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OPERATING YOUR DROLET WOOD STOVE
FUEL
Your stove was designed to burn wood only. No other type of fuel should be used. Waste and other flammable
materials are prohibited. Any type of wood may be used in your stove, but specific varieties have better energy
yields than others. Please consult the following table in order to make the best possible choice.
AVERAGE ENERGY YIELD OF ONE AIR DRIED CORD OF CUT WOOD
High Energy Yield
MBTU/cord
MBTU/cord
MBTU/cord
Oak 29 Sugar
Maple
28
Beech
26
Medium Energy Yield
MBTU/cord
MBTU/cord
MBTU/cord
Yellow birch
25
Ash
24
Elm
23
Larch (Tamarack) 23
Red Maple
23
Douglas red fir 23
Silver birch
22
Low Energy Yield
MBTU/cord
MBTU/cord
MBTU/cord
Alder 18 Poplar
17
Hemlock
17
Spruce 17
Pine 17
Bass
16
Fir 13
Data provided by Energy, Mines and Resources - Canada
It is
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT
that you only use
DRY WOOD
in your wood stove. The wood must have dried for 9
to 15 months, so that the humidity content is reduced below 20% of the weight of the log. It is very important to keep
in mind that even if the wood has been cut for one, two or even more years, it is not necessarily dry, especially if it
has been stored in poor conditions. Under extreme conditions, it may even have rotten instead of drying. This point
cannot be overstressed enough; the vast majority of the problems related to the operation of a wood stove is caused
by the fact that the wood used was too damp or had dried in poor conditions. These problems can be:
- Ignition
problems.
-
Creosote build-up causing chimney fires.
-
Low energy yield.
-
Blackened glass door.
-
Incomplete log combustion.
- Etc.