Upland 207P, Installation And Operation Manual

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than frequently shutting it off and relighting, the
carbon build up will be much slower. You should be
able to run the stove continuously for 3 weeks before
you must clean out the burn pot.
Also allow the bed of coals remain piled up around
the burn pot. This will keep the burn pot hotter and
will allow the charcoal embers to fully burn. It should
look like a volcano. Clean away the embers or ash if
they start to interfer with the air exiting the nozzle.
Resistance in the auger develops from the build up of
creosote or in some cases saw or ash dust.
Do not
poke or stir the embers burning in the burn pot.
You can test this back pressure by using your hand to
rotate the auger gear motor away from its stop on the
bottom of the hopper while the unit is running at the
one-half heat setting.
The motor will be hot. Avoid
the wires. Note the resistance on the lever when you
just cleaned the stove. When this resistance
increased to the point that you cannot rotate the
auger motor away from the stop easily with your
thumb - it is time to plan for a cleaning.
Consumers have the tendency to run the stove with
too much combustion air. As an indication, the
window will get dirty faster if there is to much
combustion air. Keep the burn at the top of the burn
pot.
CLEANING
Spread out the volcano to allow remaining embers
to burn out. Allow the stove to run out of fuel and
cool over night.