Review of Stovax Stockton 7 Inset Convector stove
Start and run woodburning.
With the air wash lever closed, mark a vertical pencil line on the stove body in line with the left hand side of the lever. Secondary air and air wash open. Primary air shut.
Make sure ash in the bed is 2cm below the bottom of the secondary air vent plate and the top gap in the front of the grate is clear. Glass is clean and might as well have emptied the ash pan. Use scrunched up paper with kindling on top positioned front to back and a couple of logs on top positioned across the stove. Light the paper and push door closed until the draught starts to fan the fire and leave it like that for a couple of minutes. Once the fire has really got going you can close in the air wash lever straight to where the right hand side of the lever is in line with the pencil mark. The stove can operate like this for some time but the lever can be moved until the pencil line is in the middle of the lever. There''s not much adjustment left after this as the air wash is nearly closed but you can experiment as all stoves are different. I have an Apollo oven thermometer stood on the top of the stove and you need to get it least to a quarter to. That''s an important place as it corresponds to the stove giving out about 1kW of heat and should cancel out the affect of the cold air coming through the five inch diameter hole in your wall put there to ventilate the stove. The stove will carry on warming up until the thermometer reads five to, that corresponds to about 2 kW of output. The actual temperature at the top of the stove will be about 200 centigrade at this point, I've had mine up to 210C. Before refuelling, watch for the temperature falling and then open the air wash fully to get the fire bright before adding logs. You can lose the heat at any point if you're not careful. I have two of those mechanical fans on top of the stove as well. They used to be about £100 but I've found them at only £15.99 so worth shopping around. Make sure the wires don't touch anything at the back and melt! Once any new logs have got going you can reduce airwash as before. There is only one setting and that's with the pencil mark in the middle of the lever. Anywhere else wastes heat. If you want the stove to burn for a long time, you have to put thicker logs in. Pity the airwash lever is the hottest part of the stove as it needs micro-adjustments!! Hope this helps.- Be the first to comment
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