KEEP EXHAUST FAN RUNNING WHILE CLEANING NEW P43

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Boorus

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Feb 21, 2019
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I READ ON A THREAD THAT IF YOU PLUG THE STOVE IN WHILE CLEANING THE EXHAUST FAN WILL RUN WHICH GET RID OF A LOT OF THE DUST. I TRIED IT ON A NEW P43C BUT THE FAN ONLY RAN A SHORT TIME. IS THERE A WAY TO KEEP THE EXHAUST FAN RUNNING? IT REALLY HELPS WITH THE DUST.
 
I READ ON A THREAD THAT IF YOU PLUG THE STOVE IN WHILE CLEANING THE EXHAUST FAN WILL RUN WHICH GET RID OF A LOT OF THE DUST. I TRIED IT ON A NEW P43C BUT THE FAN ONLY RAN A SHORT TIME. IS THERE A WAY TO KEEP THE EXHAUST FAN RUNNING? IT REALLY HELPS WITH THE DUST.
Turn the stove up and once the blower starts open it up. Then you can turn it back down and it should keep running because the vacuum switch won’t be closed and the board will think there is a clog. Be careful you don’t stick anything into the exhaust blower while it’s running. I’d leave the ash pan door closed so you don’t accidentally get into it.
 
The feed adjustment knob has a "test" setting. Turn it to test and the fans will run. The room fan will shut off after a couple of minutes but the exhaust fan will continue to run.
 
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The feed adjustment knob has a "test" setting. Turn it to test and the fans will run. The room fan will shut off after a couple of minutes but the exhaust fan will continue to run.
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