General Maintenance And Cleaning - Quadra-Fire TREKKER Series Owner's Manual

C. General Maintenance and Cleaning
1. Cleaning Fire pot 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 fire pot floor cleaning lever two times until the
ash falls into the ash pan below (Figure 15.2).
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 15.1).
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 15.1 - Fire pot with large clinker
Figure 15.2
March 17, 2020
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.
3. 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.
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.
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