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Installation and Operation Manual - Escape 1800
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .............................................................................. 7
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Safety Information................................................................................................................. 7
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General Information .............................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Specifications .................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 Dimensions ....................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Combustion Chamber Dimensions............................................................................10
2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ..................................................................11
2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency .............................................................11
2.5 DROLET Commitment to You and the Environment .............................................................11
2.5.1 What is Your New Wood fire Made Of? ......................................................................11
3 Fuel .................................................................................................................................. 12
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned .................................................................................12
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ..............................................................................12
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? .........................................................................................12
3.2.2 Tree Species ..........................................................................................................12
3.2.3 Log Length ............................................................................................................13
3.2.4 Piece Size ..............................................................................................................13
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ..............................................................................................14
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content .........................................................................14
3.2.7 Manufactured Logs .................................................................................................15
4 Operating Your Wood fire ..................................................................................................... 15
4.1 The Use of a Fire Screen ...................................................................................................16
4.2 Using a Blower .................................................................................................................16
4.3 Your First Fires..................................................................................................................17
4.4 Lighting Fires ....................................................................................................................17
4.4.1 Conventional Fire Starting .......................................................................................17
4.4.2 The Top Down Fire ..................................................................................................18
4.4.3 Two Parallel Logs ...................................................................................................18
4.4.4 Using Fire Starters ..................................................................................................18
4.5 Maintaining Wood Fires .....................................................................................................18
4.5.1 General Advice .......................................................................................................18
4.5.2 Ash Removal ..........................................................................................................19
4.5.3 Raking Charcoal .....................................................................................................19
4.5.4 Firing Each New Load Hot .......................................................................................20
4.5.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ...................................................................................20
