Table Of Contents - Ecomaxx Premium EC00001 Operating & Installation Instructions Manual

PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................................. 5
1 Safety Information . ............................................................................. 5
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ...................................... 5
2 General Information ........................................................................... 6
2.1 ECOMAXX PEDESTAL WOOD HEATER Specifications ............................................................ 6
2.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .................................................................. 8
2.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency . .............................................................. 9
2.4 EcoMaxx Woodheating's Commitment to You and the Environment .................................. 9
2.4.1 What is Your New Wood fire Made Of? ............................................................................ 9
3 Fuel .................................................................................................. 10
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned . ................................................................................ 1 0
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood .............................................................................. 1 0
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................................. 1 0
3.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................................... 1 0
3.2.3 Log Length . ....................................................................................................................... 1 0
3.2.4 Piece Size . ......................................................................................................................... 1 1
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ....................................................................................................... 1 1
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................... 1 2
4 Operating Your Wood fire . ................................................................ 12
4.1 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 1 3
4.2 Lighting Fires . ....................................................................................................................... 1 3
4.2.1 Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................... 1 3
4.2.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................... 1 4
4.2.3 Two Parallel Logs . ............................................................................................................. 1 4
4.2.4 Using Fire Starters . ........................................................................................................... 1 4
4.3 Maintaining Wood Fires ...................................................................................................... 1 4
4.3.1 General Advice ................................................................................................................. 1 4
4.3.2 Ash Removal . .................................................................................................................... 1 5
4.3.3 Raking Charcoal . ............................................................................................................... 1 5
4.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................................ 1 6
4.3.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ........................................................................................... 1 6
4.3.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................... 1 7
5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System .......................................... 18
5.1 Wood fire Maintenance ...................................................................................................... 1 8
5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................................... 1 8
OPERATING & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR PEDESTAL WOOD HEATERS
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