fired mine up tonight => bummer

[briansol]

I just did a nice good cleaning on the stove in prep for the first burn of the season tonight. house got to 59, so it's finally time.

First fire, won't kick on the convention blower after 30 min of 'start' flame. Probably that damn snap switch on the blower again (replaced last year at start of season).

let it sit for a few hours to cool and cleaned the blower and snap switch again to double check it before heading to the dealer tomorrow. I need to buy a pipe cleaner brush and wanted to see what their prices for energex american's are (the only brand they sell currently)

Now, i have a smoke leak coming from my exhaust pipe. I didn't disconnect it or anything to clean it (i have a trap door on the bottom of mine that i just open and bang out... still need to do the brush when i get it)

So, needless to say, i'm not burning tonight. I still haven't gotten any pellets yet (have a few bags left over from last season).

I'm bummed out right now. I actually said to myself, 'screw it, just use the furnace this year'.

guess we'll have to see if warranty will cover that switch again. lifetime warranty on the stove, but i don't think all these misc parts are included in that. It never ends.

 

[Nicholas440]

Sorry to hear about your problem. You might want to bypass the switch to see if its bad. Sounds like it if you had this problem last year as well. You can also get a tube of silicone and put a seal around the vent pipe joints, I had to re seal mine after 2 years, it had a tiny wisp of smoke on start up and I never touched the pipe. Amazing how these little problems just sort of happen.

You would think they could make stove components that would last for years and years. I had my old Natural gas furnace in this house for over 20 years and never had a single failure on any component. Im beginning to wonder about the pellet stoves, and inserts, its' not too encouraging when you see all the problems on stoves that are almost new and have been kept very clean.

Hope you locate the source... Good luck

 

[soupy1957]

I honestly wish all Pellet Stove owners all the best, with regard to their choice of heating tools, but..............I made my choice of a wood stove BECAUSE of the all-too-common responses or statements like the one here.

Having to put up with potential mechanical failure, due to part failure or power failure, convinced me to avoid this particular version of home heating.

I know my response is a "told you so" of sorts, and I realize that's not productive, so allow me to offer my "I feel your pain" disclaimer, and suggest that you have a "Specialist" look over your stove, (I know it costs more that doing it yourself, obviously), and make his/her own evaluation (I wonder how many "women" are "Chimney Sweeps" and "Stove Repair" people?) and replace whatever needs replacing. Perhaps there is something you missed?

-Soupy1957