Enerzone Solution 1.8 Installation Manual page 15

Your wood stove may be hooked up with a factory built or masonry chimney. If you are using a
factory built chimney, it must comply with UL103 (USA) or ULCS629 (Canada) standards. It
must therefore be a 6" (152mm) HT Type (2100°F) chimney. It is extremely important that it
be installed according to the manufacturer's specifications. The manufacturers' installation
instructions and specified clearances should always be followed in accordance with local and
national installation codes. In Canada the CSA B365 and the CSA C22.1 installation codes are to
be followed. In the USA the ANSI NFPA 70 and ANSI NFPA 211 installation codes are to be
followed.
If you are using a masonry chimney, it is important that it be built in compliance with the
specifications of the Building Code. It must be lined with fire clay bricks, or clay tiles, sealed
together with fire cement, or have a listed solid fuel burning stainless steel liner. Round
chimneys are the most efficient.
The interior diameter of the chimney should be identical to the stove's smoke exhaust. A
chimney which is too small may cause draft problems, since it may not have the required volume
to properly evacuate the quantity of smoke resulting from the combustion. A chimney whish is
too large may also cause draft problems. In fact, a large chimney will be harder to warm-up and
may not reach high enough temperatures to create a proper draft effect.
chimney which creates the draft effect, not your stove.
therefore directly dependent on an adequate draft from your chimney.
The following recommendations may be useful for the installation of your chimney:
• Do not connect your stove to a chimney serving another appliance.
• The chimney must rise above the roof at least 3' (0.9 mm) from the uppermost point of
contact. See Figure 2.2.
• The chimney must exceed any part of the building or other obstruction within a 10' (3.04
m) distance by a height of at least 2' (0.6 m). See Figure 2.2.
• The minimum overall height of the chimney system, measured from the stove top to the
exterior termination cap of the chimney should be at least 12' (3.66m). A chimney which
is too short may lack the "tunnel effect" required to obtain a proper draft.
• Installation of an interior chimney is always preferable to an exterior chimney. Chimneys
constructed outside of the home on an exterior wall should be avoided if possible,
especially in colder climates. The gas which circulates into an interior chimney will cool
more slowly, thus reducing the build-up of creosote and the risk of flue fires.
• All else being equal, cooler chimneys will have less draft than hotter ones. This problem
will be amplified if the chimney is excessively long. A chimney which is excessively long
may be very hard to warm-up due to its higher volume. A cool chimney may even down
draft (reverse flow) due to the difficulty in heating it up to operating temperature while
trying to evacuate the stack gases.
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