Table Of Contents - Osburn 2200 OB02201 Installation And Operation Manual

2200 Insert 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 2200 Insert 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 ............................................................... 9
2.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ............................................................ 10
2.4.1 What is Your New Insert 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 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................... 14
3.3 Manufactured Logs .............................................................................................................. 14
4 Operating Your Insert................................................................... 15
4.1 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 15
4.2 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................................ 15
4.2.1 Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................... 15
4.2.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................... 16
4.2.3 Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................................. 16
4.2.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................................ 16
4.3 Maintaining Wood Fires ...................................................................................................... 16
4.3.1 General Advice ................................................................................................................. 16
4.3.2 Ash Removal ..................................................................................................................... 17
4.3.3 Raking Charcoal ................................................................................................................ 17
4.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................................ 18
4.3.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ........................................................................................... 18
4.4 Blower Operation ................................................................................................................ 19
4.4.1 Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................... 19
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