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MONTHLYMAINTENANCE

ImportantNotes

 Aswithanymaintenanceconcerningthisunit,besuretheunitis“OFF,”hascompleted

theShut‐Downcycle,andiscompletelycoolBEFOREbeginning.

 BeawarethatmetalpartsinthefireboxcanremainHOTlongafterthefirehasgoneout

andEVENaftertheShut‐Downcycleiscomplete.Alwaysuseextremecautionwhen

handlingpotentiallyhotstoveparts,evenifyouthinktheyshouldbecold.

 MonthlymaintenanceshouldincludethestepslistedinthissectionASWELLASthe

stepslistedinthe“DailyMaintenance”section.

 Intervalsbetweenmonthlycleaningswilldepend

onthedurationthatthestoveis

burningonadailybasis.Astovewhichisoperatedcontinuouslywillneedmore

frequentmonthlycleaningsthanastovewhichisusedperiodicallyassupplemental

heat.

 Agoodruleofthumbformonthlymaintenanceisthatitshouldbedoneeach

timean

entiretonofpelletsisburnedORoncepermonth,whichevercomesfirst.

 Ifexcessashaccumulationisfoundintheexhaustchamberorventingsystemduring

monthlymaintenance,theintervalbetweencleaningsshouldbereducedtoeliminate

thepossibilityofpoorstoveperformanceduetoashaccumulation.

ExhaustChamberCleaning

Theexhaustchamberofthestovewasintentionallydesignedasanashaccumulation

area.Allowingashtoaccumulateherepreventsexcessashbuild‐upinthecombustionblower

andtheventingsystem.Similarly,theexhaustchamberiseasilyaccessibleviathetwoexhaust

chamberclean‐outportslocatedinthe

firebox.

 Usinga5/16”socketwrench,removethetwoscrewswhichholdeachoftheclean‐out

coversinplace.Thecleanoutcoversarelocatedonthebackwallofthefirebox,near

thebottom.

 RemovethecleanoutcoversfromthefireboxandBEFOREvacuumingthechamberout,

observe

thetypeandquantityofashbuild‐up.Theashdepositedintheexhaust

chambershouldbelight,fluffy,greyorwhiteincolor,andshouldbenohigherthanhalf

wayuptheclean‐outport.

o DoNOTallowtheashtoaccumulatehigherthanabouthalfway

upthecleanout

port;significantashaccumulationinthisareacan“choke”thecombustion

blowerandcausepoorstoveperformance.

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