Loading And Starting The Firebox - Air Burners S-100 SERIES Operating Manual

S-100 Refractory Walled Air Curtain Burner with HATZ 3H50TIC Diesel Engine
OPERATING MANUAL

LOADING AND STARTING THE FIREBOX

THE GOALS IN STARTING AN S-SERIES UNIT ARE:
To achieve an even fire across the length of the box.
To start the fire from the bottom of the initial pile.
To build a hot base fire.
There are two methods for lighting the unit; a cold start and a hot start. A cold start
means the firebox is clean and has no hot coals left from a previous burn. A hot start
uses heat from the coals of the previous days burn.
COLD START
Unit should be on level ground and the AIR should be off, but the engine can be run-
ning to bring it up to operating temperature.
To prevent smoke from escaping under the box, shovel dirt along the inside bottom
edges of the panels. It will only need a couple inches to prevent the smoke from es-
caping underneath the unit. This is generally only a concern on hard ground and it usu-
ally only lasts for the first hour of burning. As burning continues the ash will build up
and seal off the bottom of the unit as well.
Load your most burnable material (materials from the "good wood" pile as discussed in
the previous section) which is the smaller, dryer and cleaner wood, into the firebox to a
level about half way up. Insure that the entire bottom area of the fire box is covered.
If you are using diesel fuel to assist in the lighting. Spray it (approximately 10 gallons)
across the top of this first load of wood. Be sure to get some diesel on the wood near
the lighting holes in the firebox side and on the wood towards the back. This will help
make it easier to light.
DANGER:
HOT COALS remaining in the firebox.
DANGER:
DO NOT use highly volatile accelerants such as gasoline or
kerosene, to light the fire. These fluids ignite almost explosively and may
cause injury or death.
If you are using an accelerant, first insure there are NO
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