Destination 1.6 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 ................................................................... 7
2.1
Destination 1.6 Specifications ........................................................................................... 7
2.2
Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .............................................................. 10
2.3
The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ........................................................ 10
2.4
The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ......................................................... 10
2.4.1
What is Your New Stove Made Of? ............................................................................. 10
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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
Where to store wood .................................................................................................... 15
3.2.7
Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................ 15
3.3
Manufactured Logs ......................................................................................................... 16
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Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 17
4.1
Your First Fires ................................................................................................................ 17
4.2
Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................. 17
4.2.1
Conventional Fire Starting ........................................................................................... 17
4.2.2
The Top Down Fire ...................................................................................................... 18
4.2.3
Two Parallel Logs ........................................................................................................ 18
4.2.4
Using Fire Starters ....................................................................................................... 18
4.3
Maintaining Wood Fires ................................................................................................... 18
4.3.1
General Advice ............................................................................................................ 18
4.3.2
Ash Removal ............................................................................................................... 19
4.3.3
Raking Charcoal .......................................................................................................... 19
4.3.4
Firing Each New Load Hot ........................................................................................... 20
4.3.5
Turning Down the Air Supply ....................................................................................... 20
4.3.6
Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................. 21
