Harman Accentra Error Code #6 Again!!

I woke up this morning to my Harman Accentra blinking to an error code of #6. This is the second time this week it has happened and i'm not sure why. I've troubleshot everything the manual has said and its all been ok. I cleaned the stove and burnpot yesterday evening so it cant be a dirty stove. All i can think that it could be is low draft or my auger isnt feeding pellets when needed. My settings are room temp, heat setting of 75, and feed rate of 4. Does anyone have any ideas? I really dont to wake to a cold house when the winter cold comes.

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Lineman30 said:

I woke up this morning to my Harman Accentra blinking to an error code of #6. This is the second time this week it has happened and i'm not sure why. I've troubleshot everything the manual has said and its all been ok. I cleaned the stove and burnpot yesterday evening so it cant be a dirty stove. All i can think that it could be is low draft or my auger isnt feeding pellets when needed. My settings are room temp, heat setting of 75, and feed rate of 4. Does anyone have any ideas? I really dont to wake to a cold house when the winter cold comes.

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Venting including the termination cap crudded up, esp sooted really good, something getting into your air intake, crudded up combustion fan, wind entering the vent, any signs of the gummy stove syndrome on your stove ....

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Venting is clean...esp was wiped down before i installed the stove....combustion fan is clean...gummy stove syndrome well thats what i noticed when I tore it down when i got it. The tube was caked with stuff as well as the feed slider plate and everything below that. I cleaned and cleaned the tube and everything i could access with some homemade chisel that i made. I got it pretty clean after alot of scrubbing...

SmokeyTheBear said:

Lineman30 said:

Sm said:

Lineman30 said:

I woke up this morning to my Harman Accentra blinking to an error code of #6. This is the second time this week it has happened and i'm not sure why. I've troubleshot everything the manual has said and its all been ok. I cleaned the stove and burnpot yesterday evening so it cant be a dirty stove. All i can think that it could be is low draft or my auger isnt feeding pellets when needed. My settings are room temp, heat setting of 75, and feed rate of 4. Does anyone have any ideas? I really dont to wake to a cold house when the winter cold comes.

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Venting including the termination cap crudded up, esp sooted really good, something getting into your air intake, crudded up combustion fan, wind entering the vent, any signs of the gummy stove syndrome on your stove ....

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Venting is clean...esp was wiped down before i installed the stove....combustion fan is clean...gummy stove syndrome well thats what i noticed when I tore it down when i got it. The tube was caked with stuff as well as the feed slider plate and everything below that. I cleaned and cleaned the tube and everything i could access with some homemade chisel that i made. I got it pretty clean after alot of scrubbing...

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How's the gasket situation on the stove?

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The gaskets all look good. Door is in really good condition. I bought this stove used from an 80 year old couple and in the 5 years they had it, it probably only had 3-4 tons burned though it.

kinsman stoves [email said:

[email protected][/email]]Did you clean the liner with a brush?


**added how long are the pellets that you are using?**
Eric

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Pellets are averaging 3/4 to 1 inch long. Yes i brushed the tube w/ an old M16A2 bore brush from my Marine Corps days.

Delta-T said:

did you already check your slide plate to see if its upside down ? same problem from before, not feeding enough pellets during call cycles.

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Yes, I checked the slide plate and it was smooth side down and lip side up. Feeding part still not sure about. I did change the feed setting on the Switch #1 to on and i think it helped. But that means i changed the factory default settings.

kinsman stoves [email said:

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Lineman30 said:

kinsman stoves [email said:

[email protected][/email]]Did you clean the liner with a brush?


**added how long are the pellets that you are using?**
Eric

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Pellets are averaging 3/4 to 1 inch long. Yes i brushed the tube w/ an old M16A2 bore brush from my Marine Corps days.

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No the liner up the chimney

Eric

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Oh sorry miss read. I have it running hortizonal out of my house. Its been clean w/ brush.

kinsman stoves [email said:

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Lineman30 said:

kinsman stoves [email said:

[email protected][/email]]

Lineman30 said:

kinsman stoves [email said:

[email protected][/email]]Did you clean the liner with a brush?


**added how long are the pellets that you are using?**
Eric

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Pellets are averaging 3/4 to 1 inch long. Yes i brushed the tube w/ an old M16A2 bore brush from my Marine Corps days.

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No the liner up the chimney

Eric

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Oh sorry miss read. I have it running hortizonal out of my house. Its been clean w/ brush.

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Ok. I would check the feeder make sure it is not clogged with a long pellet or a GI Joe.

Eric

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All check good. Have a question on test mode. I timed the auger and it only made 3 1/2 revolutions in a 60 second period. Does that mean anything?

Woke up again at 0330 and stove was blinking code 6 but convection and combustion was still on. I then reset it and laid on the couch to watch it and the fire came up and heated the house. I then fell asleep on the couch and probably hour or so later woke up and there was it again blinking 6 again So I just don't understand, I've just burned bout 2 bags so dirty is not an issue. Any more ideas???

newf lover said:

I assume you did this, but just checking; did you check the backdraft damper on the inlet pipe to see if it was stuck closed or not swinging freely? Did you clean the air chamber under the burnpot? Just for the heck of it, does it make any difference if you run it in stove temp mode, auto?

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I've checked the inlet flapper and under the burnpot and all clear. I've thought about running the stove in stove temp mode but i'm trying to make the room temp work for me. So i'm just clueless why its happening only at night. During the day my wife says it runs just fine.

SmokeyTheBear said:

Is your vent setup the all in one Harman pass through and by any chance has the wind been into the vent when the 6 blink happens?

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My vent setup is a Metal Fab vent/thimble. I have it venting on the southside of the house so maybe it could be the wind. Last night the wind was calm i believe. I know it wasnt gusting to hard because i went out there and felt my OAK to see if it was drawing air.

newf lover said:

I assume you did this, but just checking; did you check the backdraft damper on the inlet pipe to see if it was stuck closed or not swinging freely? Did you clean the air chamber under the burnpot? Just for the heck of it, does it make any difference if you run it in stove temp mode, auto?

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Last night I woke up and noticed the stove hadn't came on and it was 71 in the house and the stove was set at 75 room temp auto. I then turned it slightly more ( I mean a barely) it came on and ignited. Watched it a while and It quiit feeding and so I turned it all the way to 90 and it just sat there doing nothing. I let it set there for 20 or so secs. So I just turned to stove temp, auto and went to bed and it ran all night without a glitch. So my thought is, is it possible that the room temp mode isn't reading properly in return possibly causing a code 6 because the stove is calling for heat but the mode I'm in isnt functioning. Which would cause incomplete combustion? Last night I also cleaned underneath the igniter and burnpot area. Currently I'm on room temp mode and it's running fine w/ 75 setting

I've got another issue. Noticed this morning that i had smoke in the hopper and my flame what erratic (like a candle in the wind), glass was vibrating and when i took off the OAK it went all away. Smoke disappeared, flame back to normal and no more glass rattleing. Any thoughts??

SmokeyTheBear said:

Also make sure there is nothing in that OAK.

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Think I know what the problem is. On my old CB 1200 I installed a homemade OAK and I was hoping it would work with this setup. I think I made It 2 inch. So the stove truly needs that extra volume. So I've got to build something to make it work. Anyone know where to get some 2 1/2 inch semi ridge flex on the Internet???