General Maintenance And Cleaning - Quadra-Fire MTVI-E2-MBK-C Manual

MT. VERNON E2 INSERT-C
C. General Maintenance and Cleaning
1. Cleaning Fire pot using Lever
• Frequency: Daily or as needed"
• By: Homeowner
*In order to maintain optimum performance, it is recom-
mended that the fire pot be cleaned weekly or more as
needed.
a. Be sure the appliance is allowed to cool.
b. Open cast face of appliance
c. Pull fire pot floor cleaning lever two times until the ash
falls into the ash pan below. Figure 16.2
d. It may be necessary to use your fire pot clean out tool to
chip away material that has built up on the sides of the
fire pot and to push out any clinkers. Figure 16.1
e. Larger clinkers may have to be removed from the top of
the fire pot.
f. If the clinker adheres to the sides of the fire pot, you will
need to manually clean the fire pot. The fire pot floor
plate must be fully closed when finished.
Clinker
Figure 16.1 - Fire pot with large clinker
Figure 16.2
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2. Cleaning Ash Pan
• Frequency: Weekly or every 3-5 bags
• By: Homeowner
a. Locate the ash pan underneath the fire pot.
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.
Ash Disposal:
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.
3. 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
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 appliance.
Keep all such liquids well away from the appliance while
it is in use as combustible materials may ignite.
7082-151C
WARNING
store flammable materials in the
November 28, 2017