Englander - 25PDV Cleaning Question

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hobby8691

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Jul 27, 2008
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Central Maine
I watch the boards but don't post much and I don't believe I've seen anything about giving the stove heat exchanger passages a good cleaning. I'm talking about the passages up behind the impingement plate (Baffle). I've tried vacuum tools, and a test tube brush with a 8" handle but it still doesn't seem like I can reach to the bottom of these passages. Does anyone have a special trick or method to get all of the soot out of the passages. I'm imagining that if they are partially clogged this will decrease the amount of heat transferred to the room air and thus less heating of my home. Any suggestion would be welcomed.
 
i use a flexable hose connected to a strong vacuum (5/8th diameter ) and feed it down and to the right through the hole in the back wall for monthly cleanings (at least i did when i was running that model) worked well, but anually i would roll her out on the deck and blow that area out with my compressor. the flexable hose was justa length of an old garden hose which i wrapped duct tape around to make it fat enough to stuff into my vac hose like an attachment , worked quite well but i have a pretty powerful vac.

hope this helps
 
pellet8600 said:
I watch the boards but don't post much and I don't believe I've seen anything about giving the stove heat exchanger passages a good cleaning. I'm talking about the passages up behind the impingement plate (Baffle). I've tried vacuum tools, and a test tube brush with a 8" handle but it still doesn't seem like I can reach to the bottom of these passages. Does anyone have a special trick or method to get all of the soot out of the passages. I'm imagining that if they are partially clogged this will decrease the amount of heat transferred to the room air and thus less heating of my home. Any suggestion would be welcomed.

In addition to Mike's method of cleaning the "innards" of the stove, many members here have added the "leaf blower trick" to their cleaning regimen....basically using a leaf blower that also has the vacuum option......they attach it to the stove outlet or outdoor exhaust pipe, and literally suck most of the soot & ash out of the stove.

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This gives the best results if you do it AFTER you do the normal stove cleaning.
 
Thanks Everyone for the great help. I will try the hose attachment on the vacuum. I already use the leaf blower trick which works fantastic! I just didn't know if the leaf blower would suck all of the soot from the passages. I'd also like to but some long handled brushes , does anyone have a source for these?
Thanks again for all the help, this forum is the best!
 
pellet8600 said:
....I already use the leaf blower trick which works fantastic! I just didn't know if the leaf blower would suck all of the soot from the passages. I'd also like to but some long handled brushes , does anyone have a source for these?
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Like I mentioned above, do the leaf blower AFTER the regular cleaning. Also, try tapping the back wall of the stove with a small hammer.....amazing how much "crud" will fall down in the heat exchanger area/ash traps.

As for a long handles brush, a dryer lint brush will work great:

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pellet8600 said:
Thanks Everyone for the great help. I will try the hose attachment on the vacuum. I already use the leaf blower trick which works fantastic! I just didn't know if the leaf blower would suck all of the soot from the passages. I'd also like to but some long handled brushes , does anyone have a source for these?
Thanks again for all the help, this forum is the best!

Some brass bore brushes might do the trick, a local gun shop for example may carry a varied selection, then you fit a handle to one and have at it.
 
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