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13. Flooding the Burner
A vaporizing oil burner of this type can be flooded if care is not taken to prevent
excess oil entering the burner when lighting.
By following the lighting
instructions flooding will be avoided. A flooded burner that is still burning
should be turned off and the heater monitored until the oil has burned off. Use
the combustion assist fan to add air to fully combust the excess fuel.
Reasons that will flood your burner.
 Increasing the fuel supply too quickly without use of the combustion
assist fan.
 Poor draft and/or ventilation.
The suggested method to fix a flooded burner is to sacrifice a toilet paper
roll as a perfectly fitted sponge and then dispose of the oil soaked roll. For
this reason, always monitor the heater closely when lighting.
DANGER: This oil must be removed from the pot before the heater is lit
again or the stove will dangerously overheat.
If the flame has extinguished, the oil metering will continue to deliver fuel to
the burner causing it to accumulate fuel to a level of 5/8” from the bottom of
the burner and no more for 6” burners (Bristol, Bering, Adriatic and Pacific).
The 7” burners (Atlantic and Beaufort models) with a accumulate 1” of fuel
from the bottom of the burner. Never relight this amount of fuel.
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