HS Tarm 2000, Installation And Operation Manual

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A WORD ABOUT WOOD FUEL
Wood is an environmentally desirable fuel as it is CO2 neutral.
Your Tarm EXCEL boiler is designed to burn natural cord wood with high efficiency and low
emissions. With properly dried and prepared wood you will fully realize the best operating, heating
and clean-burning potential of your boiler. If you use poor wood, your EXCEL will be much less
efficient and produce less heat.
Dry wood gives big returns!
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Log length should be approximately 18” to 20”. Firebox length is 21 ½”.
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Pieces over 5” in diameter should be split.
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Moisture content of 15% to 20% is best.
To promote faster drying of firewood, it should be cut to length, split and stacked loosely off the
ground, with maximum exposure to the sun and the wind so that air can circulate through the stack.
Cover only the top of the stack (at an angle to allow moisture to run off) to keep out rain and snow.
Always try to have two years supply on hand so that the wood you are burning has been cut, split,
and stacked under cover for a year. Some varieties of wood may take 1 ½ years to dry adequately.
If you cut your trees in the spring or summer, let them lie for a while until the leave wither. They will
draw moisture from the wood more quickly than if you limbed the trees immediately. If you buy
your firewood, spring or early summer is usually the best time to purchase it. You get roughly the
same amount of heat from a pound of wood, no matter what species of tree it comes from. But
wood is not sold by the pound; it is sold by volume – by the cord. Therefore, the dense, heavy
woods are the best to buy because they will give you more pounds per cord.
WARNING: DO NOT BURN PAINTED, CREOSOTED OR PRESSURE TREATED WOOD.
WARNING: DO NOT USE SAWDUST, WOOD PELLETS OR SCRAPS OF WOOD SO SMALL THAT
THEY CAN FALL THROUGH THE SLOT BEFORE BURNING OR PLUG THE SLOTS SO
THAT BURNING CEASES.
WARNING: COAL CANNOT BE USED IN YOUR TARM EXCEL BOILER.
Coal will damage
the refractory in the firebox.
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