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USER MANUAL KF 198 50 Wamsler

Foreword Dear Customer! Thank you for choosing our product! By purchasing this product you receive guarantee for

• good quality originating from the usage of the finest and proven materials,

• operating security which is controlled according to German and European norms (Corresponds to the standards DIN 18891 Construction Shape 1 and EN 13240)

• long life ensured by the robust structure. In order to be able to use your new fireplace for a long time please read the fol- lowing instructions manual. You will find all the necessary information in it and some additional advice.

1.6 Potential problems and how to tackle them ......................................................29

1. This equipment has been certified under the requirements of standard

DIN EN 13240 or DIN EN 12815 (see the model plate).

2. For setting purposes and connection to the chimney, the fire protec-

tion requirements as prescribed in the given locations, as well as standards DIN 4705, DIN EN 13384, DIN EN 1856-2 and DIN EN 15287 should be complied with. For the problem-free functioning of the equipment, the chimney that the fireplace is to be connected to has to be in perfect conditions (Germany).

3. Before the first commissioning and connection to the chimney, these

user instructions are to be read thoroughly, and the competent chim- ney sweeper has to be informed.

4. It is recommended to use clean cotton gloves for the setting of the

equipment in order to avoid the appearance of fingerprints that would be hard to eliminate later on.

5. In order to keep the air clean and maintain the equipment properly, the

maximum fuel quantities specified in these safety instructions may not be exceeded, and the doors of the equipment have to be kept closed, otherwise the equipment may overheat, leading to damage. No guaran- tee is provided for such damage.

6. During operations, the doors of the equipment are to be kept always

- natural wood (max. 35 cm in length) - brown coal briquette (see user instructions)

8. Never use liquid igniters. Use special ignition materials or wood wool

for the kindling of the fire.

9. Never use wastes, fine wooden chips, mulch, coal debris, particle

board wastes, wet wood or wood treated with wood-protective agents, paper or cardboard, or similar materials for burning.

10. Upon the first kindling, smoke and unpleasant smell may be generated.

Always ensure the proper ventilation of the room (by opening windows and doors), and heat the fireplace at maximum rated heating perform- ance. If with the first heating the maximum temperature is not reached, the above-mentioned effects may as well arise later on.

11. The operating elements and adjustment units are to be used as de-

scribed in these user instructions. If the equipment is hot, use auxilia- ries or protective gloves for the handling of the equipment.

12. When opening the furnace chamber door, any incorrect handling or

insufficient draught may induce smoke. Always ensure that the fur- nace chamber door may be opened only slowly, first just to a small ex- tent, and then fully after a few seconds. In addition, if you intend to put additional fuel into the fire, before the opening of the door only there23 may be only ember bed in the burning space, i.e. no flames may be visible.

13. In heating mode, the surfaces, inspection glasses and handles may

become very hot. Warn children of these threats, and keep them away from the fireplace when heated.

14. Ensure that the ashtray should be fully inserted, and in particular

never remove hot ash from the fireplace (fire risk).

15. In transitional periods, chimney draught may drop, resulting in the

imperfect suction of the generated flue gases. In such cases, the fire- place is to be filled with smaller quantities of fuel, preferably wooden chips or wood wool, and it is to be commissioned under control with the stabilization of the chimney draught. The fire grate should always be kept clean.

16. After the heating season, it is recommended to have the equipment

inspected by an expert. It is also advisable to clean the routes of flue gases and pipes.

17. Should repairs or reconditioning be needed, please, contact your

dealer in a timely manner with the accurate specification of the article and serial number. Only original Wamsler parts may be used.

18. As the air needed for burning is drawn from the room where the fire-

place is located, ensure that sufficient air supply is received via the gaps by the windows and external doors. Make sure that 4 m

of air should be provided to each kW of rated performance. For this fire- place, it means that the room has to be at least 26 m in volume. If the room is smaller, sufficient air supply can be secured by opening air connections to other rooms with air openings (at least 150 cm

19. Ensure to keep proper lateral and rear distances from combustible

parts and materials. The associated values are specified in these user instructions or the model plate.

