USSC 5510

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gitarded

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Oct 7, 2010
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NEW WINDSOR,MD,21776
I have a USSC 5510 that is working great now that I found the info on this site. Two more questions. I have my stove vented directly out the wall with a cap 1 foot from the wall. Burns Clean no black on the house. Once a week it seems, after restarting the stove, it looks like an old steam locomotive coming out the pipe. It is only a 4 ft run to the outside. It's clean, scrubbed and vacuumed. There is sometimes a little smoke in the stove before the flame actually starts but not enough for the choo choo train smoke I am getting. It goes away within a minute or two after starting. Any clues? Also any help on info for cleaning the heat exchanger? Is it just the traps and the fire box and the area above the flame? Thanks in advance.

And one more question, sometimes my pellets burn to a fine almost talcum like powder and sometimes more corse.. same brand and same batch. Just differences in the moisture maybe?
 
I don't know why this happens but my neighbor's house has a similar setup with a Harman and it does the same thing. It looks like a dragon is in there.
 
smokes a little till it comes up to operating temp and can burn clean, this is normal as long as it is only for a min or two
 
Mine will smoke untill the flames lite up. I use a paint brush to clean ash from the heat exchanger and leaf blower on the pipe to help clean the draft fan blades. I only clean once a week if I have to, just wipe the glass a few times a day. Seems like when this stove gets dirty it puts out more heat. Ashes I get mostly fine and a little course.
 
Thanks for the info, I scrub the pipe one a month just to be sure. Never get much out of it though, it's burning pretty clean. Then I shove a piece of PVC I adapted to my shop vac in there while I am cleaning it to suck all the rest out. Might have to try the leafblower out!
 
Search on here for the leaf blower trick. I don't leave it on the pipe to long, I think it spins the fan real fast and might be hard on the motor bearings. I have looked inside the pipe at the stove outlet and seen the fan is really clean after that trick.
 
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