1.What is ICS?

ICS – Improved Cookstove. This cookstove replaces traditional chullas with health benefits and impacts the environment with CO2 & firewood reduction. It also saves on cooking time and has a high thermal efficiency (i.e. fuel input and heat output).

2.What fuel is used?

Pellets are a type of solid fuel from compressed organic material. They are usually small, cylindrical in shape made using compressed biomass and have a high energy density. Pellets can be made from various sources of biomass, such as agricultural waste, energy crops, untreated lumber, coconut or groundnut shells, cow dungs, etc.

3.How to use Cookstove?

Fill in 600 grams of Pellets into the Cookstove (below the level of secondary air hole outlets). Pour 6 to 8 drops of diesel over the pellets to help it ignite and light a matchstick on it for ignition of pellets.

4.Why is there a Battery for the cookstove?

The cookstove is a forced Draft Improved cookstove which requires external air for complete combustion resulting in no smoke while cooking the cookstove has a battery in order to operate the fan that is attached to the cookstove. The fan is used to regulate the air flow inside the cookstove chamber.

5.When to charge the cookstove battery?

The battery can be used for upto 6 to 7 days once charged. An alarm is provided to the battery which will sound when it needs to be charged and the same to be charged with the charger provided.

6.How to remove ash & clean the cookstove?

The cookstove has an ash tray inside the combustion chamber. The ash tray hook provided along with the cookstove should be used to remove the ash tray along with the ash to dispose the same. Later, clean the cookstove with a dry clean kitchen cloth / kitchen towel.

7.What is the Cookstove Warranty?

There is one year warranty for the cookstove (with 6 months warranty for the battery and other electrical parts).

8.What is the weight capacity for the Cookstove?

The cookstove weight capacity is 50 Kgs of food.

9.What will be the maintenance for Cookstove?

There is only maintenance for the battery after 1 year. Battery is easily available everywhere and you can simply fix it at home. How to replace battery video can be found on our youtube channel.

10.What is the Life Span of the Cookstove?

3+ Years life span of the product