So i have been running the Harman for 2 full seasons now and all of a sudden the other night while we had some company staying over, they woke up to a heavy smoke smell. The stove was on low jsut cranking through the night like usual. So yesterday i did a full cleaning, vent pipe etc. It had been a while and the vent pipe was real dirty. I thought maybe this was part of the reason. I fired it back up today and I am still getting smoke smell. I took out my HID bike light, which is a blueish real bright light and usually allows for me to see any smoke, and i couldn't see anything. I took off the rear panels and still couldn't see anything. However when i put my nose over the hot air being blown out i got a good wiff of smoke. Not the typical Okie smell. Witrh that said this is my fifth bag of Okies i have run ever, and i can't believe how hot they are. I wonder if the extra heat loosend up an internal seal somewhere. But i would think that would affect the vaccum that the stove is under and would shut it off.
So i'm curious where else could this strong smoke smell be coming from. My pipes are sealed with lots of high temp silicon because i battled a leak last year and fixed it this way.
I had the hopper replaced last season, so hopefully its not related to this. The tech said he would never replace another hopper on a XXV after he did my install.
So i'm curious where else could this strong smoke smell be coming from. My pipes are sealed with lots of high temp silicon because i battled a leak last year and fixed it this way.
I had the hopper replaced last season, so hopefully its not related to this. The tech said he would never replace another hopper on a XXV after he did my install.