Rocket Installation and Operation Manual
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Table of content
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE................................. 6
1Safety Information............................................................................... 6
1.1Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and Warnings.........................6
2General Information............................................................................ 7
2.1Rocket Specifications.............................................................................................7
2.2Zone Heating and How to Make it Work for You ....................................................9
2.3The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency.............................................10
2.4The SBI Commitment to You and the Environment..............................................10
2.4.1What is Your New Stove Made Of? ..................................................................10
3Fuel ..................................................................................................... 11
3.1Materials That Should Not be Burned ..................................................................11
3.2How to Prepare or Buy Good Firewood................................................................11
3.2.1What is Good Firewood?...................................................................................11
3.2.2Tree Species.....................................................................................................11
3.2.3Log Length........................................................................................................12
3.2.4Piece Size.........................................................................................................12
3.2.5How to Dry Firewood.........................................................................................13
3.2.6Judging Firewood Moisture Content .................................................................14
3.3Manufactured Logs...............................................................................................14
4Operating Your Stove ....................................................................... 15
4.1The use of a fire screen........................................................................................15
4.2Your First Fires.....................................................................................................15
4.3Lighting Fires........................................................................................................15
4.3.1Conventional Fire Starting.................................................................................16
4.3.2The Top Down Fire ...........................................................................................16
4.3.3Two Parallel Logs .............................................................................................17
4.3.4Using Fire Starters............................................................................................17
4.4Maintaining Wood Fires........................................................................................17
4.4.1General Advice .................................................................................................17
4.4.2Ash Removal.....................................................................................................18
4.4.3Raking Charcoal ...............................................................................................18
4.4.4Firing Each New Load Hot................................................................................19
4.4.5Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................19
4.4.6Building Different Fires for Different Needs.......................................................20
