55-SHPCB120 User Manual

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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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 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.

 Monthlymaintenanceshouldinclude

thestepslistedinthissectionASWELLASthesteps

listedinthe“DailyMaintenance”and“WeeklyMaintenance”section.

 Intervalsbetweenmonthlycleaningswilldependonthedurationthatthestoveisburningona

dailybasis.Astovewhichisoperatedcontinuouslywillneedmorefrequentmonthly

cleanings

thanastovewhichisusedperiodicallyassupplementalheat.

 Agoodruleofthumbformonthlymaintenanceisthatitshouldbedoneeachtimeanentire

tonofpelletsisburnedORoncepermonth,whichevercomesfirst.

 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:store.heatredefined.com 

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VentingPipeCleaning

 Lowspotsanddirectionchangesintheventingsystem(suchasteesandelbows)areareasfor

potentialfly‐ashandcreosoteaccumulation.INSPECTtheseareasdiligentlytokeepthe

ventingsysteminsafeoperatingcondition.

 Dependingonthespecifictypeofventingsystemyourstoveisconnectedto,

itmaybepossible

toremovetheclean‐outteecoverandsimplyrunapipebrushupthepipetoremoveanyfly‐

ashaccumulation.Brushesspecificallymadeforcleaningpelletpipeareavailableatthe

England’sStoveWorkswebsite,store.heatredefined.com.

 Horizontalrunsofpipe,suchasfrom

theexhaustconnectiononthestovetothevertical

transition,willaccumulateflyashandshouldbeinspectedcarefullyandbrushedclean.

 Checktheterminationcaptobecertainitisnotcloggedorrestrictedbyanyfly‐ash

accumulation.

 Afterthoroughlycleaningtheventingsystem,resealanydisassembled

seamswithhigh

temperaturesilicone(Part#AC‐RTV3)ifapplicabletoyourventingsystem.

 Inspectseamsthatwerenotdisassembledtobecertainasmoke‐tightsealisstillbeingmade.

 Afterprolongeduse,leaksintheventingsystemcanusuallybefoundbysearchingforfly‐

ash

depositsontheoutsideofthepipe.Carefullycheckforleaksintheventingsystemandseal

themaccordingly.

 Althoughmostpelletventingsystemsaredesignedtolastalifetime,pelletfly‐ashcanbe

corrosiveundercertainconditions.Whencleaningyourventingsystem,examinethepipe

carefullyfor

anysignsofdeteriorationandreplacesectionsthatshowexcessivewear.Itis

unlikelythatthiswilleverbeaconcern,butmaintainingyourventingsysteminsafeoperating

conditioniscrucialtosafestoveoperation.

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