Century S244 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 Century S244 Specifications..................................................................................7
2.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You....................................................9
2.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency.............................................10
2.4 The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment..............................................10
2.4.1 What is Your New Stove Made Of? ..................................................................10
3 Fuel ...........................................................................................11
3.1 Materials That Should Not be Burned ..................................................................11
3.2 How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood................................................................11
3.2.1 What is Good Firewood?...................................................................................11
3.2.2 Tree Species.....................................................................................................11
3.2.3 Log Length........................................................................................................12
3.2.4 Piece Size.........................................................................................................12
3.2.5 How to Dry Firewood.........................................................................................13
3.2.6 Judging Firewood Moisture Content..................................................................14
3.3 Manufactured Logs...............................................................................................14
4 Operating Your Stove..............................................................15
4.1 The use of a fire screen........................................................................................15
4.2 Your First Fires.....................................................................................................15
4.3 Lighting Fires........................................................................................................15
4.3.1 Conventional Fire Starting.................................................................................16
4.3.2 The Top Down Fire...........................................................................................16
4.3.3 Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................17
4.3.4 Using Fire Starters............................................................................................17
4.4 Maintaining Wood Fires........................................................................................17
4.4.1 General Advice .................................................................................................17
4.4.2 Ash Removal.....................................................................................................18
4.4.3 Raking Charcoal ...............................................................................................18
4.4.4 Firing Each New Load Hot................................................................................19
4.4.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................19
4.4.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs.......................................................20
