Looking at a Harman for a friend

[heat seeker]

A good friend of mine has a neighbor selling this pellet stove:

"The model is the Haman Accentra-2 pellet stove. She says the distribution fan is not working."

I understand that the temp probe may be bad/dirty, causing the fan to stay off, but what else should I look for, in general, before buying the stove? The stove is not attached to venting any more, just sitting in the basement. It is about 5 years old, and they switched to a wood stove since they are getting the wood for free.

I think that there is a test mode in which I can run the motors to see if they all work - is that correct?

Any suggestions on a fair price?

I have read the Harman sticky, still working on absorbing it all. It works quite differently from my Afton Bay.

 

[Bioburner]

Yes you can turn the knob to test and all motors should come up if the gaskets are good and should feed a few pellets too. Going much farther will require exhaust to see if the stove fires up.