Table Of Contents - Osburn Matrix Installation And Operation Manual

Osburn Matrix Installation and Operation Manual
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE . ............................................ 6
1 Safety Information . .......................................................................... 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ...................................... 6
2 General Information ........................................................................ 7
2.1 OSBURN Matrix Specifications .............................................................................................. 7
2.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .................................................................. 9
2.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency . ............................................................ 1 0
2.4 Osburn's Commitment to You and the Environment . ......................................................... 1 0
2.4.1 What is Your New Wood fire Made Of? .......................................................................... 1 0
3 Fuel ............................................................................................... 12
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned . ................................................................................ 1 2
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood .............................................................................. 1 2
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................................. 1 2
3.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................................... 1 2
3.2.3 Log Length . ....................................................................................................................... 1 3
3.2.4 Piece Size . ......................................................................................................................... 1 3
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ....................................................................................................... 1 4
3.2.6 Where to store wood . ...................................................................................................... 1 5
3.2.7 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................... 1 5
3.3 Manufactured Logs . ............................................................................................................. 1 6
4 Operating Your Wood fire . ............................................................. 17
4.1 The use of a fire screen........................................................................................................ 1 7
4.2 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 1 7
4.3 Lighting Fires . ....................................................................................................................... 1 8
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................... 1 8
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................... 1 8
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs . ............................................................................................................. 1 9
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters . ........................................................................................................... 1 9
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ...................................................................................................... 1 9
4.4.1 General Advice ................................................................................................................. 1 9
4.4.2 Ash Removal . .................................................................................................................... 2 0
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal . ............................................................................................................... 2 0
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................................ 2 1
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