P61 pellet feed body cleaning

[stikit2bigoyl]

Howdy
We're thinking of buying a P61.Was looking @ the maintainence procedures .Manual says rear panels must be removed to clean out fines from pellet feed body.Wondering how much hassle & how much rear clearance form stove to wall would be sufficient.Hope some of P61 owners might be able to answer.Thanx
Brian

 

[altmartion]

would the leaf blower method work? maybe with compressed air and a brush?

 

[Sooty_Steve]

Hi, you just take off the lower right hand side panel. There is a small cover with a wing nut. Take off cover and vacum fines (sawdust) and your good to go. Very good stove.

 

[P38X2]

Hi, you just take off the lower right hand side panel. There is a small cover with a wing nut. Take off cover and vacum fines (sawdust) and your good to go. Very good stove.

+1
Helps if you have a flexible "extension" tube for your vac. I use a tapered "cone" nozzle with a piece of 3/4" ID tubing on the end. You can rig something up for less than $5

If the job takes you more than 5 min, you're doing it wrong.

 

[mikesj]

I just did a full cleaning on mine a couple of days ago. Takes me about 40 minutes tops. About once a month. Daily cleaning- a minute or two to scrape the pot. Follow the manual specs for clearances and you'll be fine.

 

[Hoot23]

Really easy to maintain. You don't have to remove all the rear panels to clean, really just the bottom panels for a monthly cleaning. At the end of the season is tear it apart and blow out the dust.

45 minutes a month for a cleaning, and 5 minutes to scrape the pot every 3 days and the stove is happy. She'll let you know when she's not.

 

[stikit2bigoyl]

Outstanding! thanx for the info to all who replied.Now wifey says i gotta start savin' my pennies. Muchas gracias again guys!