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Escape 1800-I Insert Installation and Operation Manual
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Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................... 7
1. Safety Information .................................................................... 7
2. General Information ................................................................. 8
2.1 Appliance performance
(1)
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2.2 Specifications .......................................................................................................... 9
2.3 EPA Certification Loading ..................................................................................... 11
2.4 Zone Heating and How to Make It Work for You ................................................... 12
2.5 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................. 13
2.6 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment .............................................. 13
2.6.1 What is Your New Insert 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
3.2 Manufactured Logs ................................................................................................ 17
4. Operating Your Insert ............................................................. 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 ................................................................................ 20
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................ 21
4.5 Blower Operation ................................................................................................... 22
4.5.1 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 22
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