This may be long, sorry.
Thursday night I gave the stove a quick vacuuming, then I took a shower to get ready for bed. After my shower, I noticed the stove wasn't burning right. Very, very low flame. It went out, so I relit it. The pellets stopped dropping, so I hit the reset button. Nothing happened.
It was late, so I flipped on the oil burner for Thursday night and Friday.
Got home Friday, with my plan of attack already put together, and got started. First, thorough cleaning of the burn pot, thermocoupler, and exhaust ports behind the baffles. I clean behind the baffles every weekend, so it was due anyway.
Inside of stove, spotless.
Last time I used the leaf blower was Thanksgiving weekend. This is the first time my wife saw me do this. So as i started the cloud machine, my wife asked me if it's always that much ash. I said no. This led me to think there may have been a blockage. Finished up, turned the stove on, running like new ever since. Told my wife, I can spend 10 minutes a month if that's what I need to do.
So I have to thank everyone on Hearth.com for posting the Leaf Blower trick numerous times.
I'd also like to comment on how safe these stoves are. I apparently had an exhaust blockage, and the stove went into shutdown mode. I like that.
Thursday night I gave the stove a quick vacuuming, then I took a shower to get ready for bed. After my shower, I noticed the stove wasn't burning right. Very, very low flame. It went out, so I relit it. The pellets stopped dropping, so I hit the reset button. Nothing happened.
It was late, so I flipped on the oil burner for Thursday night and Friday.
Got home Friday, with my plan of attack already put together, and got started. First, thorough cleaning of the burn pot, thermocoupler, and exhaust ports behind the baffles. I clean behind the baffles every weekend, so it was due anyway.
Inside of stove, spotless.
Last time I used the leaf blower was Thanksgiving weekend. This is the first time my wife saw me do this. So as i started the cloud machine, my wife asked me if it's always that much ash. I said no. This led me to think there may have been a blockage. Finished up, turned the stove on, running like new ever since. Told my wife, I can spend 10 minutes a month if that's what I need to do.
So I have to thank everyone on Hearth.com for posting the Leaf Blower trick numerous times.
I'd also like to comment on how safe these stoves are. I apparently had an exhaust blockage, and the stove went into shutdown mode. I like that.