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nailed_nailer

Minister of Fire
Oct 29, 2007
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Cape Cod, Ma
So I had yesterday off and as it was warm outside I decided it was a good day to deep clean the M-55.
Pulled off the top and the sides to expose the blowers.
Gave the chassis inside a good vacuum out.
Pulled both blowers and took them to the shop to really clean them.
I use compressed air/CRC electronics cleaner/ a toothbrush/ a putty knife/ and a bit of Seafoam (to dissolve the carbon).
Had them looking good and spinning clean.
Put 'em back into place and connected the wiring.
Was about 99% I had it right form memory.
Opened the front of the stove and gave it a good cleaning as well.

Got it all put back together and threw in a fresh bag of MWP's (Tractor Supply Bag)

Plugged it in and hit the On button.

Instantly I get a flashing #2 light (Bad Vacuum)

I shut it down and check all connections/wiring colors/wires/etc.

Fire it up again and same Flashing #2 light.

I'm like......Hrumph!!!! #%$$%#@@. I check the Field Tech manual to see whats going on.
Don't really find anything.

Make a coffee and smoke a butt.
Thinking....thinking........

Hey!! Why did I leave the Ash Pan Door open?
Close that.
Fire it up.
All Is good
;em

It certainly had a vacuum problem lol!!!

It sure runs good a quiet when she is all clean.

---Nailer---
 
Reminds me of something I did last season. It was getting late so I checked the hopper and knew I would need to refill in the morning
so I grabbed a bag of pellets from the garage and placed it near the stove then went to bed. About an hour later I realized it was very warm and went out into the living room. It was almost 100 degrees in there so I am like what the heck is going on? I check the settings but nothing unusual. wtf ? Then I realized that I had placed that ice cold bag of pellets on the stoves temp sensor.
 
I had a similar issue that after a very good cleaning had unplugged the room temp sensor to keep it from harm when cleaning the rear of stove. What the H$%#, everything should be perfect with a total cleaning:)
 
Hopper switch didn't get reconnected;em It's always something simple and stupid....
 
Put 'em back into place and connected the wiring.
Was about 99% I had it right form memory.

Yeah, that exhaust blower motor sure has a lot of wire connections. I am so paranoid about forgetting the correct order that I color coded all the connections with different color electrical tape. I forget things easily, like where the hell did I put the torx screw driver I just had in my hand a minute ago.
 
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If there are lots of electrical connections, I draw a diagram or take a picture. Takes that ooops out of the equation....
 
Take lots and lots of pictures before you start.
 
Thanks Tim....Like I said I was 99% sure of wiring connections. I've had the blowers out about 8 times before.
In the end I was correct.

That dang ash pan door. lol

In my defense......I did have a drop cloth on the floor in front of the stove and it was partially covering the door.

All is good now.....stove burning quietly. House warm. Dog and Kid happy.

Now to find some quality pellets. I'm down to 1/2 a ton of the TS-MWP's
Gotta bite the bullet and spend some $$$. lol

---Nailer---
 
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