Quadra-Fire VOYA-GRAND-MBK Owner's Manual page 9

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In recent years there has been an increasing concern about
air quality. Much of the blame for poor air quality has been
placed on the burning of wood for home heating.
In order to improve the situation, we at Quadra-Fire have
developed cleaner-burning wood appliances that surpass
the requirements for emissions established by our governing
agencies.
These wood appliances must be properly operated in order
to ensure that they perform the way they are designed to
perform.
NO I E Improper operation can turn any wood appli-
ance into a smoldering environmental hazard.
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It helps to know a little about the actual process of burning in
order to understand what goes on inside the appliance. The
In this stage
Wood is heated to a temperature high enough to evapo-
rate the moisture present in all wood.
not get any hotter until the water is evaporated.
This process takes heat from the coals and tends to cool the
appliance.
Fire requires three things to burn
If heat is robbed from the appliance during the drying stage,
the new load of wood has reduced the chances for a good
clean burn.
wood isn t dry, you must open the air controls and burn at a
high burn setting for a longer time to start it burning.
moisture out of wet, unseasoned wood, resulting in wasted
heat.
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VOYAGEUR GRAND Wood Insert
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During this stage of burning
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The air control located at the upper right hand corner is used to
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only charcoal remains. This is a naturally clean portion of
It is very important to reload your appliance while enough
lively hot coals remain in order to provide the amount of
heat needed to dry and rekindle the next load of wood.
trols before reloading. This livens up the coalbed and
pliance through opening.
Break up any large chunks and distribute the coals so
that the new wood is laid on hot coals.
wood to heat our homes we should do so responsibly.
We need to learn to burn in the cleanest way possible al-
lowing us to continue using our wood appliances for many
years to come.
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