Solution 3.4 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
Solution 3.4 Specifications ................................................................................................ 7
2.2
Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ................................................................ 9
2.3
The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency .......................................................... 9
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 ............................................................................................ 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
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Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 15
4.1
Your First Fires ................................................................................................................ 15
4.2
Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................. 15
4.2.1
Conventional Fire Starting ........................................................................................... 15
4.2.2
The Top Down Fire ...................................................................................................... 16
4.2.3
Two Parallel Logs ........................................................................................................ 16
4.2.4
Using Fire Starters ....................................................................................................... 16
4.3
Maintaining Wood Fires ................................................................................................... 16
4.3.1
General Advice ............................................................................................................ 16
4.3.2
Ash Removal ............................................................................................................... 17
4.3.3
Raking Charcoal .......................................................................................................... 17
4.3.4
Firing Each New Load Hot ........................................................................................... 18
4.3.5
Turning Down the Air Supply ....................................................................................... 18
4.3.6
Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................. 19
