Englander 25 igniter tip not red hot

I just hooked up a 2005 Englander 25 about a week ago, the first time I hit the start button it fired right up, 2 days later, it E2 on the first start up try, I cleaned the pellets out of the burn pot and tried again and it started. I saw smoke within 5 min. or so then some sparks and then fire, now, 3 days later, the igniter wont get hot on the tip and it wont ignite the pellets. I touched the housing that the igniter is in in the back of the stove and almost burned my finger. After it cooled I took the igniter out and hooked it to a lamp cord and within 10 seconds 80% of the shaft was cheery red but not the tip but I unplugged it figuring it was fine. I then installed it back in and now its on its 3rd restart and nothing, housing is super hot but tip wont get red hot. I took the air hose out and that was clear, also stuck a nail where the air tube goes onto and that was clear. Anybody have any ideas?
Thanks.

Thanks for the tip but I did take the igniter out and hooked it to a lamp cord and plugged it in for almost 3 minutes and the tip just would not get cherry red. By tip , I mean the last inch or so. From the collar up to about the last inch was bright , cheery red in about 30 seconds or so. Does it sound like the igniter is shot to you? I did make sure it was set back from the burn pot about an 1/8 of an inch but still nothing.
Thanks

That is what the service guy from Englander told me to do. I did disconnect the hose from the fresh air intake side and it did work once, then the next day when I went to start it up it didn't start, I tried 3 start up cycles and nothing. I made sure the burn pot and igniter hole were clean and clear but it wouldn't start. Do you think disconnecting the hose right at the igniter housing would give it more air flow and is it safe to leave that hole open without the hose on it? Also, in normal circumstances, does the igniter cause problems like this? I always clean the ashes out of the burn pot before restarting and I shop vac out the burn pot area and clean the burn plate, etc. twice a week and I only use the stove from early morning till around 11am just to take the chill out of the house.
Thank you for the help.

I removed the hose from the igniter side and it fired right up . I've lit 3 fires since I took it off and it works great. Thanks. I do have 1 ?, is it ok to leave the hose off of that intake bib on the igniter housing, ie: is there any heat problem or chance of a flame coming out of that hole and will any smoke come out of the hole?
Thanks again.

Ok, great, just wanted to make sure it was safe and thanks for helping out on this issue, I thought I was going to have to spring for a new igniter.