Turning your Aga on - Solid Fuel

1	Before lighting your Aga, make sure that the internal flue-ways and chimney are clear and that there is adequate ventilation into the kitchen. Also if it is a boiler model, that the water system is filled. Check that the fire grate and its carrier are in position.

2	Remove the round filler plug from the left hand hot-plate and push about 8 loosely crumpled sheets of newspaper down through the hole and on to the grate. Cover this with a shovel full of charcoal , using the loose filler funnel provided, then after cleaning any dust away, replace the plug.

3	Remove the round plug from the right hand hot-plate and turn it upside down to block the hole.

4	Open the ash-pit door to reveal a 50mm hole in the front-plate. Temporarily block this hole with a piece of rag.

5	Light the paper with a match or taper from below the grate and leave the ash-pit door open.

6	When the charcoal is glowing, add a shovel full of the correct fuel through the left hand filler plug, using the loose filler funnel provided. When this in turn is well alight, a full charge of fuel can be added. Remove the rag to un-block the hole and close the ash-pit door.

7	The right hand plug may be left upside down for about an hour after the fire is alight, to improve the draught and help to warm the chimney, but leave the right-hand insulating lid up as a reminder. Set the automatic thermostat to the No.2 position.

It is important that the correct fuel is used on your Aga, so as to obtain the maximum efficiency.

Each Aga and its chimney installation is individual with its own characteristics and therefore a particular fuel may be found to be more appropriate than others, chosen from the list below.

Some experimenting may be required to determine the best fuel and we suggest you consult with your fuel merchant, who should be able to supply small amounts of different fuels for you to determine the most suitable, before ordering a bulk supply.

Recommended fuels at the present time (March 2000) are:-

Natural Fuel:

Anthracite Large Nuts

Manufactured Fuels:

Sunbrite Doubles
Phurnacite
Ancit
Extracite
Maxibrite
Supacite

Under no circumstances should House coal, Wood or Petroleum based coke be used on an Aga.

If persistent smell or fumes are experienced, the Aga should be allowed to go out and the matter investigated by your Aga Distributor.