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8. FUELS
8.1. WOOD
Suitable fuels are:
Ÿ All sorts of clean wood (forested). The wood must have been dried for at least
two years. Well-dried wood has a humidity percentage between 10 and 20%.
Ÿ Compressed wood blocks without binder.
Ÿ Hard woods burn slowly and easily form charcoal; for example hornbeam, oak,
ash, beech, elm and birch. Softwood burns with more ! ame, but forms less
charcoal and radiates less heat. Examples are spruce, pine, poplar and linden.
Unsuitable fuels are:
Ÿ Painted, bonded (chipboard, MDF etc.) or impregnated wood, plastic and other
! ammable waste. Stoking a " re with this is completely forbidden. To re-iterate:
the combustion gases released by these materials are aggressive and will
attack your " tted " re and the environment.
Ÿ Paraf" n-containing open " re lighters are not suitable for a closed " re. A closed
" re generates more heat than an open " re, thus the paraf" n will melt out of the
blocks prematurely.
Ÿ Damp wood burns poorly, is unsuitable and produces too much smoke
(including in the room when you are topping up the wood), dirties the glass,
leaves deposits in the chimney and delivers about half the heat output of dried
wood.
The Panolux is not suitable for coal " ring.
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