United States Stove 5660(I) Stove User Manual


 
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MAINTENANCE‐continued
Cleaning
HeatExchangerTubesYourPelletStoveRoomHeaterisdesignedwithabuiltinheatexchangertubecleaner.
Thisshouldbeusedevery2or3daystoremoveashbuildupontheheatexchangertubes,whichcanreduceheat
transfer.Thehandle,fortheheatexchangertubecleaner,
islocatedinfrontoftheventtubesonfrontside of
heater.Slidetherodfronttobackseveraltimestocleanthetubesthenfollowtheinstructionsforashremoval.
FansDANGER:RISKOFELECTRICSHOCK.DISCONNECTPOWERBEFORESERVICINGUNIT
Overtimeashordustmayaccumulateonthebladesofthecirculation&exhaustfans.Thefansshouldbe
inspected,periodically,andifanyaccu mulationispresentvacuumedcleanastheashordustcanim pedethefans
performance.Itisalsopossiblethatcreosote mayaccumulateintheexhaust
fan,thismustbebrushedclean.
Theexhaustfancanbefoundbehindtheleftsidepanel(facingthefrontoftheheater),thecirculationfancanbe
foundbehindtherightsidepanel.Toaccesstheigniter,removetheairinlettubeandcover(2screws)(Figure27).
Note:Whencleaningtakecarenottodamagethefanblades.
Figure26
Figure27
WARNING:DONOTATTEMPTTOOPERATETHEHEATEXCHANGETUBE
CLEANERWHILETHEPELLETSTOVEISINOPERATIONORCOOLING
DOWN;WAITUNTILPELLETSTOVEHASCOOLEDCOMPLETELYBEFORE
PERFORMINGTHISPROCEDURE.