My Fireplace Australia Deco EC00010, Руководство по эксплуатации и установке

Страница: 12 / 44

12
OPERATING & INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR ECOMAXX DECO ZERO CLEARANCE WOOD HEATER
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content
You can find out if some firewood is dry enough to burn by using these guidelines:
•
cracks form at the ends of logs as they dry
•
as it dries in the sun, the wood turns from white or cream coloured to grey or yellow,
•
bang two pieces of wood together; seasoned wood sounds hollow and wet wood sounds dull,
•
dry wood is much lighter in weight than wet wood,
•
split a piece, and if the fresh face feels warm and dry it is dry enough to burn; if it feels damp, it is too
wet,
•
burn a piece; wet wood hisses and sizzles in the fire and dry wood does not.
You could buy a wood moisture meter to test your firewood.
4 OPERATING YOUR ZERO CLEARANCE WOOD INBUILT
4.1 Your First Fires
Two things will happen as you burn your first few fires; the paint cures and the internal components of the
zero clearance wood inbuilt are conditioned.
As the paint cures, some of the chemicals vaporize. The vapors are not poisonous, but they do smell bad.
Fresh paint fumes can also cause false alarms in smoke detectors. So, when you first light your zero
clearance wood inbuilt, be prepared by opening doors and/or windows to ventilate the house. As you burn
hotter and hotter fires, more of the painted surfaces reach the curing temperature of the paint. The smell
of curing paint does not disappear until you have burned one or two very hot fires.
Burn one or two small fires to begin the curing and conditioning process. Then build bigger and hotter fires
until there is no longer any paint smell from the zero clearance wood inbuilt. Once the paint smell
disappears, your zero clearance wood inbuilt is ready for serious heating.
Build your first few fires with the blower on high to allow the high temperature paint to cure.
4.2 Lighting Fires
Each person who heats with wood develops their own favorite way to light fires. Whatever method you
choose, your goal should be to get a hot fire burning quickly. A fire that starts fast produces less smoke and
deposits less creosote in the chimney. Here are three popular and effective ways to start wood fires.