This morning its in the upper 20's F outside and the Old whit is full of ash, at least the area around the burn tray and inside the firebox.
I started the little Whit to help keep the house warm and shut the big unit off.
The fans continue to run for maybe 15 minutes, but the stove is not going to be cold for another hour or more.
Vacuuming the stove at this stage is not a really good idea, unless a vacuum fire is something you have always wanted to see.
Our vacuum is a central unit mounted in the basement and I really don't want to catch the dust canister on fire.
Sooo, just as soon as the stove shut down, out with the leather gloves, pliers and other suitable tools to handle a HOT Burn Pot.
A quicky sweep out of the ashes into the ash tray then remove that and dump it in a suitable metal canister and outside with it.
All told, the fire was out maybe 30 minutes max.
All back up and going again. \\\\was still too hot to do more than give the windows a quick wipe off with a dry rag and vacuum the loose ashes off the door gasket and window clamping plates.
Toss everything back in add a handfull of shells, press the go button, stick the torch in and in about 30 seconds close the door, turn the feed on and its Off to the rodeo.
This weekend I will cool it off longer and do a better cleaning and tend to the glass as well.
Week ago Sunday I removed the ash traps, and cleaned it well and sucked it wth the leaf blower really good too.
The really fine ash from the shells piles up pretty quick on a 24/7 schedule.
Usually its Sundays job to clean the stoves, but this past Sunday got stupid busy and I missed the normal cleaning.
Tonight is "Survivor Night" and we go to friends house for dinner and the show, and I dont want to have to fool with the stove at 9:30 when we get home.
SO its done.
The only downside to Pellet stoves, but well worth every minute for the cheap heat that it provides.
Here is a Piccy of some shells on a piece of white paper. This allows one to really see just what this stuff looks like.
Snowy
I started the little Whit to help keep the house warm and shut the big unit off.
The fans continue to run for maybe 15 minutes, but the stove is not going to be cold for another hour or more.
Vacuuming the stove at this stage is not a really good idea, unless a vacuum fire is something you have always wanted to see.
Our vacuum is a central unit mounted in the basement and I really don't want to catch the dust canister on fire.
Sooo, just as soon as the stove shut down, out with the leather gloves, pliers and other suitable tools to handle a HOT Burn Pot.
A quicky sweep out of the ashes into the ash tray then remove that and dump it in a suitable metal canister and outside with it.
All told, the fire was out maybe 30 minutes max.
All back up and going again. \\\\was still too hot to do more than give the windows a quick wipe off with a dry rag and vacuum the loose ashes off the door gasket and window clamping plates.
Toss everything back in add a handfull of shells, press the go button, stick the torch in and in about 30 seconds close the door, turn the feed on and its Off to the rodeo.
This weekend I will cool it off longer and do a better cleaning and tend to the glass as well.
Week ago Sunday I removed the ash traps, and cleaned it well and sucked it wth the leaf blower really good too.
The really fine ash from the shells piles up pretty quick on a 24/7 schedule.
Usually its Sundays job to clean the stoves, but this past Sunday got stupid busy and I missed the normal cleaning.
Tonight is "Survivor Night" and we go to friends house for dinner and the show, and I dont want to have to fool with the stove at 9:30 when we get home.
SO its done.
The only downside to Pellet stoves, but well worth every minute for the cheap heat that it provides.
Here is a Piccy of some shells on a piece of white paper. This allows one to really see just what this stuff looks like.
Snowy