20. The fireplace may not be modified.

21. The connection of the fireplace to the chimney is not permissible if the

effective height of the chimney is less than 4 m, or 5 m with multiple loading. To the chimney that the fireplace uses, a maximum of two other fireplaces, ovens may be connected.

22. In the event of any chimney fire, immediately close all the openings of

the equipment, and call the fire service. Never try to extinguish the fire with water. Thereafter, always have the chimney inspected by an ex- pert.24

1.1 Structure of the equipment

furnace cham ber walling furnance chamber door

door knob fuel storage heat storage part

ash bin primary air regulator model plate on the rear wall picture 125

Fuels The equipment can be used with fuels detailed in the followings. This way the “low-smoke” and trouble-free operation can be secured. Use only dry wood with a moisture of maximum 20%.

Table 1 IT IS NOT ALLOWED to burn waste, fine chipping, bark, wood handled with pre- ventive chemicals, furthermore paper and cardboard. For kindling please use wood scrapings or grill starter but never use liquid auxiliaries! The first kindling

• At the first fire set-up could be a little smoke, but is not dangerous, normal! In this time, please ventilate the room carefully! Warning! Upon the first kindling, smoke and unpleasant smell may be gen- erated. Always ensure the proper ventilation of the room (by opening win- dows and doors), and heat the fireplace at maximum rated heating perform- ance. If with the first heating the maximum temperature is not reached, the above-mentioned effects may as well arise later on.

Fuel Setting of the primary air regulator Wood Nominal heating performance

Wood Warming up, kindling A26

• Before installation pull out the delivery securer off the refractory brick through the furnace chamber (picture no. 5). Open the door by raising the handle (Picture 2). If the equipment is hot, you can use insulated gloves. Adjust the primary air regulator and the fuel switch (Picture 3) ac- cording to the Table 1. Put coal lighter or wood wool onto the fire grate, followed by wood chips. First insert small pieces of wood, and then larger ones, light them and close the door again. When the wood burns quickly, and leaves sufficient glowing embers, put additional fuel on the fire. Thereafter, adjust the primary air regulator and the fuel switch according to the Table 1 („Adjustment of the burning air”). The first kindling should be performed “finely” with little fuel only, so that the parts of the fire- place be adapted to heat. During the first kindling, the generation of smell is normal and absolutely undangerous.

1.3 Putting out of operation

• Let the glowing ember burn to ashes and the fire-place get cold.

• Empty the furnace chamber and the ash bin.

• Close the doors and push the primary air regulator totally to the left.

1.4 Heating instructions

The fireplace should be operated only with closed furnace chamber door. Fireplaces belonging to type 1 have self-locking furnace chamber doors. These doors may be opened only for kindling, loading or when cleaning the furnace chamber (otherwise draught problems may occur with other equipment connected to the same chimney). Warning! When opening the furnace chamber door, any incorrect handling or insufficient draught may induce smoke. Always ensure that the furnace chamber door may be opened only slowly, first just to a small extent, and then fully after a few sec- onds. In addition, if you intend to put additional fuel into the fire, before the opening of the door only there may be only ember bed in the burning space, i.e. no flames may be visible. Led into the burning space in correspondence with the existing conditions, the secon- dary air provides for the follow-up burning of the combustible components of in the burning space. This in fact means smoke and soot-poor burning, which contributes to the protection of the environment. If you wish to commission the fireplace in a transi- tional period, please, please first examine the chimney draught, as it can be especially weak at high external temperatures. Towards this end, hold a burning match in the slightly opened feeding door. If the flame is not drawn significantly by the draught, then a so-called starting fire is to be set first. Towards this end, burn wood chips/wool in the fireplace or the cleaning hole of the chimney. The fire grate is to be cleaned before every kindling to ensure the proper inflow of air for burning. The ashtray is to be emptied regularly (Figure 4). Should the equipment be extremely hot, use the gloves provided. Please, be careful not to dispose glowing materials into the waste bin. Ensure that the ashtray should be fully pushed into the equipment.27

Warning! In order to keep the air clean and safeguard the fireplace, do not ex- ceed the specified maximum fuel quantity, otherwise overheating may occur, which potentially damage the equipment. Such damage is not covered with any guarantee. Only a single layer of fuel is allowable to be prepared in the fireplace. Try to reach lower heating performance only by decreasing the quantity of fuel, and not by cutting the primary air supply.

