Operating Guide

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IMPORTANT!READANDFOLLOWALLINSTALLATIONANDMAINTENANCEINSTRUCTIONS,INCLUDINGCLEANINGTHEUNITASSPECIFIED,AND
REPLACINGGASKETSANNUALLY,ANDPARTSASNEEDED.
ENGLAND’SSTOVEWORKSISNOTRESPONSIBLEFORANYDAMAGEORINJURYINCURREDDUETONEGLECT,ORDUETOUNSAFEINSTALLATIONOR
USAGEOFTHISPRODUCT.CALLTECHNICALSUPPORTWITHANYQUESTIONS.
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WEEKLYMAINTENANCE
BaffleRemoval
 Aswithanymaintenanceconcerningthisunit,besuretheunitis“OFF,”hascompletedthe
Shut‐Downcycle,andiscompletelycoolBEFOREbeginning.Beawarethatmetalpartsinthe
fireboxcanremainHOTlongafterthefirehasgoneoutandEVENaftertheShut‐Downcycle
is
complete.Alwaysuseextremecautionwhenhandlingpotentiallyhotstoveparts,evenifyou
thinktheyshouldbecold.
 WeeklymaintenanceshouldincludethestepslistedinthissectionASWELLASthestepslisted
inthe“DailyMaintenance”section.
 Thelargebaffleplatethatrestsaboveandbehindtheburnpot(refertotheexplodeddiagram
intherearofthismanualandtheimagesintheDailyMaintenancesection)shouldberemoved
weekly.Thiscanbedonebyliftinguptheplateandpullingitout.Theareabehindtheplate
shouldthenbecleanedthoroughly,andtheplateplacedbackintheoriginalposition.
 Useascrewdriverorchiselandbreakanycreosotebuild‐upinthefrontoftheunit,wherethe
pelletsarefedintotheburnpotfromtheBottomAugerTube(seeIllustrationinprevious
section).Moistureinthepelletsandresultingbuild‐upinthisareacancausethebottomauger
to“squeal”orsqueak.
 CarbonRemoval:Duringnormaloperationcarbonfromthecombustionofpelletfuelwilltend
tobuilduponthetipoftheauger,onthewearplateandsidesofthefirepot,andinthe
mouthofthefeedtube.Itisessentialthatthisresidueberemovedtoensuretroublefree
operationoftheunit.Thefrequencywithwhichthiscarbonmustberemovedvarieswith
brandsofpellets,dependingonmoisturecontent,woodtype,foreignmaterial(dirt,etc.)in
pellets,andotherfactors.
 Toremovethiscarbon,simplyscrapeitoffusingthebladeofaflattippedscrewdriveror
similarinstrument;also,toremovecarbonfromthefeedtube,scrapeasmuchascanbeeasily
reached,theninsertanemeryboard(fingernailfilemadefromapopsiclestickandsandpaper)
betweenthefeedaugerandthefeedtubeandsandoutanyresiduenotremovedfrom
scrapingalone.Clearingthiscarbonresiduefromthefeedtubeisessentialforproper
operationofthefeedauger,whichisdesignedtofloatfreelyinthefeedtubeallowingsmooth
fuelflow,alesserpossibilityofajam,andaquieterunit.
 Replacethebafflebyreversingtheabovesteps.
 Ifexcessashaccumulationisfoundintheexhaustchamberorventingsystemduringmonthly
maintenance,theintervalbetweencleaningsshouldbereducedtoeliminatethepossibilityof
poorstoveperformanceduetoashaccumulation.
 Aspeciallydesignedashvacuum
andpelletstovecleaningkitisavailablefromtheEngland’s
StoveWorkswebsite;pleasesee:heatredefined.com
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