User Manual Drolet DB03105 Heater

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User Manual

For DB03105. Also, The document are for others Drolet models: DB03102, DB03111, DB03112

• PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE7
• 1 Safety Information7
• 2 General Information on Escape 18008
  • 2.1 Performance(1)8
  • 2.2 General Features9
  • 2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You12
  • 2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency12
  • 2.5 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment13
    • 2.5.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of?13
• 3 Fuel14
  • 3.1 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood14
    • 3.1.1 What is Good Firewood?14
    • 3.1.2 Tree Species14
    • 3.1.3 Log Length15
    • 3.1.4 Piece Size15
    • 3.1.5 How to Dry Firewood15
    • 3.1.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content16
    • 3.1.7 Manufactured Logs17
• 4 Operating Your Stove17
  • 4.1 The use of a fire screen.17
  • 4.2 Your First Fires17
  • 4.3 Lighting Fires18
    • 4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting18
    • 4.3.2 The Top Down Fire18
    • 4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs19
    • 4.3.4 Using Fire Starters19
  • 4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires19
    • 4.4.1 General Advice19
    • 4.4.2 Ash Removal20
    • 4.4.3 Raking Charcoal20
    • 4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot21
    • 4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply21
    • 4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs22
      • 4.4.6.1 Small Fires to Take the Chill Off the House22
      • 4.4.6.2 Long Lasting Low Output Fires22
      • 4.4.6.3 High Output Fires for Cold Weather22
      • 4.4.6.4 Maximum Burn Cycle Times22
      • 4.4.6.5 North-South Fires Versus East-West Fires23
      • 4.4.6.6 Carbon Monoxide23
• 5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System23
  • 5.1 Stove Maintenance23
    • 5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass24
    • 5.1.2 Door adjustment24
    • 5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket25
    • 5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass26
    • 5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove27
  • 5.2 Chimney and Chimney Connector Maintenance27
    • 5.2.1 Why Chimney Cleaning is Necessary27
    • 5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Chimney?27
    • 5.2.3 Cleaning the Chimney28
• PART B - INSTALLATION29
• 6 Safety Information29
  • 6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and Warnings29
  • 6.2 Regulations Covering Stove Installation30
• 7 Clearances to Combustible Material30
  • 7.1 Location of the certification label30
  • 7.2 Clearances to Combustible Materials31
    • 7.2.1 Clearances with ceiling (L) lowered to 77" (196 cm)33
    • 7.2.2 Clearances for an alcove34
    • 7.2.3 Clearances for mobile homes34
  • 7.3 Floor protection35
  • 7.4 Reducing Wall and Ceiling Clearances Safely36
    • 7.4.1 Shield Construction Rules36
    • 7.4.2 Table of Clearance Reduction Percentages38
• 8 The Venting System39
  • 8.1 General39
  • 8.2 Suitable Chimneys39
  • 8.3 Minimum Chimney Height41
  • 8.4 The Relationship Between the Chimney and the House42
    • 8.4.1 Why Inside Chimneys Are Preferred42
    • 8.4.2 Why the chimney should penetrate the highest heated space43
  • 8.5 Supply of Combustion Air43
    • 8.5.1 Combustion Air Supply in Mobile Homes44
    • 8.5.2 Air Supply in Conventional Houses44
  • 8.6 Installing the Chimney Connector44
    • 8.6.1 Installation of Single Wall Chimney Connector45
• Appendix 1: Installing the Optional Fresh Air Intake Kit47
• Appendix 2: Installing the Optional Fire Screen49
• Appendix 3: Installation of the Optional Blower and Thermodisc50
• Appendix 4: Installation of Secondary Air Tubes and Baffle53
• Appendix 5: Exploded Diagram and Parts List55
• DROLET LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY61