Quadra-Fire CB1200 Maintaining & Servicing Your Appliance, Proper Shutdown Procedure, A.10, Task

CB 1200 Pellet Stove R

Maintaining & Servicing Your Appliance

3. Cleaning Firepot with Cleaning Rod & Firepot

	Proper Shutdown Procedure				Scraper (Cont’d)
A.10					b. Pull firepot cleaning rod OUT a couple of times to help
		Caution			shake debris loose. If rod is hard to pull, it may be
					necessary to use your firepot scraper to chip away
	Shock and Smoke Hazard				material that has built up on the bottom plate of the
					firepot and to push out any clinkers. Larger clinkers
	• Turn down thermostat, let appliance completely
					may have to be removed from the top of the firepot.
	cool and exhaust blower must be off. Now you				Corn clinkers can be especially difficult to break up.
	can unplug appliance before servicing.
					c. The firepot floor plate must be fully closed when
	• Smoke spillage into room can occur if appliance
	is not cool before unplugging.				finished.
	• Risk of shock if appliance not unplugged before			4.	Cleaning Ash Drawer
	servicing appliance.
				•	Frequency: As needed
B. General Maintenance				•	By: Homeowner
				•	Task:
1.	Types of Fuel				The ash drawer is located in the pedestal. To remove
Depending on the type of fuel you are burning will dictate how					and empty the ash drawer, open both the left and right
often you have to clean your firepot. If the fuel you are burning					side pedestal access doors. They are hinged in the back
has a high dirt or ash content or you are burning shelled field					and held closed magnetically. Pull out on the back of the
corn, it may be necessary to clean the firepot more than once					over-center style latch and then pivot the holding rod out
a day. Dirty fuel will cause clinkers to form in the firepot. A					of the drawer notch on both sides. Pull the ash drawer
clinker is formed when dirt, ash or a non-burnable substance					straight out of the pedestal and empty into a metal or
is heated to 2000°F (1093°C) and becomes glass-like. See					non-combustible container. Place the container in a
“C” in this section for more details on fuels with high ash					safe area, away from combustible materials. Re-install
content.					the ash drawer and check that both latches are secure
					and tight.
				5. Ash Removal from Firebox
				• Frequency: Weekly or as needed
				•	By: Homeowner
				•	Task:
					a. There must not be any hot ashes in the firebox during
			Clinker
					cleaning so allow the appliance to completely cool. The
	Figure 26.1 - Large Clinker
					firebox ash should be removed every time the firepot
2. Cleaning Firepot with Cleaning Rod & Firepot					is cleaned. Frequent cleaning of the ash in the firebox
					will help slow down the build-up of ash in the exhaust
	Scraper
					blower and vent system.
• Frequency: Daily or more often as needed
				NOTE: Remove optional log set if installed.
•	By: Homeowner
					b. Plug in your appliance, if unplugged, and turn the
•	Task:
	a. The appliance must be in complete shutdown and cool				thermostat on and immediately shut it off to start the

and the exhaust blower off.	exhaust blower on its cycle time. It will pull fly ash out
	the exhaust instead of into the room.

WARNING

Fire Hazard.

•NEVER pull firepot cleaning rod when appli- ance is operating. Hot pellets may fall into ashpan and may start a fire or you may expe- rience mis-starts due to lack of vacuum.

WARNING

Disposal of Ashes

•Ashes should be placed in metal container with tight fitting lid.

•Ashes should be retained in closed container until all cinders have thoroughly cooled.

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