BIOLAN 220eco Instrucciones De Uso página 22

(EN) INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
1. PERMISSIONS AND REGULATIONS
APPLYING TO COMPOSTING
The permissions and regulations applying to the composting vary
from country to country, or even from municipality to municipal-
ity. Consult your local municipal environmental authority for the
regulations valid in your own municipality.
2. SELECTING THE LOCATION FOR THE
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COMPOSTER
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easy to take the waste, and where the emptying is easy all year
round. Place the composter on a firm surface in a location where
water will not gather. Place the composter on a level surface or
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incline it slightly to the rear by raising its front edge a little.
The Biolan 220 has a hole for seep liquid in the lower part be-
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hind the unit for draining any excessive liquid. Place the compost-
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er in direct contact with the ground so that possible seep liquid
can be absorbed into the soil. Optionally, you can collect the seep
liquid for later use (see point 3.1).
ES If the compost mass is exceptionally wet, some seep liquid can
run out from under the emptying door (part 15) or can seep
through the inlet air valve in the front wall (part 21).
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3. BEFORE THE USE
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Check that the knob of the outlet air valve is in the position "nor-
mal", i.e. to the left as seen from behind the composter.
Fix the stay for the cover (part 11) in place on the cover using the
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screw (part 9) and the plastic nut (part 10). Fix its lower end to
the body by means of the screw (part 9). Put the liquid separa-
tor plate (part 19) into place in the recess at the bottom of the
composter, i.e. in the seep liquid chute. The purpose of the liquid
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separator plate is to extract any excess liquid from the compost
mass. If necessary, the plate can be removed and cleaned.
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3.1 Connecting the seep liquid hose and
conducting the liquid
The Biolan 220 has a hole in the lower part behind the unit,
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for draining off any excess liquid allow it to be absorbed into the
soil. If you want, you can conduct the seep liquid into a collecting
tank, but this is not mandatory. Remove the rodent guard from
the seep liquid hole, located behind the unit at the lower edge,
using e.g. a screwdriver. Connect a fabric-reinforced garden hose
of 16 mm to the seep liquid hole in the lower part at the back of
the unit. Route the hose into a canister, which you have placed in
such a position that the liquid will flow into it by gravity. If you
want, you can make a pit with a cover from film-faced plywood
and insulate it externally.
Even any canister made from frost-resistant plastic fits for the
purpose.
4. STARTING THE USE
Put a 5 cm-thick layer (about 20 litres) of Biolan bulking material
on the bottom. Turn the inlet air valve (part 22).
Start to use the composter as instructed in point 5. Add bed-
ding more generously during the first filling. You can reduce the
amount of bedding later.
4.1 Start of the composting process
The composting process starts as soon as there is a sufficient
amount of waste in the composter, i.e. the surface of the waste
has reached the level of the air channel. The temperature in the
composter is raised and maintained by the vital functions of the
micro-organisms that will be created in the composter, provided
that waste is added regularly. The insulation of the composter
keeps the heat inside, and prevents the outside air from cooling
the mass.
In the Composter Biolan 220
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ies between +10 – +70 C. Typically, the reading of the tempera-
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ture gauge is between +30 and +40 °C. Observe the location of
the thermometer (part 23) at the upper air pipe (part 26). The
thermometer gives indicative information about the various
stages of the composting process and the temperature during
the hot phase. Composting of the waste will proceed as long as
there is a supply of oxygen and the temperature stays above 0
The function of the composter can at best be judged by the qual-
ity of the compost being emptied. In a well-functioning compost-
er, the waste decomposes fully, except for the citrus fruit peels
or eggshells, which still may remain recognisable. After start-up,
the waste reaches the cover soil stage in approximately 5-8
weeks. If the outside air temperature is below 0
may be delayed.
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