HEI150 Wood Insert Fireplace Installation and Operation Manual
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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 ................................................................... 7
2.1
Appliance performance
(1)
......................................................................................... 7
2.2
General Features ..................................................................................................... 8
2.3
Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ................................................... 10
2.4
The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency .............................................. 11
2.5
The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment ............................................... 11
2.5.1
What is Your New Insert Made Of? .................................................................... 11
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Fuel
.................................................................................... 12
3.1
Materials That Should Not be Burned .................................................................... 12
3.2
How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood ................................................................. 12
3.2.1
What is Good Firewood? .................................................................................... 12
3.2.2
Tree Species ...................................................................................................... 12
3.2.3
Log Length ......................................................................................................... 13
3.2.4
Piece Size........................................................................................................... 13
3.2.5
How to Dry Firewood .......................................................................................... 14
3.2.6
Judging Firewood Moisture Content ................................................................... 15
3.3
Manufactured Logs ................................................................................................ 15
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Operating Your Insert .............................................................. 16
4.1
Your First Fires ...................................................................................................... 16
4.2
Lighting Fires ......................................................................................................... 16
4.2.1
Conventional Fire Starting .................................................................................. 16
4.2.2
The Top Down Fire ............................................................................................. 17
4.2.3
Two Parallel Logs ............................................................................................... 17
4.2.4
Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................. 17
4.3
Maintaining Wood Fires ......................................................................................... 17
4.3.1
General Advice ................................................................................................... 17
4.3.2
Ash Removal ...................................................................................................... 18
4.3.3
Raking Charcoal ................................................................................................. 18
4.3.4
Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................. 19
4.3.5
Turning Down the Air Supply .............................................................................. 19
4.4
Blower Operation ................................................................................................... 20
4.4.1
Building Different Fires for Different Needs ........................................................ 20
