CaptSpiff
Minister of Fire
I have a Classic Bay that was installed last August and on two occasions (not very windy days), I have seen embers shooting out of the stove. I can't tell if they are coming out of the blower or coming out of the door.
I assume you experienced this with the pellet stove door open?
...., it burns fine. We have crappy pellets (we will never buy these again), they spark like crazy when they drop into the pot. I saw two fly out (thank goodness no farther than the slate hearth), but I fear one will reach the carpeting next to the hearth.
So every pellet stove I know has its flames die down when the door is opened. That's because the exhaust blower works like a vacuum and normally pulls air up thru the fire pot holes. When you open the door most of the air pulled by the exhaust blower now comes thru the door opening, causing the fire to die back, and no smoke will come into the room.
If you are experiencing sparks with the door open when pellets fall into the pot, try opening the hopper feed lid first, leave it open, wait 30 seconds and then open the door. On the modern stoves this will stop the auger from dropping new pellets.
There is also a Vacuum sensor that should stop feeding pellets when the main door is open. If you are worried then a service tech can check that for you.