I am wondering if I use the leaf blower trick on my Harman XXV and run the stove test mode with the door open so the igniter won't work if the fans running will help to get rid of some extra ash that has accumulated in the fans.
Chuck
Chuck
leaf blower trick and test mode
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It would only help the exhaust blower. Leaf blower trick does not incorporate the convection blower.
As Smoke said. Not needed. Just hook up and turn on. Leave door open if you leave vacuum switch connected. (Or not, some people dont and have had good luck. Not worth the risk IMO).
Im gonna be doing a full cleaning on the Quad today. Including leafblower trick. Gonna try and get a good video. Although its only about 25-30 bags since the last cleaning. May not be a spectacular show! ;-P
As Smoke said. Not needed. Just hook up and turn on. Leave door open if you leave vacuum switch connected. (Or not, some people dont and have had good luck. Not worth the risk IMO).
Im gonna be doing a full cleaning on the Quad today. Including leafblower trick. Gonna try and get a good video. Although its only about 25-30 bags since the last cleaning. May not be a spectacular show! ;-P
mepellet
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DexterDay said:
Be sure to post the video! I used the linteater with shopvac attachment last weekend and removed the filter in the shopvac. Only had about 35 bags through it since the last vent cleaning but still threw a small ash cloud.
mepellet said:
Absolutely will do so.... Hoping it turns out well. Gonna take a minute to set up production and get all props in place ;-P
I prob wont get a large cloud like some videos out there. Last year I had some good ones, but never thought to record them myself. I have ran about a ton through the Quad, but I cleaned at the half ton mark. So its only a half ton cleaning. Been burning mainly Prest-Logs in it, which is a pretty ashy pellet. That produces a fairly grainy and dark ash.
I have burned about a ton through my Fahrenheit. Waiting as long as I can to do it's vent. I believe I will wait till the end of season. As the horizontal section isnt bad and I pulled the clean-out cap amd there really isnt that much in there. But there is a lot of passages and channels for the ash to get trapped or settle before hitting the flue..
Getting all supplies ready now. Lint-eater, leafblower, assortment of brushes, and making a gasket (order 4 sheets of gasket material off of ebay, from a link posted on this site, really thick stuff).
PAV1 said:
The hose goes from the switch in the back, up to the side of the auger chute. Mine is on the left side, when looking at the stove. Mine is a freestanding, but the hose location should be the same.
I pull the hose off of the switch instead. Then blow through the hose and it will clear the fines out of the end. Then leave disconnected while cleaning and using leafblower.
Edit : Pic added. This is what the switch may look like (depending on how old the unit is).
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Pretty weak video. I had it set up on a ladder. Checked it a few times. Went inside to open stove door and get a jacket. Came back and just plugged it in. Somehow it dropped and you can barely see the tip of the leafblower. Wasn't much anyways. You get to see my dogs better than the ash
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RDC1kZqik&feature=youtube_gdata_player
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5RDC1kZqik&feature=youtube_gdata_player
mepellet
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O Boy! Can't wait to try it for the first time on Tuesday. Weekly clean the XXV day. Can't find the switch so the door stays open
Chuck
Chuck
Eatonpcat
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Xena
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Eatonpcat said:Have to admit...I was watching the dogs to see if they were gonna crap
Really? Ummm, you find that entertaining do ya? :lol:
Eatonpcat
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Just did the weekly cleaning as usual then for the first time ever ran a brush thru the vent pipe then did the leaf blower trick. Boy! A lot more ash came out and all is running very nicely now. Did this after about a ton of pellets and now it will be part of my cleaning schedule every ton or less. 
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