Air Burners, Inc.
T-400 Air Curtain Trench Burner with Kubota V3600-TE Engine
OPERATING MANUAL
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(Vers. 09.15)
LOADING AND STARTING THE FIRE
LIGHT-OFF, changing from darker wispy smoke of Diesel to white smoke from burning wood.
THE GOALS IN STARTING A T-SERIES UNIT ARE:
To achieve an even fire across the length of the pit.
To start the fire from the bottom of the initial pile.
To build a hot base fire.
There are two methods for lighting the unit: a
cold start
and a
hot start
. A cold start
means the pit is clean and has no hot coals left from a previous burn. A hot start uses
heat from the coals of the previous days burn.
PRE-CHECK
Unit pre-checks should be complete and the AIR should be off but the engine can be
running to bring it up to operating temperature.
LOADING
Load your most burnable material (materials from the “Good Wood” pile as discussed
in the previous section) which is the smaller, dryer and cleaner wood, into the pit to a
level of about half way up. Ensure the entire bottom area of the pit is covered. Next
load some of your heavier materials. Do not load higher than the manifold.
DANGER: Do not
use an accelerant for a
Hot Start
, as it may ignite
unexpectedly and cause injury or death.