Buffalo B100 - Clean Burn Pot, Box and Grate

Weekly Stove Maintenance
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In addition to the Bi-Weekly Stove
Maintenance procedures, perform the
following procedures once a week (or every
10 to 15 bags of pellets).
• Shut down stove and let it cool a
minimum of 60 minutes.
• Once stove has cooled for 60 minutes,
toggle the on/off toggle switch to the
off position.
• Unplug the power cord from the back
of the stove (as identified in the Daily
Stove Maintenance procedure above)
Clean Burn Pot, Burn Grate, Burn Box,
Burn Chamber (Weekly or every 10 to 15
bags of pellets)
• Open Burn chamber door.
• Using a small brush, brush any
accumulation of ash inside the burn
chamber (Figure 12) into the ash
pan/drawer. If preferred, vacuum any
accumulation of ash from the burn
chamber using a Cheetah Ash Vacuum
or alternate vacuum with sufficient
filtering to avoid putting ash inside your
home.
Figure 12
• Vacuum or brush off any accumulation
of ash from the artificial log.
• Confirm that log is cool.
• Remove log from front of burn box by
grasping log on the sides and lifting
straight up.
• Confirm that burn pot area is cool.
• Vacuum the burn pot area thoroughly.
• Remove the wing nut at the front of the
burn pot (use of pliers may be
necessary).
Figure 13
• Lift the front of the burn pot up, remove
the burn pot from the burn box.
• Once the burn pot is removed from the
burn box, thoroughly clean it using a
firm bristle wire or nylon brush taking
care to ensure that all burn pot holes
are clear of obstruction.
• Locate the burn grate jog switch
(Figure 14) found on the right side of
the stove, just below the right side
panel (switch is located on the bottom
lip of the stove frame, pointing
downward).
Figure 14
• Depress the switch to move the grate
and grate rod (power cord must be
plugged in but the stove power should
be turned off).