FP12 Mundo - 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
on Mundo (FP12) ........................................................ 8
2.1
Appliance performance
(1)
.................................................................................................................8
2.2
General Features
...............................................................................................................................9
2.3
Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ...............................................................................12
2.4
The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ...........................................................................12
2.5
The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ...........................................................................13
2.5.1
What is Your New Fireplace Made Of? ..........................................................................................13
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Fuel .................................................................................................................. 14
3.1
Materials That Should Not be Burned ...............................................................................................14
3.2
How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood .............................................................................................14
3.2.1
What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................................................14
3.2.2
Tree Species ....................................................................................................................................14
3.2.3
Log Length ......................................................................................................................................15
3.2.4
Piece Size ........................................................................................................................................15
3.2.5
How to Dry Firewood .....................................................................................................................16
3.2.6
Judging Firewood Moisture Content ..............................................................................................17
3.3
Manufactured Logs ............................................................................................................................17
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Operating Your Fireplace ............................................................................. 18
4.1
The use of a fire screen ......................................................................................................................18
4.2
Your First Fires....................................................................................................................................18
4.3
Lighting Fires ......................................................................................................................................19
4.3.1
Conventional Fire Starting ..............................................................................................................19
4.3.2
The Top Down Fire .........................................................................................................................19
4.3.3
Two Parallel Logs ............................................................................................................................20
4.3.4
Using Fire Starters ..........................................................................................................................20
4.4
Maintaining Wood Fires .....................................................................................................................20
4.4.1
General Advice ...............................................................................................................................20
4.4.2
Ash Removal ...................................................................................................................................21
4.4.3
Raking Charcoal ..............................................................................................................................21
4.4.4
Firing Each New Load Hot...............................................................................................................22
4.4.5
Turning Down the Air Supply .........................................................................................................22
4.4.6
Building Different Fires for Different Needs ..................................................................................23
