Osburn OB00915 900 User manual

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Printed in Canada 11-03-2015
INSTALLATION AND OPERATION MANUAL
OSBURN
900
(OB00915 Model)
Dis ribu ed by
Glen Dimplex Aus ralasia
NEW ZEALAND
38 Harris Road, Eas Tamaki, Auckland
Ph: 09 274 8265 Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
www.glendimplex.com.au
AUSTRALIA
Uni 1, 21 Lionel Road
Moun Waverley, Vic oria 3149
Ph: 1 300 554 155 Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
www.glendimplex.com.au
This manual is available for free download on the manufacturer’s web site. It is a copyrighted
document. Re-sale is strictly prohibited. The manufacturer may update this manual from time to
time and cannot be responsible for problems, injuries, or damages arising out of the use of
information contained in any manual obtained from unauthorized sources.

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THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING THIS WOOD FIRE
e want to congratulate you on your purchase and wish to help you get maximum satisfaction
from your wood fire. 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 wood fire comply with
AS/NZS 4012/4013 (1999) and AS/NZS 2918:2001 standards.
Please read his en ire manual before you ins all and use your new wood fire. Failure o follow
ins ruc ions may resul in proper y damage, bodily injury, or even dea h. I is impor an ha you
follow he ins alla ions guidelines exac ly.
Consul your local ci y, borough or shire council abou res ric ions and ins alla ions
requiremen s in your area and he need o ob ain a permi .
KEEP THIS INSTRUCTION MANUAL FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.

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Table of con en
PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE ............................................ 6
1 Safe y Informa ion ......................................................................... 6
1.1 Summary of Operation and Maintenance Cautions and arnings ...................................... 6
2 General Informa ion ....................................................................... 7
2.1 OSBURN 900 Specifications ................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Zone Heating and How to Make it ork for You .................................................................. 9
2.3 The Benefits of Low Emissions and High Efficiency ............................................................. 10
2.4 Osburn’s Commitment to You and the Environment .......................................................... 10
2.4.1 hat is Your New ood fire 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 hat is Good Firewood? ................................................................................................. 11
3.2.2 Tree Species ..................................................................................................................... 11
3.2.3 Log Length ........................................................................................................................ 11
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 Opera ing Your Wood fire ............................................................ 15
4.1 The use of a fire screen........................................................................................................ 15
4.2 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................................... 15
4.3 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................................ 16
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 ood 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

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5 Main aining Your Wood Hea ing Sys em ....................................... 22
5.1 ood fire Maintenance....................................................................................................... 22
5.1.1 Cleaning Door Glass ......................................................................................................... 22
5.1.2 Door Adjustment .............................................................................................................. 23
5.1.3 Replacing the Door Gasket ............................................................................................... 24
5.1.4 Replacing the Glass Gasket and/or the Glass .................................................................. 24
5.1.5 Cleaning and Painting the ood fire ............................................................................... 25
5.2 Flue and Flue System Maintenance ..................................................................................... 25
5.2.1 hy Flue System Cleaning is Necessary .......................................................................... 25
5.2.2 How Often Should You Clean the Flue System? .............................................................. 25
5.2.3 Cleaning the Flue System ................................................................................................. 26
PART B – INSTALLATION ...................................................................... 27
6 Safe y Informa ion ....................................................................... 27
6.1 Summary of Installation Cautions and arnings ................................................................ 27
6.2 Regulations Covering ood fire Installation ....................................................................... 28
7 Clearances o Hea -Sensi ive Ma erials ......................................... 29
7.1 Location of the Certification Label ...................................................................................... 29
7.2 Clearances to alls and Ceiling ........................................................................................... 29
7.3 Floor Protector..................................................................................................................... 30
7.4 Reducing all and Ceiling Clearances Safely ...................................................................... 31
8 The Flue Sys em ........................................................................... 33
8.1 General ................................................................................................................................ 33
8.2 Suitable Flue Systems .......................................................................................................... 33
8.2.1 Factory built Insulated Flue Kits ....................................................................................... 33
8.2.2 Masonry Flue Systems ..................................................................................................... 34
8.3 Minimum Flue System Height ............................................................................................. 35
8.4 The Relationship Between the Flue System and the House................................................ 36
8.4.1 hy Inside Flue Systems are Preferred ........................................................................... 36
8.4.2 hy the Flue System Should Penetrate the Highest Heated Space ................................ 37
8.5 Installing the flue Connector ............................................................................................... 37

