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2. OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
material. See the ‘INSTALLING THE HEATSHIELD’ section in the ‘Installation
instructions’ section of this document for more information.
WOOD LOGS
Burning wood logs within your ESSE cook stove provides sustainable, efficient
and ‘clean’ heating to your room. The moisture content of your wood is very
important, as this affects both how ‘cleanly’ your stove will burn, and also how
long the fuel will burn for. Referred to as ‘green wood’, recently felled wood will
almost certainly have a moisture content that is too high to burn efficiently and
cleanly. Similarly, overly dry wood will burn quickly, with higher emissions,
making your stove less economical to run.
We recommend using wood logs with a moisture content of 15 – 20%. This is
best achieved by either storing green wood yourself for a period of 12 – 18
months, and checking regularly with a moisture detector, or purchasing it from
a reputable fire wood specialist, who is able to control the moisture content of
their wood logs.
Your wood should be stacked safely, so as to not allow absorption of moisture
from rain, condensation or flooding. If stacked outdoors, ensure your wood is
not stacked directly onto the ground.
Do not store wood in the space between your cook stove and adjacent surfaces,
which provides the required distance to combustibles, or in areas which may
become hot over time, causing a fire risk, eg, under the cook stove.
AIR SUPPLY
ESSE cook stoves are designed to achieve the most efficient heat outputs, with
the ‘cleanest burn’. To achieve this, significant research and development
investment has been given to how to provide appropriate levels of ‘combustion
air’ to the correct parts of the fire, at the correct time of the burn cycle.
Combustion air is drawn into your ESSE stove from four locations, one of which
is controllable. It is important to understand the function of each, and where
appropriate, how they are controlled.