Osburn Matrix 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 Matrix 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
Osburn’s Commitment to You and the Environment .......................................................... 11
2.4.1
What is Your New Wood fire Made Of? .......................................................................... 11
3
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
4
Operating Your Wood fire ............................................................ 17
4.1
The use of a fire screen........................................................................................................ 17
4.2
Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 17
4.3
Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................................ 18
4.3.1
Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................... 18
4.3.2
The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................... 18
4.3.3
Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................................. 19
4.3.4
Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................................ 19
4.4
Maintaining Wood Fires ...................................................................................................... 19
4.4.1
General Advice ................................................................................................................. 19
4.4.2
Ash Removal ..................................................................................................................... 20
4.4.3
Raking Charcoal ................................................................................................................ 20