1.5 Cleaning and maintenance

After the heating season, it is recommended to clean the fireplace and the flue gas pipes carefully. Any dropping heating performance is almost always the consequence of the strong contamination of the flues. For cleaning, the baffle plate (picture 5) is to be pulled forward. This way, the flues can be cleaned from the inside or – after remov- ing the flue gas pipe – from above. After cleaning, the baffle plate (picture 5) is be pushed back fully again. Warning! Following every heating season you are advised to examine the fireplace thoroughly. If any repair or reconditioning is needed, please, contact your local dealer in a timely manner, and specify the model number and serial number of your equipment (as seen on the model plate). External surfaces may be maintained only after the fireplace cooled down, and following the first commissioning. Use cold water for cleaning, or soap, washing ingredient in extraordinary cases, then wipe it dry. Before its first use, clean the ROBAX inspection glass with a wet and clean cloth, and then put a few drops of glass–ceramics cleaner onto both sides of the glass, and spread them with the use of kitchen paper tissues. It provides an invisible film on the valuable surface of the Robax glass. This film helps to keep the glass clean, and facilitates regular clean- ing operations. ROBAX S for slightly contaminated surfaces – a commercially avail- able glass surface cleaning agent – may as well be used for the cleaning of the me- dium or strongly contaminated glass surfaces of the fireplace. Towards this end, spray small quantities of the agent to the cold surfaces, spread it, and wash it down with a wet cloth, followed by drying with a clean, soft cloth. In case there are sticky fuel de- posits on these surfaces, first scale simply them with a ceramic-plate scraper held in flat angle, and then clean the surfaces as described above. Cleaning of the ceramic surfaces dirt and grease are to be removed with soap and water. Cleaning of the soapstone: the soapstone is a natural stone, therefore minor colour differences may occur; as it is normal, they may not serve as a basis for quality com- plaints! To clean the soapstone from dirt and fat with water and soap, as well as small scratches, use sand paper (grain size 240).

Warning: Under no circumstances you may use sponge, scouring, aggressive

or scratching cleaning agents! If the grate is blocked so that the equipment cannot serve the intended function, the grate is to be removed for cleaning.28

Protection corrugated paper for transportation29

1.6 Potential problems and how to tackle them

Kind of operating problem Possible reasons Solution Odour formation Curing of the applied pre- ventive lacquer. Steaming oil remains. Operate the fire-place on a low heating level according to the instructions manual for a few hours. Then heat up for maximal performance for a few hours. Too little heating per- formance

• We chose too little performance

• Chimney draught is slight

• Have the heating re- quirement of the room examined by an expert

• Chimney draught shall be at least 11 Pa

• Check the tightness of your chimney and also that the doors of other fire-places leading to the same chimney are closed and sealed properly. Make sure that the chimney- cleaning joints are sealed properly.

• Too long and leaky smoke tube

• All the smoke tube joints must be well sealed and fireproof- isolated

• Leakage at the door glass

• Check the sealing, close the door properly. May have to have the tightening flap re- newed.

• Usage of wet wood. • Use well dried wood only. Actions to be in chimney fire! Chimney fire may occur upon the improper cleaning of the chimney, the use of inap- propriate fuels (e.g. excessively wet wood) or the inadequate setting of the burning air. In such cases, close the burning air at the fire, and call the fire service. Never try to extinguish the fire with water!30

When placing the fire-place and jointing the smoke tube side the fire protection requirements of the relevant construction provisions must be taken into consid- eration. For the problem-free functioning of the equipment the chimney which the fire- place uses must be in perfect condition.

