Yesterday my stove started making a terrible whining noise which seemed to be coming from the convection fan in the bottom back. After changing the setting to 1, the fan seemed to give out, and though making noise still, the stove started to smoke and I had to unplug to shut it off.
This morning when I press the On button the convection fan is the ONLY thing that starts up (still whining), blows cold air for 10 seconds and shuts down, giving the #2 error, which is "the vacuum switch no longer senses negative pressure in the firebox".
My initial thought was just that the convection fan needs to be replaced (I opened and cleaned, but it wasn't really that dirty). But I don't know why the convection fan is preempting all the other functions since it doesn't usually start up until fire is established.
As an aside, I was wondering if it matters if there's a gap in the convection fan cover as shown in the photo with the lizard coming out of it. I only noticed it after I screwed the fan back in.
Thanks for any insight.
This morning when I press the On button the convection fan is the ONLY thing that starts up (still whining), blows cold air for 10 seconds and shuts down, giving the #2 error, which is "the vacuum switch no longer senses negative pressure in the firebox".
My initial thought was just that the convection fan needs to be replaced (I opened and cleaned, but it wasn't really that dirty). But I don't know why the convection fan is preempting all the other functions since it doesn't usually start up until fire is established.
As an aside, I was wondering if it matters if there's a gap in the convection fan cover as shown in the photo with the lizard coming out of it. I only noticed it after I screwed the fan back in.
Thanks for any insight.
