Harman XXV owners: Next time you disassemble your unit to clean it could you video it?

I should have had the camera rolling yest. I was cleaning the stove and had the ash pan out fan cover off and using my paint brush and the shop vac at the same time. My precious little girl (3) sneaks up to vacuum and turns it to blow! Yeah that sucked! ðŸ˜

lightyear said:

Hey guys,
I want to make sure that I am cleaning my unit (haha)

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Uh huh huh huh. Unit.

I just did my first "tear down" of my XXV this past weekend and it was a greater pain in the ass than I expected. If I can do it, anyone can do it -- but be armed with patience, esp. when you get to the long screw holding the combustion blower in place.

My first tear down/clean took so long there probably wouldn't have been enough terrabytes on YouTube, anyway. Now that I know what I'm doing (and now that the screws are looser), I think I can do the next one much more efficiently.

thedude110 said:

lightyear said:

Hey guys,
I want to make sure that I am cleaning my unit (haha)

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Uh huh huh huh. Unit.

I just did my first "tear down" of my XXV this past weekend and it was a greater pain in the ass than I expected. If I can do it, anyone can do it -- but be armed with patience, esp. when you get to the long screw holding the combustion blower in place.

My first tear down/clean took so long there probably wouldn't have been enough terrabytes on YouTube, anyway. Now that I know what I'm doing (and now that the screws are looser), I think I can do the next one much more efficiently.

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Yeah, that long bolt was a bit of a surprise. I used a small wrench and went up through the slots in the bottom of the stove to loosen it. I cleaned my stove and vent in an hour but I have a very simple install.

Chicks dig a clean unit.

This video is great, it's not a XXV, but all Harmans are similar enough that this will show you what you need to see...

XXV is such a good stove it doesn't need cleaned.

thedak said:

XXV is such a good stove it doesn't need cleaned.

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True. Says it right in the manual.

Here's what I do on my P43

Daily:
Scrape the sh*t out of the burn pot and remove excess ash. I do this with the stove running. Kills the flame but it comes right back a minute after closing the door.

Monthly:
Remove the flame guide and fire brick, brushing it off inside the stove.
Scrape burn pot and empty it completely into ash pan.
With the stove still warm I dab a cool damp rag on the surfaces of the burn pot. Whatever build up is there will crackle and release itself from the metal, then I give it a good scrape/vacuum.
Remove plate under burn pot and vacuum the ash from the igniter compartment. I make sure all holes are clear with a light and mirror.
Stiff brush on inside of stove, everywhere I can reach.
Wire brush on the heat exchanger.
Make sure all loose ash is brushed into ash pan, then remove the ash pan and empty it out back. Maybe it gets a bit of compressed air while outside just to clean it better.
Vacuum/brush every nook and cranny in the stove before putting everything back in place.
Through most of the brushing I keep the vacuum in hand to suck up the ash, and the combustion fan is running to suck ash out of the stove.
Clean the glass with damp cloth or maybe a magic eraser if I feel like it.

Every second monthly cleaning (I'm over due for this stuff, maybe this weekend):
Remove ESP and clean it off with alcohol, gently
Remove T caps and sweep entire vent system, including adapter from inside stove while the ESP is removed.
Clean all fans
Vacuum fines from auger compartment (wing nut in the back of the stove near the auger)

Yearly:
Leaf blower trick once a year would be good. I might not be able to because of where the end of my vent is.

Don't think I missed anything...