Table Of Contents - Drolet Eastwood 1800 Installation And Operation Manual

Eastwood 1800 Installation and Operation Manual
1 PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
2 Safety Information
2.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ................................................... 5
3 General Information
3.1 Eastwood 1800 Specifications ........................................................................................................... 6
3.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ............................................................................... 8
3.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency .......................................................................... 9
3.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ........................................................................... 9
3.4.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? ............................................................................................... 9
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4 Fuel
4.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned ............................................................................................. 11
4.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ........................................................................................... 11
4.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ............................................................................................................. 11
4.2.2 Tree Species ................................................................................................................................ 11
4.2.3 Log Length ................................................................................................................................... 12
4.2.4 Piece Size .................................................................................................................................... 12
4.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ................................................................................................................... 13
4.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................................ 14
4.3 Manufactured Logs .......................................................................................................................... 14
5 Operating Your Stove
5.1 Your First Fires ................................................................................................................................ 15
5.2 Lighting Fires ................................................................................................................................... 15
5.2.1 Conventional Fire Starting ........................................................................................................... 15
5.2.2 The Top Down Fire ...................................................................................................................... 16
5.2.3 Two Parallel Logs ........................................................................................................................ 16
5.2.4 Using Fire Starters ....................................................................................................................... 16
5.3 Maintaining Wood Fires ................................................................................................................... 17
5.3.1 General Advice ............................................................................................................................ 17
5.3.2 Ash Removal ................................................................................................................................ 17
5.3.3 Raking Charcoal .......................................................................................................................... 18
5.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ........................................................................................................... 18
5.3.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ....................................................................................................... 19
5.3.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ................................................................................. 20
6 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System
6.1 Stove Maintenance .......................................................................................................................... 22
6.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass .................................................................................................................... 22
6.1.2 Door adjustment........................................................................................................................... 23
6.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket .......................................................................................................... 24
6.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass ............................................................................. 24
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