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VACCUM USE
If a vacuum is used to clean your stove, we suggest using a vacuum designed for
ashes.
Some regular vacuums and shop vacs leak ash into the room. Your vacuum or shop
vac may have a special filter or bag available to eliminate this leakage.
CLEANING
a.
Heat Exchange Tubes
– Your BIO-35 stove is designed with a built-in heat
exchanger tube cleaner. This should be used weekly to remove accumulated
ash on the tubes. Slide the cleaning rod back and forth two or three times
from front to back (refer to figure 43). When finished, push the cleaning rod
back in, behind the louvers.
b.
Baffle
: Remove the baffle and scrape off ashes. Slide both sides toward the
center to remove the baffle(Figure 46) Use a vacuum is necessary. In some
cases, you will need to remove creosote on the baffle, which can accumulate
rapidly under certain conditions. A small wire brush can be used. It is
important to remove this creosote because it is highly combustible and could
cause premature corrosion.
*When replacing the baffle, make sure that the open side of the baffle is
located on the left.
c.
Chamber walls:
Periodically, you must vacuum the ashes that may have
accumulated on the main walls of the combustion chamber. START BY
REMOVING THE DECORATIVE MASONRY-LIKE PANELS, WHICH ARE
SIMPLY HELD BY CLIPS. The use of a vacuum is necessary. There is
also a cleaning outlet located behind the left side panel of the combustion
chamber. Remove this panel using a screw driver. Loosen the adjustment
screws then remove the securing screws(Figure 47). Slide the wall toward
right(Figure 48), tilt it (Figure 49) then remove it from the combustion
chamber. Scrape off ashes. You will notice a small rectangular cleaning
outlet. Inspect behind this outlet (see Figure 50) Insert the vacuum tip through
the cleaning outlet and clean thoroughly. REPEAT THIS OPERATION AT
LEAST ONCE PER TON OF PELLETS BURNED UNTIL YOU ARE
FAMILIAR WITH HOW ASHES ACCUMULATE WITH YOUR OPERATING
PRACTICES.
d.
Convection blowers -
Clean the blower’s protective wire mesh regularly as
dust and hair build-ups on the mesh will reduce the efficiency of the blowers
and may cause the stove to overheat.
ADJUTMENT
SCREWS
SECURING
SCREWS
Figure 47
Figure 49
Figure 46
Baffle removal
Figure 48
Figure 50
