Maintaining & Servicing Appliance A. Proper Shutdown Procedures; Quick Reference Maintenance Chart; General Maintenance & Cleaning - Quadra-Fire CASTILEI-MBK Owner's Manual Installation And Operation

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Maintaining & Servicing Your Appliance
A. Proper Shutdown Procedure
CAUTION
Shock and Smoke Hazard
• Turn down thermostat, let appliance completely
cool and exhaust blower must be off. Now you
can unplug appliance before servicing.
• Smoke spillage into room can occur if appliance
is not cool before unplugging.
• Risk of shock if appliance not unplugged before
servicing appliance.
Follow the detailed instructions found in this
section for each step listed in the chart below.
B. Quick Reference Maintenance Chart
Cleaning or Inspection
Ash Pan
Ash Removal from Firebox
Beneath Heat Exchanger
Blower, Combustion (Exhaust)
Blower, Convection
Door Latch Inspection
Exhaust Path
Firebox - Prepare for Non-Burn Season
Firepot - Burning pellets - hardwood
Firepot - Burning pellets - softwood
Firepot - Burning Corn
Glass
Heat Exchanger & Drop Tube
Hopper
Top Vent Adapter
Venting System
NOTICE: These are recommendations. Clean more frequently if you encounter heavy build-up of ash at
the recommended interval or you see soot coming from the vent. Not properly cleaning your
appliance on a regular basis will void your warranty.
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C. General Maintenance
1. Types of Fuel
Depending on the type of fuel you are burning will dictate how
often you have to clean your fi repot.
If the fuel you are burning has a high dirt or ash content or you
are burning shelled fi eld corn, it may be necessary to clean the
fi repot more than once a day.
Dirty fuel will cause clinkers to form in the fi repot. A clinker is
formed when dirt, ash or a non-burnable substance is heated
to 2000F (1093C) and becomes glass-like. See "D" page 36
in this section for more details on fuels with high ash content.
Frequency
Every 5 bags of fuel depend-
ing on the fuel type or ash
build-up
Every 5 bags or more fre-
quently depending on the fuel
type or ash build-up
Every 1 ton of fuel
More frequently depending on
the fuel type
Every 25 bags or more fre-
quently depending on the fuel
type
Prior to heating season
More frequently depending on
ash build-up
At end of heating season
Every 3 bags
Every 5 bags
Every 1 bag
When clear view of fi repot
becomes obscure
Every 5 bags of fuel
Every 50 bags of fuel or when
changing fuel types
More frequently depending on
the fuel type or ash build-up
More frequently depending on
the fuel type
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Figure 32.1 - Clinker
Daily Weekly Monthly
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Clinker
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May 12, 2014