No ignition. Had a problem at end of sesason last year, no ignition of pellets, Have a Country Winslow PI-40 Insert, cleaned stove this year and it fired up. Have run a few times , lit up like new. Came home tonight and stove was failing to light. Checked ignitor, getting warm in front where it ligns up with burn pot, also noticed that in back where you mount the ignitor looks like a small hole in ignitor pipe, could see bright red when it was trying to start. Not sure if that is normal or not? Any idaes as to what may be keeping the stove from lighting?
Ignitor issues?
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SmokeyTheBear
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If the igniter is getting hot then there are just a couple of things that would prevent ignition.
1. The igniter is too far away from the pellets.
2. The igniters air supply is blocked, there must be air flow past the igniter, ash in the igniter tube is a frequent cause of trouble (I suspect that that little hole you saw may be for air).
1. The igniter is too far away from the pellets.
2. The igniters air supply is blocked, there must be air flow past the igniter, ash in the igniter tube is a frequent cause of trouble (I suspect that that little hole you saw may be for air).
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