Woodstove Utilization - Drolet HT-1600 Owner's Manual

WOODSTOVE UTILIZATION

Your heating unit was designed to burn wood only; no other materials should be burnt.
Wastes and other flammable materials should not be burnt in your wood stove. Any type of
wood may be used in your stove, but specific varieties have better energy yields than
others. Please consult the following table in order to make the best possible choice.
Average Energy Yield Of One Air Dried Cord Of Cut Wood
High energy yield
Medium energy yield
Low energy yield
Data provided by Energy, Mines and Resources - Canada
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT YOU USE DRY WOOD ONLY IN YOUR WOOD
STOVE. The wood must have dried for 9 to 15 months, such that the humidity content (in
weight) is reduced below 20% of the weight of the log. It is very important to keep in mind
that even if the wood has been cut since one, two or even more years, it is not necessarily
dry, if it has been stored in poor conditions; under extreme conditions, it may even rot
instead of drying. The vast majority of the problems related to the operation of a wood stove
are caused by the fact that the wood used was too damp or had dried in poor conditions.
These problems can be:
 ignition problems
 creosote build-up causing chimney fires
 low energy yield
 blackened windows
 incomplete log combustion
Wood species
Oak
Sugar Maple
Beech
Yellow birch
Ash
Elm
Larch (Tamarack)
Red Maple
Douglas red fir
Silver birch
Alder
Poplar
Hemlock
Spruce
Pine
Bass
Fir
Energy yield
(millions of BTU/cord)
29
28
26
25
24
23
23
23
23
22
18
17
17
17
17
16
13
28