Osburn OB01520 - Manual (Page 3)

Soho Installation and Operation Manual
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Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................................ 6
1 Safety Information ........................................................................... 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ...................................... 6
2 General Information ........................................................................ 7
2.1 Soho Specifications ................................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ................................................................ 10
2.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................................. 10
2.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ............................................................ 11
2.4.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? .................................................................................. 11
3 Fuel ............................................................................................... 12
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned ................................................................................. 12
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood .............................................................................. 12
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................................. 12
3.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................................... 12
3.2.3 Log Length ........................................................................................................................ 13
3.2.4 Piece Size .......................................................................................................................... 13
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ....................................................................................................... 13
3.2.6 Where to store wood ....................................................................................................... 14
3.2.7 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................... 15
3.3 Manufactured Logs .............................................................................................................. 15
4 Operating Your Stove ..................................................................... 16
4.1 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 16
4.2 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................................ 16
4.2.1 Conventional Fire Starting ............................................................................................... 16
4.2.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................................... 17
4.2.3 Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................................. 17
4.2.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................................ 17
4.3 Maintaining Wood Fires ...................................................................................................... 17
4.3.1 General Advice ................................................................................................................. 17
4.3.2 Ash Removal ..................................................................................................................... 18
4.3.3 Raking Charcoal ................................................................................................................ 18
4.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................................ 19
4.3.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ........................................................................................... 19
4.3.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................... 20