Specifications
Century S245E 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 S245E 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 ............................................... 9
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 Your First Fires ..................................................................................................... 15
4.2 Lighting Fires ........................................................................................................ 15
4.2.1 Conventional Fire Starting ................................................................................. 15
4.2.2 The Top Down Fire ........................................................................................... 16
4.2.3 Two Parallel Logs ............................................................................................. 16
4.2.4 Using Fire Starters ............................................................................................ 16
4.3 Maintaining Wood Fires ........................................................................................ 17
4.3.1 General Advice ................................................................................................. 17
4.3.2 Ash Removal ..................................................................................................... 17
4.3.3 Raking Charcoal ............................................................................................... 18
4.3.4 Firing Each New Load Hot ................................................................................ 18
4.3.5 Turning Down the Air Supply ............................................................................ 19
4.3.6 Building Different Fires for Different Needs ....................................................... 20