Soot Eater - Yay or Nay?

[Mrpelletburner]

Mine busted the first time I used it!

Just a quick update. HY-C replaced the broken rods, great customer service.

 

[Diabel]

My sooteater arrived last week.
I have a 6” flue, do I trim the nylon ends a bit?

 

[moresnow]

My sooteater arrived last week.
I have a 6” flue, do I trim the nylon ends a bit?

I did. Thought they had a diagram/description included in the directions? The ones I am sure you read Sorry! Had to say that. Maybe I am dreaming? Thought it was detailed in the paperwork.

 

[Diabel]

I did. Thought they had a diagram/description included in the directions? The ones I am sure you read Sorry! Had to say that. Maybe I am dreaming? Thought it was detailed in the paperwork.

Thanks moresnow.

Here are my detailed instructions:

 

[Diabel]

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Thanks moresnow.

Here are my detailed instructions:

I will clip it down to 7” I think

 

[moresnow]

I will clip it down to 7” I think

Sounds like a good place to start. I need a replacement. I should have left mine a touch longer to begin with. Its well used equipment now and showing wear. Good tool.

 

[Ashful]

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Thanks moresnow.

Here are my detailed instructions:

Somehow you only got one page (or you need to turn it over?). Here are the full instructions.

http://www.hy-c.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/SootEater-Manual.pdf

Yes, you need to trim the whips. It’s handy to pull them thru the head, so you only need to trim one side, which will yield a spare set of whips for people with 6” flues.

 

[Diabel]

The other side is blank.

 

[Dataman]

I just use standard brush and clean from outside. No Drill. Rods attach and the 8" Chimney gets cleaned. Was doing it about 4x a year (Hey Retired, gotta keep busy). Changed to pellet stove. Got brush for inside and will clean it at 1 Ton Mark (Jan I bet). It's really night and day the amount of ash and by products produced with Pellet vs Wood (BK King).

 

[Bigger_Al]

I’m guessing its a Sooteater knock off.


Drolet Escape 1800 into Duravent DVL stovepipe and DuraPlus chimney

 

[Crisputer]

Sounds like a good place to start. I need a replacement. I should have left mine a touch longer to begin with. Its well used equipment now and showing wear. Good tool.

If you don't already know, you can just replace with weedeater line.

 

[bholler]

I just use standard brush and clean from outside. No Drill. Rods attach and the 8" Chimney gets cleaned. Was doing it about 4x a year (Hey Retired, gotta keep busy). Changed to pellet stove. Got brush for inside and will clean it at 1 Ton Mark (Jan I bet). It's really night and day the amount of ash and by products produced with Pellet vs Wood (BK King).

Wait till your first cleaning to decide that.

But regardless rotary cleaning from the bottom has completly changed our buisness. I can now clean faster better and with less risk than before. And i dont need to carry 8 to 10 different brushes.

 

[Diabel]

So I was about to use Ashful smart idea and instead of trimming the ends to bring it down to say 7” total span. I decided to pull the head apart remove the nylon cords, cut them in half and bingo. It appears that they are bunched together in fives and machine clamped in the middle. I can likely pry it open but putting it back together might be tough.

I got this from amazon and on the site for this item manufacturer instructions it indicates that this side fits all. Is this possible.

 

[showrguy]

I tried cleaning through the bipass, got the head through, but was getting stuck on that little offset a few inches higher..
Did'nt wanna bend it anymore, not sure how much it'll flex before it snaps..