Table Of Contents - Drolet Deco Installation And Operation Manual

Deco Installation and Operation Manual
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ................................. 6
1 Safety Information ............................................................................... 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ......................... 6
2 General Information ............................................................................ 7
2.1 Deco Specifications ................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .................................................... 9
2.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................. 10
2.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment .............................................. 10
2.4.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? .................................................................. 10
3 Fuel ..................................................................................................... 11
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned .................................................................. 11
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ................................................................ 11
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................... 11
3.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................... 11
3.2.3 Log Length ........................................................................................................ 12
3.2.4 Piece Size ......................................................................................................... 12
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood......................................................................................... 13
3.2.6 Where to store wood ......................................................................................... 14
3.2.7 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ................................................................. 14
3.3 Manufactured Logs ............................................................................................... 15
4 Operating Your Stove ....................................................................... 16
4.1 The use of a fire screen. ....................................................................................... 16
4.2 Your First Fires..................................................................................................... 16
4.3 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................ 16
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ................................................................................. 17
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................... 17
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs ............................................................................................. 18
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................ 18
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ........................................................................................ 18
4.4.1 General Advice ................................................................................................. 18
4.4.2 Ash Removal ..................................................................................................... 19
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal ............................................................................................... 19
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................ 20
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