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Appendix 1: Ins alling he Op ional Fresh Air In ake Ki (AC01331) ...... 40
Appendix 2: Ins alling he Op ional Fire Screen (AC01318) .................. 41
Appendix 3: Ins alla ion and Use of Op ional Air Circula ion Blower and
Thermodisc ..................................................................... 42
Appendix 4: Exploded Diagram and PARTS LIST ................................... 44
REGISTER YOU WARRANTY ONLINE
To receive full warranty coverage, you will need to show evidence of
the date you purchased your wood fire. Keep your sales invoice. e
also recommend that you register your warranty online at
h p://osburn-aus ralia.com/warran y-regis ra ion.aspx
Registering your warranty online will help us track rapidly the
information we need on your wood fire.

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PART A - OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
Please see Part B for installation instructions.
1SAFETY INFORMATION
1.1 SUMMARY OF OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
•HOT WHILE IN OPERATION, KEEP CHILDREN, CLOTHING AND FURNITURE AWAY. CONTACT
MAY CAUSE SKIN BURNS. GLOVES MAY BE NEEDED FOR WOOD FIRE OPERATION.
•USING A WOOD FIRE WITH CRACKED OR BROKEN COMPONENTS, SUCH AS GLASS OR
FIREBRICKS OR BAFFLES MAY PRODUCE AN UNSAFE CONDITION AND MAY DAMAGE THE
WOOD FIRE.
•OPEN THE AIR CONTROL FULLY BEFORE OPENING FIRING DOOR.
•THIS WOOD FIRE HAS BEEN TESTED FOR USE WITH AN OPEN DOOR IN CONJUNCTION WITH A
FIRE SCREEN (AC01318, SOLD SEPARATELY). THE DOOR MAY BE OPEN OR FIRE SCREEN
REMOVED ONLY DURING LIGHTING PROCEDURES OR RELOADING. ALWAYS CLOSE THE DOOR
OR PUT BACK THE FIRE SCREEN AFTER IGNITION. DO NOT LEAVE THE WOOD FIRE
UNATTENDED WHEN THE DOOR IS OPENED WITH OR WITHOUT FIRE SCREEN.
•NEVER USE GASOLINE, GASOLINE-TYPE LANTERN FUEL (NAPHTHA), FUEL OIL, MOTOR OIL,
KEROSENE, CHARCOAL LIGHTER FLUID, OR SIMILAR LIQUIDS OR AEROSOLS TO START OR
‘FRESHEN UP’ A FIRE IN THIS WOOD FIRE. KEEP ALL SUCH LIQUIDS OR AEROSOLS WELL AWAY
FROM THE WOOD FIRE WHILE IT IS IN USE.
•DO NOT CONNECT TO ANY AIR DISTRIBUTION DUCT OR SYSTEM.
•DO NOT STORE FUEL WITHIN HEATER MINIMUM INSTALLATION CLEARANCES.
•BURN ONLY SEASONED NATURAL FIREWOOD.
•THE USE OF SOME TYPES OF PRESERVATIVE-TREATED WOOD AS A FUEL CAN BE HAZARDOUS.
•DO NOT BURN:
oGARBAGE OF ANY KIND,
oCOAL OR CHARCOAL,
oTREATED, PAINTED OR COATED WOOD,
oPLYWOOD OR PARTICLE BOARD,
oFINE PAPER, COLORED PAPER OR CARDBOARD,
oSALT WATER DRIFTWOOD, OR
oRAILROAD TIES.
•DO NOT ELEVATE THE FIRE BY USING A GRATE IN THIS WOOD FIRE.
•THIS APPLIANCE SHOULD BE MAINTAINED AND OPERATED AT ALL TIMES IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THESE INSTRUCTIONS.

