RIKA INTEGRA II Instruction Manual page 22

10. CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
BASIC INFORMATION
Your stove must be switched off and have cooled
down before carrying out any maintenance activities.
CAUTION: Only carry out maintenance when the mains
plug of the stove has been removed from the socket.
The frequency with which your stove must be
cleaned as well as the maintenance intervals
depends on the fuel you use.
High moisture contents, ash, dust and chips can
more than double the necessary maintenance
intervals. We would like to point out once again that
you should only use tested and recommended
wooden pellets as a fuel.
Operating handle
Your pellet stove comes with an operating handle.
Please use this operating handle for:
-
Operation of the clearing rod
- Cleaning the fire pan;
- Loosening the pellets in the pellet container should
they stick to the side walls;
Wood as a fertiliser
Wood mineral residue (approx. 1 -2%) remains in
the combustion chamber as ash. This ash is natural
product and is an excellent fertiliser for all plants in
the garden. However the ash should be aged first
and "quenched" with water
CAUTION: Embers may be hidden in the ash – empty
only into metal containers.
CLEANING THE FIRE PAN
(Fig 3)
CAUTION: Clean fire pan daily.
Make absolutely certain that ash or clinker does not
block the air feed openings. The fire pan can easily
be cleaned inside the stove.
the area underneath can be vacuumed clean.
After removing the pan
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If the stove is heated in continuous operation,
then it must be switched off twice within 24
hours in order to clean the pan. (danger of flash
back)
Caution: only in a cold state, when the embers are
extinguished! Check the pan for correct seating.
daily!
FIRE PAN
The fire pan should be looked at to ensure that ash
or clinker does not block the air feed openings. The
fire pan can easily be cleaned when in position.
After removing the pan the area underneath can be
vacuumed free.
daily!
HEAT EXCHANGER
There are two slide rods directly underneath the
cover that are used to clean the heat exchanger
(remove cover). These rods are pulled up and then
allowed to fall several times to permit efficient heat
emission. Please use the operating handle when the
stove is hot since these rods are also very hot. Thus
the fly ash is removed from the heat exchanger
pipes.