Ventis HE250 - 1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings

HE250 - Installation and Operation Manual 3
Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE .................................. 6
1 Safety Information ................................................................................ 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings ......................... 6
2 General Information on HE250 (VB00002) ....................................... 8
2.1 Appliance performance
(1)
........................................................................................ 8
2.2 General Features .................................................................................................... 9
2.3 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ................................................... 11
2.4 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................. 12
2.5 The Olympia Chimney Commitment to You and the Environment ........................ 12
2.5.1 What is Your New Fireplace Made Of? .............................................................. 12
3 Fuel ....................................................................................................... 13
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned ................................................................... 13
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ................................................................ 13
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood? ................................................................................... 13
3.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................... 13
3.2.3 Log Length ......................................................................................................... 14
3.2.4 Piece Size .......................................................................................................... 14
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood ......................................................................................... 15
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content .................................................................. 16
3.3 Manufactured Logs ............................................................................................... 16
4 Operating Your Fireplace .................................................................. 17
4.1 The use of a firescreen ......................................................................................... 17
4.2 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................... 17
4.3 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................ 17
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting ................................................................................. 17
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire ............................................................................................ 18
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................. 18
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................. 18
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires ........................................................................................ 18
4.4.1 General Advice .................................................................................................. 18
4.4.2 Ash Removal ..................................................................................................... 19
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal ................................................................................................ 19
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................. 20
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................. 20
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 21