Osburn
Matrix
Inbuilt
Installation
and
Operation
Manual
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3
Table
of
content
PART
A
‐
OPERATION
AND
MAINTENANCE
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6
1
Safety
Information
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6
1.1
Summary
of
Operation
and
Maintenance
Cautions
and
Warnings
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6
2
General
Information
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7
2.1
OSBURN
Matrix
Specifications
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7
2.2
Zone
Heating
and
How
to
Make
it
Work
for
You
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9
2.3
The
Benefits
of
Low
Emissions
and
High
Efficiency
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9
2.4
Osburn’s
Commitment
to
You
and
the
Environment
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10
2.4.1
What
is
Your
New
Wood
inbuilt
Made
Of?
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10
3
Fuel
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11
3.1
Materials
That
Should
Not
be
Burned
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11
3.2
How
to
Prepare
or
Buy
Good
Firewood
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11
3.2.1
What
is
Good
Firewood?
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11
3.2.2
Tree
Species
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11
3.2.3
Log
Length
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11
3.2.4
Piece
Size
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12
3.2.5
How
to
Dry
Firewood
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12
3.2.6
Judging
Firewood
Moisture
Content
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13
3.3
Manufactured
Logs
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14
4
Operating
Your
Wood
inbuilt
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15
4.1
The
use
of
a
fire
screen........................................................................................................
15
4.2
Your
First
Fires
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15
4.3
Lighting
Fires
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16
4.3.1
Conventional
Fire
Starting
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16
4.3.2
The
Top
Down
Fire
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16
4.3.3
Two
Parallel
Logs
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17
4.3.4
Using
Fire
Starters
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17
4.4
Maintaining
Wood
fires
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17
4.4.1
General
Advice
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17
4.4.2
Ash
Removal
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18
4.4.3
Raking
Charcoal
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18
4.4.4
Firing
Each
New
Load
Hot
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4.4.5
Turning
Down
the
Air
Supply
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19