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Pellet Stove Maintenance Part 2

Below is a few more tips for helping maintain your pellet stoves best preformance:

Heat Exchange

Located within the combustion chamber is the heat exchanger which is designed to transfer the heat from burning pellet fuel into clean hot air for distribution into the home. This is usually done by a chamber or a series of tubes located in the firebox that the hot air and gases pass over, heating the outside of the chamber before exiting the pellet stove. Fresh air is then passed through the inside of the chamber drawing the heat out of the pellet stove and into the room.

For maximum efficiency and preformance the surface of the heat exchanger should be cleaned regularly. The frequency of these cleaning will again depend on the pellet stove design and may range from daily to monthly. Refer to your owner's manual for cleaning instructions. On some pellet stoves, cleaning is simply a matter of moving a rod that scrapes the tubes inside the stove. Again other pellet stoves, however, may require professional servicing.

Ash traps

These are chambers that are located behind the fire chamber which prevent excess fly ash in the exhaust from exiting the pellet stove. In some designs they are easily accessed for ash removal by owners. Other designs require professional servicing again

Glass

Clean with glass cleaner when the glass has cooled down.

Hopper and auger

Check for accumulated sawdust materials (fines). The fuel in the hopper and auger tube should be run out occasionally to prevent auger blockage by fines.

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