (Optional equipment)
• Secondary float chamber in oil
control valve flooded
•
Safety trip button accidentally
caught and tripped off.
•
Fire valve tripped off.
•
Damaged oil feed pipe.
•
Height of oil control valve has
been disturbed.
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The pot type burner is extremely
sensitive to flue vacuum variations.
Good combustion will not be possible
unless the chimney is working
correctly.
If the burner does not run well check
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1. The seals in the stove are good and
that there is no ingress of air into the
appliance flue ways.
2. The correct fuel oil is being used.
3. The chimney is free FROM
blockages and pulling as normal.
4.That the pot doesn’t need cleaning.
A longer burner life will be achieved if
the regulator is moved only by one
number at a time leaving approx two
minutes between each setting change.
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Water temperature safety stat
shut down.
•
Secondary float chamber in oil
control valve flooded. (Call
serviceman)
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Water temperature has reached
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the required setting and is
under the control of the
thermostat.(Optional equipment)
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Oil in storage tank is low or
about to run out.
• Height of oil control valve has
been disturbed.
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Oil tank empty
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Water temperature safety stat
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shut down. ( Optional equipment)
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• Secondary float chamber in oil
control valve flooded.
•
Safety trip button accidentally
caught and tripped off.
•
Fire valve tripped off.
•
Damaged oil feed pipe.
•
Height of oil control valve has
been disturbed.
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This indicates that the fuel air ratio
is disturbed and the burner is running
fuel rich. There are two main
possibilities when fault finding, either
too much fuel or not enough air.
• Air is leaking into the
combustion chamber.
• Check out seal of pot to closure
plate.
•
Check out door seal.
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Generally slight oil leaks in the
appliance may only be noticed when
the appliance is turned off, as the oil
vapour will normally be drawn into the
appliance and vented off through the
chimney.
Do not attempt to light the appliance
if there is any trace of oil smell near
or around the appliance.
If the appliance is running and there
is an oil smell, turn the appliance off
and investigate or call a service
engineer.
The descaling device has adjustable
packing, which may need to be
tightened up after first undoing the
lock nut
If this does not work then you will
need to replace the gland packing,
which is available as a service item
from your supplier.
•
Check out chimney vacuum
•
Check for downdraft.
•
Check out prevailing wind
conditions
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Check for correct grade of fuel.
•
Check out oil flow rate.
• Check for chimney blockage or
partial blockage
• Burner air inlet holes have
become blocked due to lack of
service.
•
Oil control valve is faulty.
(Unlikely)
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Running costs are based on oil at
20pence per litre and are shown in
pence per hour.
If your oil costs more or less than 20
pence, work out the difference as a
percentage and apply it to the 20
pence for a corrected figure.
Minimum
firing
Bubble 1 5 Pence per
hour
Maximum
firing
16 Pence
per hour
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