I can remove the exhaust / combustion blower squire cage for cleaning , I have not removed the convection blower squire cage because I don't want to strip out the set screw head as I do not know what size it is , and it is hard , not impossible , but hard to get it out. That being said , I take a tooth brush to every blade and scrub, brush, scrape , each blade , I then use compressed air hose to blow the blades off, while having my wet dry vac running to pick up all the dust. The combustion blower removes easily , being held in with 6-8 self taping metal screws , remember that the gasket needs to be replaced after taking out the blower, it falls apart easily , so just put it in your mind to replace it . Just loosen the self tap screws and give the whole assembly a 1/4 turn and it will come out , motor and cage.
My exhaust pipe is a straight out pipe , with no elbows or any turns. I know , I know I should have it piped out and up , but it works and is easy for cleaning . So I just take the cap off and run my wet dry vac hose down the pipe until it stops and vac out the ash, I also run a brush down the exhaust pipe to loosen the ash before vacuuming.
One time I got some very nasty black gooey big f-in mess , that was from my burn pot being not seated correctly I guess
. It was soooooooo nasty I could not move the heat
exchange tube scraper , and the inside of the stove
had to be scraped , along with the combustion blower
. I don't know what it was , but it was nasty nasty crap
, and a bi------ ch to clean. It was my own fault because I smelled
it burning deferent and didn't check until it was tooooo late .
I know how you feel about the owners manual , not much info .
Eric , from Kinsman stoves is way way more informed then I
as far tech , and how to stuff . I'm still learning new stuff myself.
When my stove got the black gooey stuff it it , folks from this
board talked me threw it, almost in real time .
As far as the exhaust pipe goes , only one time in the last four years has the electric
failed , and the exhaust smoke came into the house, and it was not that bad.
At 4 o'clock in the morning wind blowing like 50 mph, snowing , I did not feel like
putting up my ladder to vac out the smoke with my wet dry vac , which I
would of if I had better conditions lol.