Cleaning Under Carpet-Channing III

dutch · Post by **dutch** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 11:15 pm

as I was getting ready to fire up again for winter , I had read about removing the
combustion fan and another member (ashburnham55) here mentioned cleaning under the carpet
with the fan removed. ( Channing III Convection Blower ) I thought i'd post some pictures of the job,it's pretty easy.
there was quite a bit of coal fines that had fallen down thru the holes in the feed assembly,
but a quick vaccuum and they were gone. I had this stove for all of last year, but can't
speak for prior owners and any maintenance done, but it didnt' look like there was
a lot of usage before I got it.
i was luck to have a shop vac with a blower nozzle that fit right into anothersmaller vaccum cleaner
tube. next year if I do it while I have my vent pipe off I will have a little easier access to the
area to clean it even better.

2001Sierra · Post by **2001Sierra** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 11:22 pm

My Keystoker 90 uses a push block. I oil my coal with peanut oil to keep dust at bay. I did have a slight buildup on the push block face which I scraped away and sanded the surface with 150 grit. I also sanded the bottom and top side of the block. The sides stay cleaned, so the only other "surfacing" I did was the base plate the block rides on similar to the pictures shown.

McGiever · Post by **McGiever** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 11:23 pm

Thanks *dutch* always good to grab a photo-op and pass some info along to help others.

dutch · Post by **dutch** » Mon. Oct. 20, 2014 11:52 pm

sorry the one picture is blurry, but it does show quite a bit of fines
down under the carpet. there was still plenty of room for airflow,
and I had vacccumed from the topdown thru the holes, but I still wanted
to pull that feed fan to see down in there. I have dropped a small
drill bit thru one of the holes on the edge of the carpet while making
sure they were all clean.. so I hoped the vac pulled it out but I haven 't
seen it yet...
maybe next year when I do it with the vent pipe off and I have a little more
room to work.

stovepipemike · Post by **stovepipemike** » Tue. Oct. 21, 2014 8:44 am

Dutch, For next time you might try to wrap a section of tape repeatedly around the top of the drill bit to create a knob that won't slip thru the hole and into the belly of the beast. That will be easier on the fingers and won't cost you an expensive drill bit. Just my $.02 Glad to see you are maintenance oriented. Mike

dutch · Post by **dutch** » Tue. Oct. 21, 2014 9:57 am

yea that was a brain fart to say the least

gonna order my coal-trol next!

Paul · Post by **Paul** » Tue. Oct. 21, 2014 5:27 pm

That whole piece under the carpet comes out, pull up smartly and it comes right out. Paul

Cleaning Under Carpet-Channing III

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