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Installation and Operation Manual for Escape 1800
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Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ......................................................... 7
1 Safety Information .............................................................................................. 7
2 General Information on Escape 1800 ................................................................ 8
2.1 Appliance performance
(1)
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2.2 General Features .............................................................................................................. 9
2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You .............................................................. 12
2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ........................................................ 12
2.5 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ......................................................... 13
2.5.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? ............................................................................. 13
3 Fuel .................................................................................................................. 14
3.1 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ........................................................................... 14
3.1.1 What is Good Firewood? ............................................................................................. 14
3.1.2 Tree Species ............................................................................................................... 14
3.1.3 Log Length .................................................................................................................. 15
3.1.4 Piece Size ................................................................................................................... 15
3.1.5 How to Dry Firewood ................................................................................................... 15
3.1.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content ............................................................................ 16
3.1.7 Manufactured Logs ...................................................................................................... 17
4 Operating Your Stove ...................................................................................... 17
4.1 The use of a fire screen. .................................................................................................. 17
4.2 Your First Fires................................................................................................................ 17
4.3 Lighting Fires .................................................................................................................. 18
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ........................................................................................... 18
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ...................................................................................................... 18
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs ........................................................................................................ 19
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ....................................................................................................... 19
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ................................................................................................... 19
4.4.1 General Advice ............................................................................................................ 19
4.4.2 Ash Removal ............................................................................................................... 20
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal .......................................................................................................... 20
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ........................................................................................... 21
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ....................................................................................... 21
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs .................................................................. 22
5 Maintaining Your Wood Heating System ......................................................... 23
5.1 Stove Maintenance ......................................................................................................... 23
5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass .................................................................................................... 24
5.1.2 Door adjustment .......................................................................................................... 24
5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket .......................................................................................... 25
5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .............................................................. 26
5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the Stove .................................................................................. 27
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