Quadra-Fire CASTILE-PMH owner manual 10Maintaining & Servicing Your Appliance, Types of Fuel, Task

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Castile Pellet Stove

10Maintaining & Servicing Your Appliance

A. Proper Shutdown Procedure

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CAUTION

Shock and Smoke Hazard

Turn down thermostat, let appliance completely cool and exhaust blower must be off. Now you can unplug appliance before servicing.

Smoke spillage into room can occur if appliance is not cool before unplugging.

Risk of shock if appliance not unplugged before servicing appliance.

WARNING

Fire Risk

NEVER pull firepot cleaning rod or cleaning slide plates out when appliance is operating.

The cleaning slide plates must be fully CLOSED when appliance is operating.

•.Hot pellets may fall into ashpan and start a fire or mis-starts due to lack of vacuum.

B.General Maintenance

1.Types of Fuel

Depending on the type of fuel you are burning will dictate how often you have to clean your firepot. If the fuel you are burning has a high dirt or ash content or you are burning shelled field corn, it may be necessary to clean the firepot more than once a day. Dirty fuel will cause clinkers to form in the firepot. A clinker is formed when dirt, ash or a non-burnable substance is heated to 2000°F (1093°C) and becomes glass-like. See “C” in this section for more details on fuels with high ash content.

Clinker

Figure 27.1 - Large Clinker

2.Cleaning Firepot with Cleaning Rod & Firepot Scraper

Frequency: Daily or more often as needed

By: Homeowner

Task:

a.The appliance must be in complete shutdown and cool and the exhaust blower off.

b.Pull firepot cleaning rod OUT a couple of times to help shake debris loose. If rod is hard to pull, it may be necessary to use your firepot scraper to chip away material that has built up on the bottom plate of the firepot and to push out any clinkers. Larger clinkers may have to be removed from the top of the firepot. Corn clinkers can be especially difficult to break up.

c.The firepot floor plate must be fully closed when finished.

3.Cleaning Ash Pan

Frequency: As needed

By: Homeowner

Task:

Locate the ash pan underneath the firepot. Open the bottom ash door and slide the ash pan straight out. Empty into a noncombustible container and re-install ash pan. See Disposal of Ashes on page 28.

4.Ash Removal from Firebox

Frequency: Weekly or as needed

By: Homeowner

Task:

a.There must not be any hot ashes in the firebox during cleaning so allow the appliance to completely cool. The firebox ash should be removed every time the firepot is cleaned. Frequent cleaning of the ash in the firebox will help slow down the build-up of ash in the exhaust blower and vent system.

b.Plug in your appliance, if unplugged, and turn the thermostat on and immediatley shut it off to start the exhaust blower on its cycle time. It will pull fly ash out the exhaust instead of into the room.

c.Open cast hinged face. Directly underneath the firebox door and to the left and right of the firepot are 2 cleaning slide plates with finger holes. Pull both slide plates out and then open the glass door. Sweep the remaining ash from the firebox into the 2 open holes. A paint brush works well for this. Close slide plates.

d.This ash is deposited in the same ash pan as the firepot debris. The ash pan should be emptied every time you clean the firebox. Remember to place the ash and debris into a metal or noncombustible container.

e.The 2 cleaning slide plates must be fully closed when cleaning is complete. See Disposal of Ashes on page 28.

October 11,, 2005

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