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[MaverickM23]

Maybe Ill have to look into some pro former to help with the creosote. This whole weekend was cold with 8 inches of snow and everytime I checked the stove I could see drips of creosote coming out of the tiny drain hole in the lower part of the air box. Sometimes when I poked a wire up in it I would get a small rush of black liquid coming out. Dont know if its going melting it away or making more. Have you used pro former since you have had the stove or started later?

[Belknap]

I have been using it since new.  I only got the boiler going at the end of October.  I have not seen any creosote dripping out.  I think the 400 might be set up a little different because I don't have a air box with a hole in it.  Is this where the blower mounts to?

[MaverickM23]

Yeah its on the back and the blower mounts to it. Its not real big then it goes into the firebox through a smaller hole. On the inside of your firebox have you ever noticed some ash that looks reddish in color when your wood gets burned down? I get this reddish brown ash in the firebox where the metal meets the fire brick, just wanna be sure its not rust or something going wrong.

[Belknap]

I have not seen any ash that was redish brown.

[ecc_33]

Yea, Mine is all light grey and alot of powder.

[Belknap]

I just got done cleaning the tubes on my pro 400 using my new flue cleaning tool and it made the job 100 times easier.  I ran the tool through a couple of time then I ran the brush through just to get any left over ash out and worked really well.

[Scott7m]

Your far better off doing the tube cleaning when it dont need it than to wait til u know its past time

I know as a dealer I test things but as a customer its best to stay ahead

[Belknap]

I have been doing it every two weeks and that seems to work pretty well.  I did find last week that the boiler seemed to take quite a while to get up to temp and I was going through a lot of wood.  I started moving the ash around in the primary burn chamber and got some big chunks of real hardened ash off the brick which I think was restricting the nozzles.  It seems to be much better now.  I will  have to be sure and really keep moving the ash around and make sure I don't get that build up.

[Scott7m]

I have been doing it every two weeks and that seems to work pretty well.  I did find last week that the boiler seemed to take quite a while to get up to temp and I was going through a lot of wood.  I started moving the ash around in the primary burn chamber and got some big chunks of real hardened ash off the brick which I think was restricting the nozzles.  It seems to be much better now.  I will  have to be sure and really keep moving the ash around and make sure I don't get that build up.

yep, your learning some of the tweaks to make.  They can be different for everyone tho, different heat loads, different wood types, all plays a role in the fine tuning

[frankus33]

About the back tubes, i welded a brush on a steel rod for the straight flue and use a power drill on the flexible rod for the vertical one takes about 10 min.

suck the ash out of the holes with shop vac after.

[ecc_33]

I wondered how everyone was getting the ash out of the tubes when bushing the cleaning tool through the holes. There so long I just figured as fine as the stuff was when the fan kicked on again and the boiler fired up it would work its way up to were you stick the tool in?

[ecc_33]

tryed putting my drill on my tool I got today. Yea well it fubard that tool lol.

[Belknap]

What happened.  When I ran the tool through the horizontal tubes it would pull the ash out and I vacummed it out.

[ecc_33]

My "pipe cleaning tool" is maroon on the outside with a white looking plastic cable in the inside that runs to the brush. I stuck it down in the vertical tubes and the drill just wound itself up and didn't spin the brushes lol. Ah well I gave it a try. Now the red part comes apart from the white part and the white part goes down inside the red part when pulling the brush out of the tubes. still works just a big pain in the arse.

[Belknap]

I bought the flue cleaning tool.  The brush is not made to go on a drill unless you clean out with the flue cleaning tool first.  I just ran the flue cleaning tool through a couple of times then ran the brush through by hand.  Here is the link for the flue cleaning tool that goes on a drill. http://ecomfort.com/empyre-elite-xt-pro-deluxe-flue-active-tool-92366.html