Table Of Contents - Enerzone Solution 1.6 AGENCY PHASE II CERTIFIED WOOD 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 Solution 1.6 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 .......................................................... 9
2.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ......................................................... 10
2.4.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? ............................................................................. 10
3 Fuel ............................................................................................ 11
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned .............................................................................. 11
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ........................................................................... 11
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ............................................................................................. 11
3.2.2 Tree Species ............................................................................................................... 11
3.2.3 Log Length .................................................................................................................. 12
3.2.4 Piece Size ................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ................................................................................................... 13
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................ 13
3.3 Manufactured Logs ......................................................................................................... 14
4 Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 14
4.1 The use of a fire screen. .................................................................................................. 14
4.2 Your First Fires ................................................................................................................ 15
4.3 Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................. 15
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ........................................................................................... 15
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ...................................................................................................... 16
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs ........................................................................................................ 16
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ....................................................................................................... 16
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ................................................................................................... 16
4.4.1 General Advice ............................................................................................................ 16
4.4.2 Ash Removal ............................................................................................................... 17
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal .......................................................................................................... 17
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ........................................................................................... 18
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ....................................................................................... 18
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................. 19
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