Osburn 1600 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
OSBURN 1600 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 ............................................................ 11
2.4.1
What is Your New Stove Made Of? .................................................................................. 11
3
Fuel ............................................................................................ 11
3.1
Materials That Should Not be Burned ................................................................................. 11
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 ........................................................................................................................ 12
3.2.4
Piece Size .......................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.5
How to Dry Firewood ....................................................................................................... 13
3.2.6
Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................... 14
3.3
Manufactured Logs .............................................................................................................. 15
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Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 15
4.1
Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 15
4.2
Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................................ 16
4.2.1
Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................... 16
4.2.2
The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................... 17
4.2.3
Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................................. 17
4.2.4
Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................................ 17
4.3
Maintaining Wood Fires ...................................................................................................... 17
4.3.1
General Advice ................................................................................................................. 17
4.3.2
Ash Removal ..................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.3
Raking Charcoal ................................................................................................................ 18
4.3.4
Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................................ 19
