Heating - Drolet NG1800 Austral Owner's Manual

HEATING

Controlled combustion is the most efficient technique for wood heating because it enables you to
select the type of combustion you want for each given situation. The wood will burn slowly if the
wood stove air intake control is adjusted to reduce the oxygen supply in the combustion
chamber to a minimum. On the other hand, wood will burn quickly if the air control is adjusted to
admit a larger quantity of oxygen in the combustion chamber. The air intake control on your
stove is very simple. If you pull on it out completely towards you, it is fully open. If you push on
it until it stops the combustion air is reduced to a minimum.
Your DROLET stove burnt between .954 kg\h and 2.556 kg\h. of wood during EPA testing. Real
operating conditions may give very different results than those obtained in the lab according to
the species of wood used, its moisture content, the size and density of the pieces, the length of
the chimney, altitude and outside temperature.
WARNINGS
 N
EVER OVERFIRE YOUR STOVE
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HAPPENING EADJUST THE AIR INTAKE CONTROL AT A LOWER SETTING
 T
HE INSTALLATION OF A LOG CRADLE IS NOT RECOMMENDED IN YOUR DROLET WOOD STOVE
 N
EVER PUT WOOD ABOVE THE FIREBRICK LINING OF THE FIREBOX
 N
EVER STORE WOOD WITHIN STOVE INSTALLATION CLEARANCES OR WITHIN THE SPACE REQUIRED FOR
CHARGING AND ASH REMOVAL
 D
O NOT BUILD THE FIRE TOO CLOSE TO THE GLASS
 B
URNING SOLID FUELS GENERATES CARBON MONOXIDE IN LOW CONCENTRATION
EVACUATED IN THE FLUE SYSTEM
. T
CAUSE DEATH O PREVENT THIS
 B
URN WOOD ONLY IN THIS STOVE
MORE EMBERS TO ENTER THE EXHAUST VENTING SYSTEM CAUSING A HAZARDOUS SITUATION
,
FUELS TYPE SUCH AS CHARCOAL
LEADING TO POTENTIAL POISONING
 M
AINTAIN PROPER VENTILATION
FOR PROPER COMBUSTION
FREE OF ANY ICE AS THIS WILL STARVE THE FIRE OF AIR AND PREVENT THE PROPER OPERATION OF THE
.
STOVE
 T
HE HEAT FLOWING THROUGH THE FLUE SYSTEM CREATE
DRAWS AIR FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE
CREATE A BIGGER NEGATIVE PRESSURE
PRESSURE POINT TO LOW PRESSURE POINT
FROM THE INSIDE OF THE STOVE INTO THE ROOM
,
APPLIANCES CAUSING THE SAME EFFECT TO THEM
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F ANY PART OF THE STOVE STARTS TO GLOW RED
.
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N HIGHER CONCENTRATIONS
,
ENSURE THAT YOUR FLUE SYSTEM IS GASTIGHT
. S
OME OTHER FUELS MAY BE HIGHLY VOLATILE
,
CAN CREATE A HIGHER CONCENTRATION OF CARBON MONOXIDE
.
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T IS IMPORTANT THAT ADEQUATE OXYGEN BE SUPPLIED TO THE FIRE
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URING THE WINTER SEASON
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N THIS CASE
,
THE BIGGER NEGATIVE PRESSURE MAY DRAW THE SMOKE
.
.
,
CARBON MONOXIDE IS TOXIC AND MAY
,
MAKE SURE THAT THE FRESH AIR INTAKE IS
S
A NEGATIVE PRESSURE IN THE ROOM
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N THE SAME WAY
,
AS THE AIR NATURALLY FLOWS FROM HIGH
. T
HE STOVE CAN ALSO AFFECT OTHER VENTILATION
.
,
OVER FIRING IS
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.
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HIS GAS IS
.
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WHICH MAY CAUSE
OTHER APPLIANCES CAN ALSO
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