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<P>Alex,</P>
<P>Thanks for the suggestions.</P>
<P>I like the idea of using a swinging 40 lb sand bag for a bump test.</P>
<P>Lanny</P></SPAN></DIV>
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English</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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stoves</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 12, 2013 9:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Stoves] Hazards for
Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves</DIV>
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<DIV class=moz-cite-prefix><BR>Lanny,<BR>Here are some related testing
standards. The residential heating stoves are tested for clearance to
combustible surfaces and the ability to withstand a swinging 40 lb sand
bag.<BR><BR>is there a UL standard for this or are you starting a new class of
appliance?<BR><BR>Alex<BR><BR><BR>On 12/03/2013 2:45 PM, Lanny Henson
wrote:<BR></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=4>I need liability insurance for an institutional size wood
cooking stove that I would like to market in the USA as well as outside the
USA. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>I need a list of stove hazards, problems and solutions for a
presentation to an insurance underwriter.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Is anyone else working on this? I have started a list and I
would appreciate your input and comments.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Lanny Henson</FONT></P>
<P><FONT size=4>Hazards for Institutional Biomass Cooking Stoves</FONT></P>
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<LI><FONT size=4>Hot surfaces that can cause burns</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Cook space air pollution</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Tip over</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Bump spill not steady footing</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Hot handles </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Over fire run away fire, out of control fire (batch
burners)</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Hot coals spill out, roll out or puff out igniting
combustibles. </FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Flame containment, not enough distance to
combustibles.</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Hot stove surfaces, not enough distance to
combustibles.</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Structural integrity, falls apart, burns up, door fails,
legs breaks off</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Sharp edges that can cut or scrape</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Sparks out the exhaust that could ignite combustibles
</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Volume of fuel in a batch could be a factor. example 12
kg of wood in a wood space heater verses 1 kg of wood in a cook stove. 12
kg has the potential to do more harm than 1 kg.</FONT>
<LI><FONT size=4>Pot spill from difficult access. Like lifting a pot from
a sunken pot stove.</FONT> </LI></OL></SPAN><BR>
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