What are the routine things that I do to keep my stove working right?
Routine maintenance tasks are essential to peak stove performance: • Burn pot (Figure 15): Checked daily and cleaned periodically to keep air inlets open. Frequency of cleaning depends on fuel type, grade, and content. • Ash drawer (see Figure 15): Emptying recommended before starting new fires and occasionally during stove operation. Frequency depends on fuel and stove design. Typically once or twice a week, but monthly in some new designs. • Heat exchanger (Figure 16): On some stoves, simply a matter of moving a rod that scrapes the tubes inside the stove. May require professional service on others. • Ash traps: Chambers located behind the fire chamber which prevent excess fly ash in the exhaust from exiting the stove. Easily accessed for ash removal by owners in some designs; on others, professional service is required. • Glass: Cleaned with glass cleaner, when the glass is completely cool, on stoves with effective air wash systems. May require more vigorous methods on others. Shoul
Routine maintenance tasks are essential to peak stove performance: * Burn pot (Figure 15). Checked daily and cleaned periodically to keep air inlets open. Frequency of cleaning depends on fuel type, grade, and content. * Ash drawer (see Figure 15). Emptying recommended before starting new fires and occasionally by interrupting stove operation. Frequency depends on fuel and stove design. Typically once or twice a week, but monthly in some new designs. * Heat exchanger (Figure 16) On some stoves, simply a matter of moving a rod that scrapes the tubes inside the stove. May require professional service on others. * Ash traps. Chambers located behind the fire chamber which prevent excess fly ash in the exhaust from exiting the stove. Easily accessed for ash removal by owners in some designs; on others requires professional service. * Glass. Cleaned with glass cleaner when the glass is completely cool on stoves with effective air wash systems. May require more vigorous methods on others. * H
