Quadra-Fire MTVERNINSAE-PMH Large Clinker Cleaning Heat Exchanger, Drop Tube & Exhaust

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Mt. Vernon Pellet Insert (AE)

5.Cleaning Firepot with Firepot Clean-Out Tool

•Frequency:

Softwood Pellets: Weekly or every 5 bags

Hardwood Pellets: Weekly or every 3 bags

Alternate Fuel: Daily or everyr 1 bag

•By: Homeowner

a.Be sure the wall control screen says OFF and the appliance is allowed to cool.

b.It may be necessary to use your ﬁ repot clean-out tool to chip away material that has built up on the sides of the ﬁ repot and to push out any clinkers.

•Larger clinkers may have to be removed from the top of the ﬁ repot.

•If the clinker adheres to the sides of the ﬁ repot, you will need to manually clean the ﬁ repot.

c.After power is restored, the auto-clean system will recycle and then clean itself.

Tools Needed: A Shop Vac and generic micro cleaning kit; ﬂ at head and Phillips screwdriver; 11/32 Nut-driver or wrench.

Shop Vac* Example	Micro Cleaning Kit*
	Example

* Can be purchased at your local hardware store.

d. The firepot floor plate must be fully closed when ﬁ nished.

a.It is necessary to remove the bafﬂ e to gain access to the heat exchanger. Follow instructions for bafﬂ e removal on page 40.

b.Vacuum the ash from the heat exchanger with an upholstery brush to remove the majority of the ash. Be sure to vacuum the back of the bafﬂ e also. Inspect the drop tube and remove any residue build-up in the drop tube. Figure 37.1.

Clinker

Figure 37.1 - Large Clinker

6.Cleaning Heat Exchanger, Drop Tube & Exhaust

•Frequency: Monthly or every 1 ton of fuel (aprx. 50 bags).

•By: Homeowner

NOTE: There are heavy duty vacuum cleaners speciﬁ cally designed for solid fuel appliance cleaning.

WARNING! Hopper Fire Risk!

Figure 37.2 - Example of a dirty heat exchanger

For trouble free use of your pellet appliance you must per- form cleaning as called for in these instructions. Not doing so will result in:

•Poor operating performance

•Smoke spillage into the home

•Overheating of components

Not properly cleaning your appliance on a regular basis will void your warranty.

Figure 37.3

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