General Maintenance And Cleaning - Quadra-Fire TREKKERI-MBK Owner's Manual

C. General Maintenance and Cleaning
1. Cleaning Firepot using Lever
• Frequency: Daily or as needed*
• By: Homeowner
a. Be sure the appliance is allowed to cool.
b. Open cast face of appliance.
c. Pull firepot floor cleaning lever two times until the ash
falls into the ash pan below (Figure 20.1).
d. It may be necessary to use your firepot clean-out tool
to chip away material that has built up on the sides of
the firepot and to push out any clinkers (Figure 20.2).
e. Larger clinkers may have to be removed from the top
of the firepot.
f. If the clinker adheres to the sides of the firepot, you
will need to manually clean the firepot. The firepot
floor plate must be fully closed when finished.
Baffle Latch
Ash Removal Lever
Baffle
Figure 20.1
Clinker
Figure 20.2 - Fire pot with large clinker
20
Hopper
Switch
Firepot
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2. Cleaning Ash Pan
• Frequency: Weekly or every 3-5 bags
• By: Homeowner
a. Locate the ash pan underneath the firepot.
b. Slide the ash pan straight out.
c. Empty into a non-combustible container and re-install
ash pan.
d. When replacing ash pan push it back until it catches
on the 2 side latches.
Clinkers filling the ash pan will have to be cleaned out more
often than ash.
3. Ash Disposal
• Frequency: As needed
• By: Homeowner
Ashes should be placed in a steel container with a tight-
fitting lid. The container of ashes should be moved outdoors
immediately and placed on a non-combustible floor or on
the ground, well away from combustible materials, pending
final 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.
4. Ash Removal from Firebox
• Frequency: Weekly or more frequently depending on
ash build-up
• By: Homeowner
a. Be sure the appliance is allowed to cool.
b. There must not be any hot ashes in the firebox during
cleaning.
c. Frequent cleaning of the ash in the firebox with a
vacuum cleaner will help slow down the build-up of
ash in the exhaust blower and vent system.
RISK OF FIRE
Keep combustible materials, gasoline and
other flammable vapors and liquids clear of
appliance.
• Do NOT store flammable materials in the appliance's
vicinity.
• Do NOT use gasoline, lantern fuel, kerosene, charcoal
lighter fluid or similar liquids to start or "freshen up" a
fire in this heater.
Keep all such liquids well away from the heater while it is
in use as combustible materials may ignite.
WARNING
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