Drolet R.C. WOODSTOVE User manual

DROLET WOODSTOVE MANUAL
R.C. WOODSTOVE
Manufactured by : DROLET STOVES & FIREPLACES INC.
1700, Léon-Harmel, Québec (Québec) G1N 4R9
000410/45092A

THE DROLET WOODSTOVE MANUAL
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The DROLET Woodstove Manual............................................................................... 2
Wood Heating............................................................................................................. 2
The Controlled Combustion ........................................................................................ 2
Your Drolet Stove Assembly....................................................................................... 3
Refractory Bricks Assembly........................................................................................ 4
Installation Of Your Drolet Woodstove........................................................................ 5
Positioning The Stove ............................................................................................. 5
Floor Protection....................................................................................................... 5
Clearances.............................................................................................................. 5
Chimney.................................................................................................................. 7
Couplings ................................................................................................................ 8
Air Circulation Systems........................................................................................... 9
Operating Your Drolet Woodstove.............................................................................. 9
Solid Fuel ................................................................................................................ 9
Before your first burn............................................................................................. 10
Ignition................................................................................................................... 11
Heating.................................................................................................................. 12
Maintenance Of The Heating System....................................................................... 13
Maintenance Of The Woodstove........................................................................... 13
Maintenance Of The Chimney............................................................................... 14
W A R R A N T Y ...................................................................................................... 15
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The DROLET Woodstove Manual
DROLET STOVES AND FIREPLACES INC. one of the most important woodstove and
fireplace manufacturers in Canada, congratulates you on your purchase and wishes to
help you get maximum satisfaction from the woodstove you have selected. In the pages
that follow, we will give you advice on wood heating and controlled combustion as well as
technical specifications regarding installation, operation and maintenance of the model
you have chosen.
The instructions pertaining to the installation of your woodstove comply with ULC S627
standards. You must follow them very carefully in order to eliminate any chance of
encountering major problems.
KEEP THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL SINCE IT MAY BE VERY HELPFUL.
Wood Heating
Many consumers choose wood as the main or auxiliary energy source for heating their
main home or secondary residence. This source of energy has the advantage of being
abundant, relatively cheap and easy to store so that you are assured of energy autonomy
for more of less longer periods.
The Controlled Combustion
The main feature of a controlled combustion woodstove is an air tightness that is the most
perfect possible, and must of course be equipped with the most efficient heat exchanger
possible in order to transfer maximum heat to the ambient air. It is generally doubled with
firebricks, and it may have a glass door, with steel or cast iron frame. The main feature
that makes it a controlled combustion woodstove remains its air tightness, which allows
the user to control the quantity of oxygen admitted into the woodstove.
The wood will burn slowly if the woodstove draught keys are adjusted in order to reduce
the oxygen supply in the combustion chamber to minimum; on the other hand, wood will
burn quickly if the draught keys are adjusted to admit a larger quantity of oxygen in the
combustion chamber.
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Your Drolet Stove Assembly
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Refractory Bricks Assembly
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Installation Of Your Drolet Woodstove
Positioning The Stove
It is very important to position the woodstove as close as possible to the chimney, and in
an area that will favor the most efficient heat distribution possible throughout the house.
The stove must therefore be installed in the room where the most time is spent, and in the
most spacious room possible. Remember: woodstoves produce radiating heat, the heat
we feel when we are close to a woodstove. A woodstove also functions by convection,
that is through the displacement of hot air accelerated upwards and its replacement with
cooler air. If necessary, the hot air distribution from the stove may be facilitated by a
blower or the installation of floor or wall grills.
Important: A woodstove must never be installed in a hallway or near a staircase,
since it may block the way in case of fire or fail to respect required
clearance.
The woodstove must not be hooked up to a hot air distribution system
since an excessive accumulation of heat may occur.
Floor Protection
Your woodstove should be placed on a non-combustible surface. Having these minimum
specifications.
Thickness
of sheet Front Protrusion Side Protrusions Rear Protrusion
1/4" (6 mm) 18" (457 mm) 6" (150 mm) 6" (150 mm)
Clearances
It is of outmost importance that the clearances to combustible material mentioned on your
woodstove certification plate be scrupulously respected upon installation.
Back wall Side wall Corners *Height
16" (406 mm) 16" (406 mm) 16" (406 mm) 7' (2,3 m)
* Height, from bottom of the stove to the ceiling.
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You may decrease these clearances by installing heat radiation shields between the walls or the
ceiling and the stove. These heat radiation shields must be installed permanently, and can
include sheet metal, a rigid non-combustible sheet or a masonry wall.
Following the installation of such a heat radiation shield, the clearances mentioned on
the stove certification plate may be reduced as stated in the following table.
Reductions in Clearance to a Combustible
Walls (or Ceiling) and the Heating Device
TYPE OF PROTECTION SIDES AND
REAR\BACK TOP
Minimal requirements:
0,013" (0,33 mm) sheet metal with 1" (25
mm) fire-proof braces
67%** 50%
Ceramic tile or an equivalent fire-proof
material resting on fire-proof brackets
spaced 1" (25 mm) apart by fire-proof
braces
50% 33%
Ceramic tile or an equivalent fire-proof
material built on a fire-proof base resting
on sheet metal of at least 0,013" (0,33
mm) thick spaced 1" (25 mm) by fire-
proof braces.
