20 April 2, 20197050-802B
SANTA FE FREESTANDING
C. General Maintenance and Cleaning
1. Types of Fuel
The type of fuel you are burning will dictate how often you
have to clean your re pot.
If the fuel you are burning has a high dirt or ash content or
you are burning shelled eld corn, it may be necessary to
clean the re pot more than once a day.
Dirty fuel will cause clinkers to form in the re pot. A clinker
is formed when dirt, ash or a non-burnable substance is
heated to 2000°F (1093°C) and becomes glass-like. See
page 34 in this section for more details on fuels with high
ash content.
2. Cleaning Fire pot with Cleaning Rod & Fire pot
Scraper
• Frequency: Daily or more often as needed
• By: Homeowner
a. The appliance must be in complete shutdown and
cool and the exhaust blower o. If you are just
cleaning the re pot, there is no need to unplug the
appliance.
b. Pull re pot cleaning rod OUT a couple of times to
help shake debris loose. If rod is hard to pull, it may
be necessary to use your re pot clean-out tool to
chip away material that has built up on the bottom
plate of the re pot and to push out any clinkers.
Larger clinkers may have to be removed from the
top of the re pot. Corn clinkers can be especially
dicult to break up.
c. The re pot oor plate must be fully closed when
nished (Figure 20.1).
3. Ash Removal from Firebox
• Frequency: Every 5 bags or weekly or more frequently
depending on ash build-up.
• By: Homeowner
a. There must not be any hot ashes in the rebox
during cleaning so allow the appliance to
completely cool. Frequent cleaning of the ash in
the rebox will help slow down the build-up of ash
in the exhaust blower and vent system.
b. Plug in your appliance, if unplugged, and turn the
thermostat on and immediately shut it o to start
the exhaust blower on its cycle time. It will pull y
ash out the exhaust instead of into the room.
c. Open door. There are 2 cleaning slide plates to
the left and right of the re pot with nger holes.
Pull both slide plates out and sweep the remaining
ash from the rebox into the 2 open holes. A paint
brush works well for this. Close slide plates.
d. This ash is deposited in the same ash drawer
as the re pot debris. The ash drawer should
be emptied every time you clean the rebox.
Remember to place the ash and debris into a metal
or non-combustible container.
e. The 2 cleaning slide plates must be fully closed
when cleaning is complete.
4. Cleaning Ash Pan
• Frequency: Weekly or every 5 bags of fuel
• By: Homeowner
Locate the ash pan underneath the re pot. Open the
bottom ash door and slide the ash pan straight out. Empty
into a non-combustible container and re-install ash pan
(See Disposal of Ashes on page 20).
WARNING
Fire Risk
• NEVER pull re pot cleaning rod or cleaning
slide plates out when appliance is operating.
• The cleaning slide plates must be fully
CLOSED when appliance is operating.
• Hot pellets may fall into ash pan and start a
re or mis-starts due to lack of vacuum.
WARNING
Fire Risk
• The cleaning slide plates must be fully
CLOSED when appliance is operating. Hot
pellets may fall into ash pan and start a re.
Back side of Firepot
Firepot floor left open
Figure 20.1
WARNING
Disposal of Ashes
• Ashes should be placed in metal container
with tight tting lid.
• Ashes should be retained in closed
container until all cinders have thoroughly
cooled.
5. Disposal of Ashes
• Frequency: As needed
• By: Homeowner
Ashes should be placed in a steel container with a tight-
tting lid. The container of ashes should be moved outdoors
immediately and placed on a non-combustible oor or
on the ground, well away from all combustible materials,
pending nal disposal.
If the ashes are disposed of by burial in soil or otherwise
locally dispersed, they should be retained in the closed
container until all cinders have thoroughly cooled. Other
waste shall not be placed in this container.
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