Continuing saga of my ignition woes:
11/23/15 evening: weekly cleaning of the stove and, true to form, trouble. After two complete attempts ending in time-out-shutoff, I gave in and called my dealer for a service call. The best they could do was (not a typo) 12/30/15! I agreed, glad that it’s not my only heat source, and made sure a new ignitor would be brought. Over the phone they had no idea on what the issue is and only recommended “look on YouTube and figure it out yourself”. I am highly resistant to “becoming a stove tech”, but I give in on this, I need to watch how an ignitor is installed and then keep a spare handy. The stove started up just fine the next morning.
The following week: Most evenings and the holiday weekend, I turned to stove on, it started right up (5-8 minutes). Again, we’re recreational users, so it is evenings and weekend days, I only did one overnight burn so far.
11/30/15 evening: cleaned it again. Looking for the answer behind why I only have trouble after a cleaning, I wondered if taking everything out of the burn pot is the cause, so afterwards I reintroduced perhaps two tablespoons’ worth of ash to the burn pot. I had one full time-out shut-down, and perhaps fifteen minutes into a second (I removed most of the new-pellet-accrual from the burnpot between attempts) and then it lit and ran just fine.
I betcha it will fire up just fine this evening. The only variable I can think of is that in a borderline situation, it needs some ash in the compartment under the burnpot where the ignitor reside to facilitate ignition, and by vacuuming it out (with the small-diameter hose) I’m taking that away each clean-out.
Data point: I’m only turning on the stove in Stove Temp mode, the knob turned counterclockwise barely enough to have the system turn on.
