Pellet Stove Maintenance
Routine pellet stove maintenance is essential to achieve peak performance.
However, the specifics of maintenance and troubleshooting vary from one stove to
the next, so be sure to refer to the manual and/or instructional video that came with
your appliance for detailed instructions.
Burn pot
Check daily and clean periodically to keep air inlets open. How often you need to
clean the burn pot depends on fuel type, grade, and content. The burn pot acts as
the carburetor for the stove, mixing the air and the fuel.
Just like a car, the adjustment of the air and fuel rates on a pellet stove is crucial to
optimum performance. Under normal operation the flame in your stove should appear
bright yellow or white.
You may experience a white or gray build up of ash on the glass on high burn and a
darker fluffy ash on low burn. If you notice a lazy orange sooty flame or build up of a
brown sticky caramel like substance, these are signs of an improper inefficient burn.
Some stoves are equipped with air dampers or adjustable feed openings that you
may personally be able to adjust. Other stoves will require adjustment to the control
board which may require a qualified technician.
You may also experience in the firebox what is referred to as "clinkers". A clinker is a
hard ash formation that is occasionally created when the ash that is present in the
burn pot begins to melt.
Many of today's highly efficient pellet stoves operate near the combustion
temperatures that are required to melt ash. Once the ash begins to melt it may
obstruct the air holes of the incoming air and affect the proper mix of air and fuel.
Incorrect adjustment of the air to fuel ratio can greatly increase the likelihoods of
clinker formation. This is due to the stoves inability to adequately burn the excess fuel
and remove the excess ash that is building up in the burn pot.
Clinkers are very easily removed by use of the ash tool or rake that is supplied with
your pellet stove. This can quite often be performed while the stove is in operation.
Care must be taken not to remove all of the hot coals or the stove will go out and, as
always, you should be careful of the hot surfaces of the stove.
Ash drawer
Empty before starting new fires and occasionally by interrupting stove operation. How
you need to empty the ash drawer during operation of the stove depends on the
type of fuel and the stove design. Typically this will be once or twice a week, but may
be monthly in some new designs.
Please continue to Pellet Stove Maintenance II for more cleaning and troubleshooting
information.
Routine pellet stove maintenance is essential to achieve peak performance.
However, the specifics of maintenance and troubleshooting vary from one stove to
the next, so be sure to refer to the manual and/or instructional video that came with
your appliance for detailed instructions.
Burn pot
Check daily and clean periodically to keep air inlets open. How often you need to
clean the burn pot depends on fuel type, grade, and content. The burn pot acts as
the carburetor for the stove, mixing the air and the fuel.
Just like a car, the adjustment of the air and fuel rates on a pellet stove is crucial to
optimum performance. Under normal operation the flame in your stove should appear
bright yellow or white.
You may experience a white or gray build up of ash on the glass on high burn and a
darker fluffy ash on low burn. If you notice a lazy orange sooty flame or build up of a
brown sticky caramel like substance, these are signs of an improper inefficient burn.
Some stoves are equipped with air dampers or adjustable feed openings that you
may personally be able to adjust. Other stoves will require adjustment to the control
board which may require a qualified technician.
You may also experience in the firebox what is referred to as "clinkers". A clinker is a
hard ash formation that is occasionally created when the ash that is present in the
burn pot begins to melt.
Many of today's highly efficient pellet stoves operate near the combustion
temperatures that are required to melt ash. Once the ash begins to melt it may
obstruct the air holes of the incoming air and affect the proper mix of air and fuel.
Incorrect adjustment of the air to fuel ratio can greatly increase the likelihoods of
clinker formation. This is due to the stoves inability to adequately burn the excess fuel
and remove the excess ash that is building up in the burn pot.
Clinkers are very easily removed by use of the ash tool or rake that is supplied with
your pellet stove. This can quite often be performed while the stove is in operation.
Care must be taken not to remove all of the hot coals or the stove will go out and, as
always, you should be careful of the hot surfaces of the stove.
Ash drawer
Empty before starting new fires and occasionally by interrupting stove operation. How
you need to empty the ash drawer during operation of the stove depends on the
type of fuel and the stove design. Typically this will be once or twice a week, but may
be monthly in some new designs.
Please continue to Pellet Stove Maintenance II for more cleaning and troubleshooting
information.
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