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Spark Installation and Operation Manual
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Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................... 6
1 Safety Information ..................................................................... 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ......................... 6
2 General information on Spark (DB03400) ................................ 7
2.1 Appliance performance
(1)
....................................................................................... 7
2.2 General Features ................................................................................................... 8
2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .................................................... 9
2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................. 10
2.5 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment .............................................. 10
2.5.1 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 ................................................................. 14
3.3 Manufactured Logs .............................................................................................. 14
4 Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 15
4.1 The use of a fire screen ....................................................................................... 15
4.2 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................... 15
4.3 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................ 15
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ................................................................................ 16
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................... 16
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs ............................................................................................. 17
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................ 17
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ....................................................................................... 17
4.4.1 General Advice ................................................................................................. 17
4.4.2 Ash Removal..................................................................................................... 18
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal ............................................................................................... 18
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................ 18
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................ 19
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 19