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5.10 Using fireplace during the
transition from winter to spring
During a transitional period with sudden fluctuations in
temperature, negative smoke draught or under difficult wind
conditions, disturbances in the chimney draught may occur so
that the smoke gasses are not drawn out.
One should then use less firewood and have a larger opening in
the air vents so that the wood burns fresher and faster. In this
was the draught in the chimney will be maintained.
To avoid accumulated ash, it should be removed more often than
usual. See «6.2 Ash removal».
6.0 Maintenance
6.1 Cleaning the glass
Jøtul MF 3 is equipped with an air wash for the glass. Air is sucked
in through the air vent above the fireplace and down along the
inside of the glass.
However, some soot will always stick to the glass, but the quantity
will depend on the local draught conditions and adjustment of
the air wash vent. Most of the soot layer will normally be burned
off when the air wash vent is opened all the way and a fire is
burning briskly in the fireplace.
Good advice! For normal cleaning, moisten a paper towel with
warm water and add some ash from the burn chamber. Rub it over
the glass and then clean the glass with clean water. Dry well. If it
is necessary to clean the glass more thoroughly we recommend
using a glass cleaner (follow the instructions on the bottle).
6.2 Ash removal
Jøtul MF 3 is equipped with an outdoor ash pan, which makes it
easy to remove the ashes.
• Scrape the ash through the grate in the base plate and into
the ash pan (fig. 7).
• Use something like a glove to grab the handle on the ash pan
and take away the ash. Make sure that the ash pan doesn’t fill
up so high that it keeps ash from coming through the grate
into the pan.
• Make sure the door to the ash pan is securely shut when the
stove is in use.
• Ashes should be placed in a metal container with a tight
fitting lid.
Also see the description below about how to handle ash: «3.0
Safety precautions».
6.3 Cleaning and soot removal
Soot deposits may build up on the internal surfaces of the
fireplace during use. Soot is a good insulator and will therefore
reduce the fireplace’s heat output. If soot deposits accumulate
when using the product, they can be easily removed by using a
soot remover.
In order to prevent a water and tar layer from forming in the
fireplace you should regularly allow the fire to burn hot in order
to remove the layer. An annual internal cleaning is necessary to
get the best heating effect from the product. It is a good idea to do
this in connection with sweeping the chimney and flue pipes.
6.4 Sweeping of flue pipes to the
chimney
• For rear-mounted flue pipes lift the top plate and sweep the
pipe through the opening.
• For top mounted flue pipes the product can be swept through
the flue pipe’s sweeping hatch, or the baffle plate must be
taken down. See point 7.1 on how to do this.
