Maintenance; Cleaning The Surfaces; Cleaning The Fire Pot Before Each Ignition; Cleaning The Firex 600 - Ravelli Francesca User And Maintenance Manual

01/02/2016
User and maintenance manual for stoves with RDS technology
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11. Maintenance

Before carrying out any maintenance operation on the stove, please take the following precautions:
- Make sure that all the parts of the stove are cold
- Make sure that the ashes are completely extinguished
- Make sure that the general switch is in the zero position (off)
- Make sure that the plug is disconnected from the socket, thus avoiding accidental contacts.
IMPORTANT
Please follow the instructions for cleaning shown below carefully! Failure to observe them may lead to
problems in the functioning of the stove AND FIRE HAZZARD.

11.1. Cleaning the surfaces

To clean the surfaces on the painted metal parts, use a wet cloth in water or at the most, water and soap.
Important: the use of aggressive detergents or diluents can damage the surfaces of the stove.

11.2. Cleaning the fire pot before each ignition

You must check that the fire pot, where the combustion takes place, is clean and that no waste or residue blocks the holes, in order to
always guarantee excellent combustion of the stove, thus avoiding possible overheating, which could causes changes in the colour of
the paint or flaking of the door. as well as failing to light the stove.
Clean fire pot with all the holes
Fire pot needing cleaning
clearly visible
with the holes blocked by ashes
Only a clean fire pot guarantees that the pellet stove functions without problems. During functioning deposits may be formed.
It is easy to see when the fire pot has to be cleaned! It only needs a glimpse, each day, before switching on. For minor cleansing, it can
be left in the stove, but if the residue is difficult to remove, it has to be extracted from its housing and the waste scraped out.
The residue of ash depends on the quality of pellets used.
Important: even with a new batch of pellets, although using the same brand, there may be differences during combustion and therefore
they may dirty to a greater or lesser extent.
Correct cleaning, done on a daily basis, allows the stove to burn optimally and to have a good yield, avoiding malfunctioning which in the
long term could require technical assistance to reset the stove.

11.3. Cleaning the FIREX 600

All Ravelli products have a combustion chamber made with FIREX 600, a material based on vermiculite, the result of
research and development by Ravelli. The main features of FIREX 600 are resistant to heat, its lightness and excellent
insulating capacities, improving the combustion and performance of the stove.
During combustion, FIREX 600 turns white, due to an effect called PYROLYSIS, making the flame clear and shining. If the
combustion is regulated in an optimal way, the FIREX 600 interior always remains clean and white.