Manufactured Logs - Century FW3000 Installation And Operation Manual

Century FW3000 Installation and Operation Manual
bang two pieces of wood together; seasoned wood sounds hollow and wet wood
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sounds dull,
dry wood is much lighter in weight than wet wood,
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split a piece, and if the fresh face feels warm and dry it is dry enough to burn; if it feels
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damp, it is too wet,
burn a piece; wet wood hisses and sizzles in the fire and dry wood does not.
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3.3 Manufactured Logs

Do not burn manufactured logs made of wax impregnated sawdust or logs with any
chemical additives. Manufactured logs made of 100% compressed sawdust can be
burned, but use caution in the number of these logs burned at one time. Start with one
manufactured log and see how the stove reacts. You can increase the number of logs
burned at a time to making sure the temperature never rises higher than 475 °F (246 °C)
on a magnetic thermometer for installation on single wall stove pipes or 900 °F (482 °C) on
a probe thermometer for installation on double wall stove pipe. The thermometer should
be placed about 18" (457 mm) above the stove. Higher temperatures can lead to overheat
and damage your stove.
You could buy a wood moisture meter to test your
firewood.
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