2200InstallationandOperationManual
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Tableofcontent
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................... 6
1 Safety Information ..................................................................... 6
1.1 SummaryofOperationandMaintenanceCautionsandWarnings......................................6
2 General Information ................................................................... 7
2.1 Osburn2200Specifications...................................................................................................7
2.2 ZoneHeatingandHowtoMakeitWorkforYou..................................................................9
2.3 TheBenefitsofLowEmissionsandHighEfficiency...............................................................9
2.4 TheSBICommitmenttoYouandtheEnvironment............................................................10
2.4.1 WhatisYourNewStoveMadeOf?..................................................................................10
3 Fuel ............................................................................................ 11
3.1 MaterialsThatShouldNotbeBurned.................................................................................11
3.2 HowtoPrepareorBuyGoodFirewood..............................................................................11
3.2.1 WhatisGoodFirewood?.................................................................................................11
3.2.2 TreeSpecies.....................................................................................................................11
3.2.3 LogLength........................................................................................................................12
3.2.4 PieceSize..........................................................................................................................12
3.2.5 HowtoDryFirewood.......................................................................................................13
3.2.6 JudgingFirewoodMoistureContent...............................................................................13
3.3 ManufacturedLogs..............................................................................................................14
4 Operating Your Stove .............................................................. 14
4.1 YourFirstFires.....................................................................................................................14
4.2 LightingFires........................................................................................................................15
4.2.1 ConventionalFireStarting...............................................................................................15
4.2.2 TheTopDownFire...........................................................................................................15
4.2.3 TwoParallelLogs..............................................................................................................16
4.2.4 UsingFireStarters............................................................................................................16
4.3 MaintainingWoodFires......................................................................................................16
4.3.1 GeneralAdvice.................................................................................................................16
4.3.2 AshRemoval.....................................................................................................................17
4.3.3 RakingCharcoal................................................................................................................17
4.3.4 FiringEachNewLoadHot................................................................................................18