Ashley AF1500E, Руководство владельца по эксплуатации и инструкции

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Operation
The top down method of fire building is recommended for this appliance. After making sure that the stove air
intake controls are fully open (open all three air controls to there maximum setting). Place the largest pieces of
wood on the bottom, laid in parallel and close together. Smaller pieces are placed in a second layer, crossways
to the first. A third layer of still smaller pieces is laid crossways to the second, this time with some spaces between.
Then a fourth layer of loose, small kindling and twisted newspaper sheets tops off the pile.
Higher efficiencies and lower emissions generally result when burning air dried seasoned hardwoods, as
compared to softwoods or to green or freshly cut hardwoods.
DO NOT BURN:
1. Garbage;
2. Lawn clippings or yard waste;
3. Materials containing rubber, including tires;
4. Materials containing plastic;
5. Waste petroleum products, paints or paint
thinners, or asphalt products;
6. Materials containing asbestos;
7. Construction or demolition debris;
8. Railroad ties or pressure-treated wood;
9. Manure or animal remains;
10. Salt water driftwood or other previously salt water
saturated materials;
11. Unseasoned wood; or
12. Paper products, cardboard, plywood, or
particleboard. The prohibition against burning
these materials does not prohibit the use of fire
starters made from paper, cardboard, saw dust,
wax and similar substances for the purpose of
starting a fire in an affected wood heater.
Burning these materials may result in release of toxic fumes or render the heater ineffective and cause smoke.
Do not burn manufactured logs made of wax impregnated sawdust or logs with any chemical additives.
Manufactured logs made of 100% compressed sawdust can be burned, but be careful burning too much of
these logs at the same time. Start with one manufactured log and see how the stove reacts. You can increase
the number of logs burned at a time to making sure the temperature never rises higher than 475 °F (246 °C) on a
magnetic thermometer for installation on single wall stove pipes or 900 °F (482 °C) on a probe thermometer for
installation on double wall stove pipe. The thermometer should be placed about 18” (457 mm) above the stove.
Higher temperatures can lead to overheat and damage your stove.
Dead wood lying on the forest floor should be considered wet, and requires full seasoning
time. Standing dead wood can usually be considered to be about 2/3 seasoned. Splitting
and stacking wood before it is stored accelerates drying time. Storing wood on an
elevated surface from the ground and under a cover or covered area from rain or snow
also accelerates drying time. A good indicator if wood is ready to burn is to check the
piece ends. If there are cracks radiating in all directions from the center then the wood
should be dry enough to burn. If your wood sizzles in the fire, even though the surface is dry,
it may not be fully cured, and should be seasoned longer.
Your furnace was designed to burn wood
only; no other materials should be burned.
Waste and other flammable materials should
not be burned in your furnace. DO NOT USE
CHEMICALS OR FLUIDS TO START THE FIRE. DO
NOT BURN GARBAGE, GASOLINE, NAPTHA,
ENGINE OIL, OR OTHER INAPPROPRIATE
MATERIALS. Any type of wood may be used
in your furnace, but specific varieties have
better energy yields than others. Please
consult the following table in order to make
the best possible choice.
TYPE
WEIGHT
(LBS. CU. FT.,
DRY)
PER CORD
EFFICIENCY
RANKING
SPLITS
MILLIONS
BTU’s/CORD
Hickory 63 4500 1.0 Well 31.5
White Oak 48 4100 .9 Fair 28.6
Red Oak 46 3900 .8 Fair 27.4
Beech 45 3800 .7 Hard 26.8
Sugar
Maple
44 3700 .6 Fair 26.2
Black Oak 43 3700 .6 Fair 25.6
Ash 42 3600 .5 Well 25.0
Yellow
Birch
40 3400 .4 Hard 23.8
Red
Maple
38 3200 .3 Fair 22.6
Paper
Birch
37 3100 .3 Easy 22.1
Elm/
Sycamore
34 2900 .2
Very
Difficult
20.1
Red
Spruce
29 1800 .1 Easy 16.1