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2 GENERAL INFORMATION
2.1 OSBURN 900 SPECIFICATIONS
Combustible: ood
Heating capacity* 120 m
2
Maximum average heat output – hardwood (Australia): 9.6 k
Average efficiency – hardwood (Australia): 76 %
Average emissions – hardwood (Australia): 2.3 g/kg
Approximate Burn Time* 3 to 5 hours
Color : Metallic black
Flue Spigot Diameter : 150 mm
Flue system : Universal Flue Kit or
Acorn special insulated Flue Kit
Minimum Flue Height (from floor protector): 4.6 meters
Maximum Log Length : 432 mm sideways**
Log loading : Sideways
Firebox Volume : 0,036 m
3
eight: 122 kg
Baffle Material Stainless steel and firebrick
Burn time and heating capacity may vary subject to location in home, flue system draft, flue
system diameter, locality, heat loss factors, climate, fuels and other variables.
Sideways: through the door you see the sides of the logs.

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2.2 ZONE HEATING AND HOW TO MAKE IT WORK FOR YOU
Your new Osburn 900 wood fire is a space heater, which means it is intended to heat the area it is
installed in, as well as spaces that connect to that area, although to a lower temperature. This is
called zone heating and it is an increasingly popular way to heat homes or spaces within homes.
Zone heating can be used to supplement another heating system by heating a particular space
within a home, such as a basement family room or an addition that lacks another heat source.
Although the wood fire may be able to heat the main living areas of your house to an adequate
temperature, we strongly recommend that you also have a conventional oil, gas or electric heating
system to provide backup heating.
Your success with zone heating will depend on several factors, including the correct sizing and
location of the wood fire, the size, layout and age of your home and your climate zone. Three-
season vacation homes can usually be heated with smaller wood fires than houses that are heated
all winter.

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2.3 THE BENEFITS OF LOW EMISSIONS AND HIGH EFFICIENCY
The low smoke emissions produced by the special features inside the Osburn 900 firebox mean
that your household will release up to 90 percent less smoke into the outside environment than if
you used an older conventional wood fire. But there is more to the emission control technologies
than protecting the environment.
The smoke released from wood when it is heated contains about half of the energy content of the
fuel. By burning the wood completely, your wood fire releases all the heat energy from the wood
instead of wasting it as smoke up the flue system. Also, the features inside the firebox allow you to
reduce the air supply to control heat output, while maintaining clean and efficient flaming
combustion, which boosts the efficient delivery of heat to your home.
The emission control and advanced combustion features of your wood fire can only work properly
if your fuel is in the correct moisture content range of 15 to 20 percent. See Sec ion 3 of this
manual for suggestions on preparing fuelwood and judging its moisture.
2.4 OSBURN’S COMMITMENT TO YOU AND THE ENVIRONMENT
The Osburn team is committed to protecting the environment, so we do everything we can to use
only materials in our products that will have no lasting negative impact on the environment.
2.4.1 WHAT IS YOUR NEW WOOD FIRE MADE OF?
The body of your wood fire, which is most of its weight, is carbon steel. Should it ever become
necessary many years in the future, almost the entire wood fire can be recycled into new
products, thus eliminating the need to mine new materials.
The paint coating on your wood fire is very thin. Its VOC content (Volatile Organic Components) is
very low. VOCs can be responsible for smog, so all the paint used during the manufacturing
process meets the latest air quality requirements with regards to VOC reduction or elimination.
The firebrick is made of pumice and cement. Pumice is in fact volcanic rock, a naturally green
product found in the Northwest United States. Disposal at a landfill is recommended.
The door and glass gaskets are fibreglass which is spun from melted sand. Black gaskets have been
dipped into a solvent-free solution. Disposal at a landfill is recommended.
The door glass is a 5 mm thick ceramic material that contains no toxic chemicals. It is basically
made of raw earth materials such as sand and quartz that are combined in such a way to form a
glass at high temperatures. Ceramic glass will not re-melt in the same way as normal glass, so it
should not be recycled with your regular household products. Disposal at a landfill is
recommended.