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corey21

Minister of Fire
Oct 28, 2010
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Soutwest VA
Could i use a vacuum to clean my baffle and burn tubes out by running the hose up inside them?

My stove baffles and burn tubes are welded in place. Any ideas would help thank you.
 
corey21 said:
Could i use a vacuum to clean my baffle and burn tubes out by running the hose up inside them?

My stove baffles and burn tubes are welded in place. Any ideas would help thank you.

I use a shop vac with a filter on mine. Obviously be sure there are absolutely no coals left in the stove and everything has had plenty of time to cool down.
 
Thank you. You are talking about baffle right sounded like you were talking about ash.
 
corey21 said:
Thank you. You are talking about baffle right sounded like you were talking about ash.

I use it all over the inside of my stove.
 
Well took the vacum to my stove today also found out i had a lot of ash clogging the primary air vent. Got it all unclogged done a small fire test and it improved things.
 
Just remember, ash has been known to have negative effects on vac motors. That is why there are ash vac. Just a warning if you really like or paid a pretty penny for your vac. Also, if you ever pick up one warm coal, be prepared for the worst!

pen
 
pen said:
Just remember, ash has been known to have negative effects on vac motors. That is why there are ash vac. Just a warning if you really like or paid a pretty penny for your vac. Also, if you ever pick up one warm coal, be prepared for the worst!

pen

Thank you pen. The vacum is a cheap one and my stove was cold for about a week and half.
 
Corey,

What Pen is saying in code is don't use the wife's good vac. Ok? :)
 
That is a good point.
 
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