I just fired up the stove for the first time this year...I spent a good couple hours cleaning it the other day. It has a significant smell to it that seemed to weaken the longer it was running...but more importantly, while the heat output is as strong as ever, the fire is very lazy and wavy, and not very bright. Now that I'm idling it down to turn it off for the evening, the flame looks more normal. When pushing it normal to hard (wanted to see what would happen, so I cranked it) I got a very wavy, dim fire.
Is it possible my chimney is blocked somewhere? I have a nice big 2"-3" chimney that goes out the roof of the room, and its capped. I'd be hard pressed to think its blocked, but anything is possible. It was the only thing I did not clean before I fired it up. To be frank, when the techs replaced the ESP probe back in the middle of last winter, they cranked the pipe bolts so tight into the back of the stove I need to find something better to take off the pipe to inspect it.
Thanks to anyone who can help...I'm still kinda new to this, as this will only be my second full season with a pellet stove.
Is it possible my chimney is blocked somewhere? I have a nice big 2"-3" chimney that goes out the roof of the room, and its capped. I'd be hard pressed to think its blocked, but anything is possible. It was the only thing I did not clean before I fired it up. To be frank, when the techs replaced the ESP probe back in the middle of last winter, they cranked the pipe bolts so tight into the back of the stove I need to find something better to take off the pipe to inspect it.
Thanks to anyone who can help...I'm still kinda new to this, as this will only be my second full season with a pellet stove.