How often do you work on your stove?

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Question of the day. How often do you have to work on your pellet stove, excluding the cleaning?

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Topshelf

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Question of the day. How often do you have to work on your pellet stove, excluding the cleaning?

Please take the poll and then post the brand and model of the stove you have.
 
Topshelf said:
Please take the poll and then post the brand and model of the stove you have.
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2005 St Croix Prescott EXP and nope I never work
on the stove other than cleanings.
 
If I consider the Europa as my day to day stove, I'd say once per year when I jam the auger trying to burn things I shouldnt, like extra long PA pellets, coal, etc.
 
If it continues this way three times since you ruled out the most important work that gets done on pellet stoves.

Once to get ready for the season, once to get ready for the off season, and once to replace my convection blower.
 
Excluding cleanings, nothing since the install.
 
Enviro Meridian since Nov. 2005, the only thing I've had to replace was a faulty high temp sensor.

Outside of that, zero problems.
 
just had some small problems but nothing big.
 
I've only been burning since March of last year and I have to admit I'm waiting for that first bump in the road. I thought the bump had arrived last week when I heard a vibrating / buzzing noise but it turned out to be my antique fire extinguisher touching one of the side doors. So far, so good!

Chan
 
16 years on my Austroflamm Integra put a auger motor in this year other than that gaskets and seals.
 
1988 Winston WP24
 

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Nothing except cleaning and a blown fuse since install, second season. Fuse was my fault.
Mike -
 
I have an Omega so I do a annual cleaning in September and tare the whole stove apart.
then I dont open the door untill the end of Dec and I just clean the Glass do a quick bruch out of the inside of the burn chamber, dumb ashesout of the ash pan, Dump the T clean out and scrape out the burn pot.
then that will be the last time I open the door again until Sept
3 1/2 tons a season
 
Harman Advance installed in fall 2008. Worked on it once so far. It had something binding up the slide plate just last week, shortly after dumping in a part bag of swept up pellets from the truck box. Took it out and cleared the auger right out but nothing noticeable found. Probably a stone or something swept up got in a bad spot. Can't even complain since the dealer provided a replacement bag for the one he damaged with the fork truck. Couldn't waste those spilled pellets though.
 
Quadra Fire Castile insert second season, and all I have done other than normal maintanance was to replace the stainless vent pipe, , the installer originally only ran my vent up into my chimney about 4 feet, and after one season I decided to replace that for a better draft and it was worth it, the unit burns a lot better now.
 
Once a year if I can help it.
I do the annual overhaul.
Haven't had to replace anything yet but had to oil squeeky motors.
 
At the risk of jinxing myself... No issues with my XXV other than replacing the ignitor
at the end of last season. Currently on 4th winter with it.
 
I'm on about my 10th year with a Harman Invincible Insert that runs 24/7 October through early May. Replaced combustion blower once, distribution blower twice, ESP probe once. Door gasket once.
 
73 took the poll
22 responses’ about their stoves. Lots of good reports. No bad reports?
11 of the poll takers said they work on theirs daily. What kind of stoves are they?
By the looks of the responses’ the Harmon’s and the St. Croix’s are the no issues stoves

Englander - 49TRC22 always working on it, this one is mine.
Englander 10-CPM multi-fuel - ?
Englander 25 pdvc – no issues
St Croix Prescott EXP – No issues
st.croix Prescott exl – no issues
St Croix Pepin – no issues
St. Croix Revolution – no issues
Europa -
Saranac FS - no issues
P68 – No issues
3 - Harman Accentra – no issues
Harman Advance – no issues
Harman XXV – no issues
Harman Invincible Insert – 10 years I room blower, one exhaust blower
Magnum Baby Countryside – no issues
Enviro Meridian - no issues
Austroflamm Integra – 16 years one auger
Lopi Leyden – no issues
2 - Enviro Omega – one air pump
Quadra Fire Castile
USSC King 5510 - igniter
 
Enviro Omega approx 1 year old. I lost the air pump which took out the igniter. Fluke??? I really hope so.

Still waiting on the new air pump, I almost installed the igniter with out checking the pump. Would have been very BAD! These igniters need the air. There is a warning on the new igniter.

FYI only. Still very happy with the stove! Has the Hi/Lo setting that makes not having the igniter not a real big deal.
 
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