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Eastwood 1800 Installation and Operation Manual
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Table of content
1 PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ........................... 5
2 Safety Information ..................................................................... 5
2.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ......................... 5
3 General Information ................................................................... 6
3.1 Eastwood 1800 Specifications ............................................................................... 6
3.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .................................................... 8
3.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................... 9
3.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ................................................ 9
3.4.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? .................................................................... 9
4 Fuel ............................................................................................ 10
4.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned .................................................................. 10
4.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ................................................................ 10
4.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................... 10
4.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................... 10
4.2.3 Log Length ........................................................................................................ 11
4.2.4 Piece Size ......................................................................................................... 11
4.2.5 How to Dry Firewood......................................................................................... 12
4.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content.................................................................. 13
4.3 Manufactured Logs ............................................................................................... 13
5 Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 14
5.1 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................... 14
5.2 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................ 14
5.2.1 Conventional Fire Starting ................................................................................. 14
5.2.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................... 15
5.2.3 Two Parallel Logs ............................................................................................. 15
5.2.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................ 15
5.3 Maintaining Wood Fires ........................................................................................ 16
5.3.1 General Advice ................................................................................................. 16
5.3.2 Ash Removal ..................................................................................................... 16
5.3.3 Raking Charcoal ............................................................................................... 17
5.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................ 17
5.3.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................ 18
5.3.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 19
6 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ............................... 21
6.1 Stove Maintenance ............................................................................................... 21
6.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................... 21
6.1.2 Door adjustment ................................................................................................ 22
6.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................... 23
6.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................. 23
6.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove ....................................................................... 24