Open the main doors Open the ashpit door Close the ashpit door Close the main doors
MULTIFUEL GRATE
Your Charnwood is fitted with a multifuel grate which enables solid fuel, wood and peat to be burned equally effectively.
The grate has two positions. One for solid fuel, the other for wood and peat. When in the solid fuel position ash can fall through the grate and into the ashpan. When in the wood position ash is able to build up on the grate as is necessary for effective wood or peat burning.
Movement of the grate from one position to the other is effected using the tool supplied. The grate is put into the wood position by moving the tool direction of the arrow "W"
Control
Knob
Air Inlet Damper
Fig. 1. Thermostat Control
(marked on the handle of the tool) until the tool is vertical. The grate is put into the solid fuel position by moving the tool in the direction of the arrow "C" until the tool is horizontal.
If a mixture of wood and solid fuel, or peat and solid fuel, is to be burnt then keep the grate in the solid fuel position.
LIGHTING
Set the grate into either the wood position or the solid fuel position as required. Place some paper and dry kindling wood or fire lighters on the grate and cover with a small amount of fuel. Turn the thermostat control knob to the maximum setting, fully open the airwash control and light the paper or fire lighters. Leave the doors slightly ajar until the fuel is well ignited then load with more fuel, close the doors and adjust the thermostat and airwash control to the desired setting. Leaving the main doors slightly ajar when lighting will keep the glass clean while the airwash is warming up.
On initial lighting, the fire may smoke and give off an odour as the silicon paint with which the firebox is painted reacts to the heat. This is normal and will cease after a short time. In the meantime the room should be kept well ventilated.
Before relighting the fire, riddle, remove any clinker from the firebed and empty the ashpan.
CONTROLLING THE
FIRE
The rate of burning and hence the output is controlled by the control knob on the left hand side of the appliance and the airwash control on the right, (see Figs. 1 & 2.) Use the control knob on the left to control the heat output from the fire and keep the
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Airwash
Control
Closed 
Open
Fig. 2. Airwash Air Control
airwash control slightly open most of the time to keep the glass clean. It will not be possible to keep the glass clean if the airwash control is fully closed, particularly after refuelling. The number at the top of the control knob is the number at which it is set, the higher the number the faster the burning rate.
RUNNING THE FIRE WITH THE DOORS OPEN
The fire may be run with the doors open. This will result in a reduction in efficiency and hence heat output. The more reactive fuels, like homefire, wood and coal will burn better when the doors are open than fuels like phurnacite, sunbrite and ancit.
HV 7/96
