Hi All,
So here is my tale of woe. At the end of last season, I received the 5 blink error light. So at the time I purchased some gel and finish up season on manual rather then auto. I called dealer and they said that most likely the ignitor went bad. So being I purchase the stove in 6/08 I waited until June just before expiration of my warranty and called them up for service call. I paid 120.00 for them to make the trip. Labor and parts would be included in the repair.
The tech pulled the stove apart and did a major cleaning, he also told me he had the same stove and he had made some mods on his and others to make the stove burn cleaner and better. This consisted of filling in top two layers of holes in the burn pot with furnace cement.
So in the end he said the ignitor tested fine and by the time he left the stove was working as it should.
So now I fired up the stove for the first time in Nov and I notice that within 36 hours the glass is almost completly smoked, where last year it would take about a week to smoke up. Pellets this year are even a better quality then last years, don't have name on tip of my tongue right now but will chk when I get home. That is not end of the world but is curious to note.
Stove has only been running for couple of weeks and then 2 weekends ago stove went out and light was blinking 5 times. So did a very good cleaning and that did not fix issue. Some went and purchased more gel in the meantime.
So before I end up calling dealer and spending another 120.00 plus I now I will have to pay for labor and parts I am sure since my three years are up I have couple of questions.
Can I purchase ignitor and replace myself?
Is it very hard to replace ignitor?
Or is there something else I can check myself to troubleshoot?
thank you all,
So here is my tale of woe. At the end of last season, I received the 5 blink error light. So at the time I purchased some gel and finish up season on manual rather then auto. I called dealer and they said that most likely the ignitor went bad. So being I purchase the stove in 6/08 I waited until June just before expiration of my warranty and called them up for service call. I paid 120.00 for them to make the trip. Labor and parts would be included in the repair.
The tech pulled the stove apart and did a major cleaning, he also told me he had the same stove and he had made some mods on his and others to make the stove burn cleaner and better. This consisted of filling in top two layers of holes in the burn pot with furnace cement.
So in the end he said the ignitor tested fine and by the time he left the stove was working as it should.
So now I fired up the stove for the first time in Nov and I notice that within 36 hours the glass is almost completly smoked, where last year it would take about a week to smoke up. Pellets this year are even a better quality then last years, don't have name on tip of my tongue right now but will chk when I get home. That is not end of the world but is curious to note.
Stove has only been running for couple of weeks and then 2 weekends ago stove went out and light was blinking 5 times. So did a very good cleaning and that did not fix issue. Some went and purchased more gel in the meantime.
So before I end up calling dealer and spending another 120.00 plus I now I will have to pay for labor and parts I am sure since my three years are up I have couple of questions.
Can I purchase ignitor and replace myself?
Is it very hard to replace ignitor?
Or is there something else I can check myself to troubleshoot?
thank you all,
