Leister has introduced its Triac Ignition device for the growing wood burning oven market. The use of wood ovens as an ecologically friendly alternative to oil based heating systems has seen strong growth in Germany, Austria and Switzerland over the last 18 months. Because of increased emphasis on lower carbon emissions, take up of wood burning ovens in France, Ireland and the UK is now also on the increase.
The ovens concerned use either compressed wooden pellets which are manufactured under high pressure without additional synthetic substances. Alternatively the ovens can also be powered using wood chip waste.
The Leister device is situated at the base of the oven in order to provide a concentrated ignition source at temperatures up to 600 degrees centigrade that will ignite the oven in under 2 minutes; significantly faster than a hot electric stick that are still used by some oven manufacturers (up to 8 mins). The hot air stream is silently directed by the tool via a flue onto the pellet material to ignite the oven. Temperature is then controlled by the normal heating controls of the oven.
Swiss made Leister products are available in the UK from Welwyn Tool group.