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Pellet Stove Maintenance

Now you have completed your pellet stove installation, so next thing is too look at maintenance, it's important to get into a regular routine of cleaning and upkeeping to ensure the best performance from your pellet stoves.

Below are a few general tips and areas to watch out for.

Burn pot

Regularly check the burn pot daily and clean it periodically to keep the air inlets open. How often you will need to clean the burn pot depends on the type and grade of fuel you will be using. Check your manual for details for more details.

The burn pot is the stove's carburetor, mixing the air and the fuel to enable combustion. The correct adjustment of the air and fuel rates is crucial to getting top performance from your pellet stove appliance. When your pellet stove is running normally you should see a bright yellow or white flame. You may also notice a white or gray build up of ash on the glass on high burn and a darker fluffy ash on low burn: this is normal. But if the flame is orange and sooty or there's a build up of a brown caramel-like substance, then you need to take some action because your stove isn't burning efficiently.

Some pellet stoves are equipped with air dampers or adjustable feed openings that you can adjust yourself whereas others will require adjustment to the control board which may require a qualified technician.

Another problem to watch out for is a buildup of clinkers in the firebox. Clinkers are formed from ash that has melted and then hardened. If ash in the burn pot starts to melt, as it can easily do at the high temperatures reached in modern pellet stoves, then it can block the air holes of the incoming air and upset the mixture of air and fuel. Incorrect adjustment of the air to fuel ratio can greatly increase the likelihood of clinker formation. This is due to the stoves inability to adequately burn the excess fuel and remove the excess ash that is building up in the burn pot. Clinkers are easily removed by using the ash tool or rake that comes with your pellet stove.

Ash drawer

Empty the ash drawer before starting a new fire ,the frequaency for emptying the ash drawer will depend on the type of pellet stove design you have brought but typically once or twice a week.

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