Ashley AW100E Mode D'emploi page 13

WOODSTOVE UTILIZATION
This heater is designed to burn natural wood only. Higher efficiencies and lower emissions generally result when
burning air dried seasoned hardwoods, as compared to softwoods or to green or freshly cut hardwoods.
DO NOT BURN:
1. Garbage;
2. Lawn clippings or yard waste;
3. Materials containing rubber, including tires;
4. Materials containing plastic;
5. Waste petroleum products, paints or paint thinners,
or asphalt products;
6. Materials containing asbestos;
7. Construction or demolition debris;
8. Railroad ties or pressure-treated wood;
9. Manure or animal remains;
Burning these materials may result in release of toxic fumes or render the heater ineffective and cause smoke.
Dead wood lying on the forest floor should be considered wet, and requires full seasoning time. Standing dead
wood can usually be considered to be about 2/3 seasoned. Splitting and stacking wood before it is stored
accelerates drying time. Storing wood on an elevated surface from the ground and under a cover or covered
area from rain or snow also accelerates drying time. A good indicator if wood is ready to burn is to check the
piece ends. If there are cracks radiating in all directions from the center then the wood should be dry enough
to burn. If your wood sizzles in the fire, even though the surface is dry, it may not be fully cured, and should be
seasoned longer
Waste and other flammable materials should not be burned in your stove. 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.
TYPE
Hickory
White Oak
Red Oak
Beech
Sugar Maple
Black Oak
Ash
Yellow Birch
Red Maple
Paper Birch
Elm/Sycamore
Red Spruce
It is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT that you use DRY WOOD only in your wood stove. The wood should have dried for 9
to 15 months, such that the humidity content (in weight) is reduced below 20% of the weight of the log. It is very
important to keep in mind that even if the wood has been cut for one, two or even more years, it is not necessarily
dry, if it has been stored in poor conditions. Under extreme conditions it may rot instead of drying. This point
cannot be over stressed; the vast majority of the problems related to the operation of a wood stove is caused by
the fact that the wood used was too damp or had dried in poor conditions. These problems can be:
- ignition problems
- creosote build-up causing chimney fires
- low energy yield
- blackened windows
- incomplete log combustion
WEIGHT PER CORD
(LBS. CU. FT.,
DRY)
63 4500
48 4100
46 3900
45 3800
44 3700
43 3700
42 3600
40 3400
38 3200
37 3100
34 2900
29 1800
10. Salt water driftwood or other previously salt water
saturated materials;
11. Unseasoned wood; or
12. Paper products,
particleboard. The prohibition against burning
these materials does not prohibit the use of fire
starters made from paper, cardboard, saw dust,
wax and similar substances for the purpose of
starting a fire in an affected wood heater.
EFFICIENCY SPLITS
RANKING
1.0 Well
.9 Fair
.8 Fair
.7 Hard
.6 Fair
.6 Fair
.5 Well
.4 Hard
.3 Fair
.3 Easy
.2 Very Difficult
.1 Easy
cardboard, plywood,
MILLIONS
BTU's/CORD
31.5
28.6
27.4
26.8
26.2
25.6
25.0
23.8
22.6
22.1
20.1
16.1
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