Epa Certification Loading - Drolet ESCAPE 2100 Installation And Operation Manual

2.4

EPA Certification Loading

For EPA Certification testing, wood logs were 16 ± 1 inches long and the specie used was
beech.
2.4.1 Air control
The air control is located underneath the ash shelf. To open
the air control, push the air control handle completely to the
left (High). This will increase the burn rate. To close the air
control, push the air control handle completely to the right (Low).
This will decrease the burn rate.
2.4.2 High burn rate
Open the air control completely. Place eight small pieces (2»x2»)
of wood in the firebox crossing them at the greatest possible
angle. Criss cross 15 kindling wood pieces on the small pieces
of wood in three to four layers at the greatest possible angle. Tie
knot with five sheets of paper and place them on top of the kindling wood. Light up the paper
and let the door ajar at 90° until all the kindling wood is on fire. Close the door. When there is
no more fire in the front of the firebox and there are only faint flames on the wood in the back
of the firebox, break ashes, level the coal bed and put six logs in the firebox of approximatively
4»x4» or 3»x3». Add the load in an East-West configuration divided in 3 columns: 2 smallest logs
in the back, 2 logs in the middle and 2 logs in the front. Leave one inch of air space between
the rear bricks and the first column, another one inch between the first two columns, and finally
leave no space between the second and the third column. Let the door ajar to leave a space of
one inch on the door handle's side for 3 minutes and then close the door.
2.4.3 Medium and low burn rate
On a 2» coal bed that is still slightly red, place six logs of approximatively 4»x4» or 5»x5».
Add the load in an East-West configuration divided in 3 columns: 2 logs in the back, 2 logs in
the middle and 2 logs in the front. The distance between the logs and the rear brick shall be
approximately 1 inch. There should be one inch of air space between all the columns. Let the
door ajar at 90° for approximately 6 min. Then, close the door with the primary air control open.
Leave to burn with the primary air control open for approximately 5 more minutes, then close
the primary air control halfway. After another 5 minutes, close the primary air control completely
for the low burn rate and leave it halfway for the medium burn rate.
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