2.2 Place of installation

Since the air which the fire-place takes comes from the room where it is located fresh supply of air must be sufficient. Make sure that 4 m

volume of air falls to each KW of nominal performance. For this specific fire-place this means that the room must be at least 26 m

. If the room is less than 26 m

then sufficient air supply can be secured by opening more rooms together (size of the linking slots must be at least 150 cm

All combustible equipment, furniture or e.g. decoration materials which are in the close environment of the fire-place shall be protected from the heat. Furnishings in the radiation area Keep a minimal distance of 80 cm (A) between the front cover of the fire-place and the combustible equipment, furniture or e.g. decoration materials. The security distance can be lowered to 40 cm if a heat shield is put in front of the object to be protected (B) (see our example on drawing no. 6). Furnishings outside the radiation area The walls beside and behind the fire-place shall not be made of combustible ma- terials and they cannot be covered by such materials, unless the distance on the sides is more than 30 cm and behind is more than 20 cm. Similarly to the wooden and plastic furniture on the sides a distance of 30 cm shall be kept (see drawing no. 7).

picture 6 picture 731 Floor in front of and under the fireplace Floors made from combustible materials, such as carpets, parquet floors or cork is to be protected by a shield of non-combustible material – for example ceramics, stone, glass or steel – placed under the fireplace so that it should reach out to 50 cm in front and 30 cm besides.

2.4 Connection of the fireplace

Before connecting the fireplace to the chimney, seek advice from the competent chimney sweeper! The connecting elements should be attached to the equipment and to each other in a properly sealed and stable manner. They may not hang into the unobstructed cross- section of the chimney. The interconnecting piece between the chimney and the fire- place should be of the same cross-section size as the pipe stub of the fireplace. Hori- zontal connecting pieces should ascend to the chimney in 10°. Pipes that are not heat-protected or not led vertically may not be longer than 1 m. There should be a minimum distance of 40 cm kept between the connection pieces of the fireplace and combustible materials in the building. Provided that the interconnect- ing pieces have a non-combustible coating of minimum 2 cm, the distance from com- bustible materials may be at least 10 cm. If the interconnecting pieces are led through equipment or furnishing made from combustible materials, they have to be covered with a protecting tube made from any non-combustible material in a distance of at least 20 cm, or they have to be coated with any non-combustible material with low heat conductance in a minimum range of 20 cm. Smaller distances to combustible materials are permissible if it is ensured that at the rated performance of the fireplace the temperature cannot rise over 85°C at the com- bustible equipment and furnishings.

The connection of the fireplace to the chimney is not permissible if the effective height of the chimney is less than 4 m, or 5 m with multiple loading (see the details of chim- ney calculations on page 36). To the chimney that the fireplace uses, a maximum of two other fireplaces, ovens may be connected.

The fire-place can usually be jointed to the chimney with an arch. With weak chimney draught, the fireplace is to be connected to the chimney through a vertical flue gas pipe facilitating discharge. The fireplace can usually be connected to the chimney with an angle pipe.32

Lower as the top of the roof

min.30cm Tightening cross section of the chimney because the smoke tube is pushed into the chimney too much Obstruction because the smoke tubes are led as facing each other Faulty draught

because a fire-place’s door (not in use) is open False air because of an open tube joint False air because of a leaky tube joint False air because of open fire-place door33

-under favourable -less favourable -not favourable heating circumstances according to 18893/TAB2 DIN standard

The specified dimensions and weights are approximate values, and thus have only informative purposes. We reserve the right to modify the designs as required in terms of tech- nology or quality!

3.3 EC Declaration of Conformity

Haus- und Küchentechnik GmbH EC Declaration of Conformity Manufacturer: Wamsler Haus- und Küchentechnik GmbH, Gutenbergstr. 25, 85748 Garching Description of the product: Fireplace Type: 198 50 198 51 198 52 198 53 198 54 198 55 198 56 198 57 The said products are compliant with the specifications of the following European directives: 89/106/EEC Requirements for construction products The compliance of the said products with the requirements of the above-referenced directives and the following standards is hereby certified:

EN 13240 : 2005 Munich, 11.04.2008 ……………………………………………… Proper, binding signature This Declaration certified compliance with the above-referenced directives, yet cannot guarantee certain properties. The enclosed product documentation has to be taken into account, as well. Should any third person modify the said equipment, this Declaration shall be deemed as null and void.