DAILY MAINTENANCE
Ash Removal and Disposal
•Press the “Off” button and allow the stove to complete the
•Grasp the heat exchange cleaning rod located at the middle of the decorative room air grill and repeatedly pull it in and out until ash stops falling from the tubes into the firebox. NOTE – The heat exchange tubes are the primary medium which transfers heat from the fire into the room. Keeping them free of fly ash is crucial to high efficiency operation of the unit.
•Because of the open design of the firebox, the majority of the ash will already be in the ash pan. Open the main door of the stove and use an old paint brush or putty knife to move ash from around the burnpot into the ash pan below.
•Use a long handled screwdriver or putty knife to remove any deposits left in the burnpot, being careful to remove them from the burnpot and not allow them to filter down into the cradle area. Excessive ash
•Turn the ash pan latch counterclockwise until it releases and slide the ash pan out of the stove.
•Dump the ashes into a metal container (as described above) and store them on a
•Slide the ash pan back into the stove; rotate the latch clockwise, making certain it catches the lip above the ash pan opening. The stove is now ready to resume normal operation.
•Be certain the ash pan is ALWAYS installed properly in the stove; an air- tight seal around the ash pan is crucial for proper operation of the stove.
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