England's Stove Works 55SHPAH Gas Heater User Manual


 
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Usealonghandledscrewdriverorputtyknifetoremoveanydepositsleftinthe
burnpot,beingcarefultoremovethemfromtheburnpotandnotallowthemtofilter
downintothecradlearea.Excessiveashbuildupinthecradlecancausepoorstove
performance(See“Cleaning
theBurnpot,”below).
Turntheashpanlatchcounterclockwiseuntilitreleasesandslidetheashpanoutofthe
stove.
Dumptheashesintoametalcontainer(asdescribedabove)andstorethemonanon
combustiblesurfacetoallowanyemberstocoolbeforedisposal.
Slidetheashpanbackintothestove;rotatethelatchclockwise,makingcertainit
catchesthelipabovetheashpanopening.Thestoveisnowreadytoresumenormal
operation.
BecertaintheashpanisALWAYSinstalledproperlyinthestove;anairtightsealaround
theashpaniscrucialforproperoperationofthestove.
CleaningtheBurnpot
Alongwithremovingashesfromthestove,cleaningtheburnpotistheotheressentialpart
ofdailymaintenancethatwillkeepthestoveoperatingatitspeak.Pelletscontainvarying
amountsofimpuritiesandfusiblematerialthatwillaccumulateintheburnpotovertime.Some
pelletswillcontainmuchhigheramountsofthesefusibleimpurities,thereforeextravigilance
mayberequiredtomaintainacleanburnpot.Allowingimpuritiestobuildupintheburnpot
canrestricttheairflowtothefire,resultinginadirty,inefficientburn.
Alwaysallowthestovetofinishtheshutdowncycleandcoolcompletelybefore
performinganymaintenanceinsidethefirebox.
Openthemaindoorofthestoveandremovetheburnpotbyliftingitstraightupand
outofthecradle.WARNINGTheburnpotcanremainHOTlongafterthefirehasgone
out,sowearprotectivegloveswheneverhandlinga
potentiallyhotburnpot.
Oncetheburnpotisoutofthestove,usealonghandledscrewdriverorputtyknife,as
previouslymentioned,theremoveanydepositsfromtheinsideoftheburnpot.
Becertainallairorificesareclearandunrestrictedbyfusibleashmatter;afinetipped
screwdriverorscratchawlcanbeusefulinremovingstubbornmatterfromthese
orifices.
Removeanyashmaterialfromthebottomofthecradleandbrushanyashfromthetop
ofthecradleintotheashpanbelow.Keepingthetopofcradlefreeofashiscrucialin
allowingtheburnpottomakeapositiveairtightsealwiththetopofthecradle.
Inserttheburnpotbackintothecradleusingthereverseoftheproceduredetailed
above.