67% 50%
Solid bricks, spaced 1" (25 mm) from the
rear wall using fire-proof braces. 50% N\A
Solid bricks, resting on sheet metal 0,013"
(0,33 mm) thick spaced 1" (25 mm) from
the rear wall using fire-proof braces. 67% N\A
**Example: 900 mm x (100% - 67%) = 300 mm
This reduction in clearance, when in compliance, is accepted by insurance companies.
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Chimney
Your woodstove may be hooked up with a prefabricated or masonry chimney. If you are
using a prefab chimney, it must comply with ULC S629 standards; therefore it must be of
the 2100 °F / 650 °C. (2" / 51 mm thick insulated type). It is extremely important to install
the chimney according to the manufacturer's specifications.
If you are using a masonry chimney, it is important that it be built in compliance with the
specifications of the National Building Code. It must be lined with firebricks, metal or clay
tiles sealed together with fire cement. (Round flues are the most efficient).
The interior diameter of the chimney flues must be identical to that of the stove smoke
exhaust. A flue which is too small may cause draught problems, while a large flue favors
rapid cooling of the gas, and hence the build-up or creosote and the risk of chimney fires.
Current practice requires that the diameter of the chimney flue does not exceed the stove
exhaust one by more than 30-35%. Note that it is the chimney and not the stove which
creates the draught effect; your stove's performance is directly dependent on an
adequate draught from your chimney.
The following recommendations may be useful for the installation of your chimney:
1) It must rise above the roof at least 3' (0,9 m) from the uppermost point of contact.
2) The chimney must exceed any part of the building or other obstruction within a 10'
(3,04 m) distance by a height of 2' (0,60 m).
3) Installation of an interior chimney is always preferable to an exterior chimney. Indeed,
the interior chimney will by definition be hotter than an exterior chimney, being heated
up by the ambient air in the house. Therefore the gases which circulate will cool more
slowly thus reducing the build-up of creosote and the risk of chimney fires.
4) The draught causes by the tendency for hot air to rise will be better with an interior
chimney.
5) You must not install more than one heating unit per chimney flue.
6) Use of a fire-screen at the extremity of the chimney requires regular inspection in
order to insure that it is not obstructed thus blocking the draught, and it should be
cleaned when necessary.
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Couplings
Once the woodstove is placed in the room in accordance with required clearances,
it must be coupled to the chimney with a smoke exhaust system. Verify the
clearance between your stovepipe and the surrounding combustible surfaces. If
the normal 18-inch (457 mm) clearance required cannot be obtained, you may use
an insulated flue pipe or a thermal protection shield. Read and respect
manufacturer's instructions before installation.
Coupling pipes and chimney
must have the same diameter as
the stove outlet. If this is not the
case, contact your supplier in
order to insure there will be no
problem with the draught. Pipes
should be made of aluminized or
ordinary steel with a minimum 24
gauge thickness.
Your smoke evacuation system (pipes) should be assembled in such a way that
the male section of the pipes faces down. Attach each of the sections to one
another with three equidistant metal screws. The pipes must be short and straight.
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ll sections installed horizontally must slope at least 1/4 inch per foot, with the
lower section toward the stove.
To insure a good draught, the total length of the coupling pipe should never exceed 10
feet (3.04 m). (Except for cases of vertical installation, (cathedral-roof style) where the
smoke exhaust system can be much longer and connected without problem to the
chimney of the ceiling of the room). There should never be more than one 90°elbow in
the smoke exhaust system.
Installation of a "barometric draught stabilizer" (fireplace register) on a smoke exhaust
system is prohibited. Furthermore, installation of a draught damper is not recommended.
Indeed, with a controlled combustion woodstove, the draught is regulated upon intake of
the combustion air in the stove and not at the exhaust.
The connecting pipe must not go through ceiling, storage area, floor or any other
combustible partition.
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Air Circulation Systems
In order to improve air circulation in the room where the woodstove is installed, certain
options are available for specific stove models.
Blower: A variable speed-control blower with a capacity of 100 CFM (2.83
m3/min) is available.
Thermodisc: The thermodisc is installed on the blower's electrical supply cord, and it
will start the blower when the stove temperature reaches 120°F (49oC)
and cut off the power when the stove cools below 100°F (37oC).
Information regarding installation of the thermodisc is included with the
device.
Operating Your Drolet Woodstove
Solid Fuel
Your heating unit is designed to burn wood only; no other materials should be burned.
Wastes and other flammable materials should not be burned in your woodstove. Any
type of wood may be used in your stove, but specific varieties have better energy yields
than others. Please consult the following table in order to make the best possible choice.
AVERAGE ENERGY YIELD OF ONE AIR DRIED CORD OF CUT WOOD
High Energy Yield
MBTU/cord MBTU/cord MBTU/cord
Oak 29 Sugar Maple 28 Beech 26
Medium Energy Yield
MBTU/cord MBTU/cord MBTU/cord
Yellow birch 25 Ash 24 Elm 23
Larch (Tamarack) 23 Red Maple 23 Douglas red fir 23
Silver birch 22
Low Energy Yield
MBTU/cord MBTU/cord MBTU/cord
Alder 18 Poplar 17 Hemlock 17
Spruce 17 Pine 17 Bass 16
Fir 13
Data provided by Energy, Mines and Resources - Canada
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