Maintenance
HOW TO PREVENT RUST AND CORROSION
At the end of each heating season, clean both primary and secondary heat exchangers. Also, clean the ash pan thoroughly. Paint the inside of the heat exchanger with automobile crankcase oil. This will decrease rusting caused by summer moisture.
The black paint on firing door area may wear or burn off. It can be repainted with a high temperature, flat black,
CLEANING THE CHIMNEY, SMOKE PIPE AND HEAT EXCHANGER
Avoid chimney fires. On a regular schedule, check for creosote and soot buildup in chimney, smoke pipe, and heat exchanger. They must be kept clean. Keep a professional chimney sweep in mind if you have access to one.
Steel brushes are the safest for cleaning metal surfaces. Salt solutions and some chemicals may damage metal surfaces. Do not over fire your furnace. Do not burn anything that combusts in seconds. Excessive fuel temperatures may result, thereby igniting creosote.
To clean the chimney, obtain a stiff brush with an extendible handle. Then insert the brush into chimney from the top. Continue the brushing and sweeping downward until entire length of chimney is cleaned.
After cleaning chimney, debris will be at the bottom of chimney at the
The smoke pipe, from furnace to chimney, can be cleaned with an
For cleaning the secondary heat exchanger you can use a steel brush. Use a 4 x 6” brush for the Eagle I - Husky and a 3 x 8” brush for the Eagle II - Polar, with a flexible steel handle. The primary heat exchanger
can be cleaned with any steel brush. A furnace vacuum cleaner may be used.
NOTE: Soot will act as an insulator which causes less heat to be transferred into your duct system. It also causes more heat out your chimney. Both reduce the efficiency of the wood and fuel being burned.
CAUTION: Before cleaning chimney, smoke pipe, and furnace, turn electrical power off to furnace and other appliances
connected to chimney. Be sure wood fire is out and inside of furnace is cool.
CAUTION: In case of chimney fire, call the fire department immediately!
CAUTION: Extinguish the fire in the furnace. Do this by setting the thermostats all the way down to close
the primary air damper and oil burner. Empty fire chamber and ash pan into safe, fireproof container.
NOTE: Do not use your furnace until a professional inspection has been made. They should inspect your furnace, smoke pipe and chimney.
DISPOSAL OF ASHES
Ashes should be placed in a metal container with a tight fitting lid. The closed container of ashes should be placed on a noncombustible floor or on the ground. Place the container well away from all combustible materials, pending final disposal. Ashes can be disposed of by burial in soil or otherwise locally dispersed. First, the ashes should be retained in the container until all cinders have thoroughly cooled.
CREOSOTE-FORMATION AND NEED FOR REMOVAL
When wood is burned slowly, it produces tar and other organic vapors. This combines with expelled moisture to form creosote. The creosote vapors condense in the relatively cool chimney flue of a
The chimney connector and chimney should be inspected at least twice monthly during the heating season. This is to determine if a creosote buildup has occurred.
If creosote has accumulated it should be removed to reduce the risk of a chimney fire.
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