Mt Vernon Insert

[timss13]

So question for all of you smart folks out there...my Mt Vernon insert has been sounding kind of metallic and crackly the past week or so. The sound seems to be coming from the back of the stove and is kind of higher pitched and whirry....I do a good job of cleaning regularly and might call in the experts since it has been about five tons since its last annual mega-cleaning including chimney.

In the meantime, any suggestions on what could be going on? Thankfully, we are in a heat wave this week so I can sip a little oil while cleaning and/ or taking the stove out of production temporarily.

 

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sounding kind of metallic and crackly and is kind of higher pitched and whirry....

All of that and only one noise?

Like metal rattling or a noisy blower?

Sorry got nothing...

Maybe an insert owner will chime in.

 

[timss13]

more like a noisy blower, I think.

 

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Then I guess I'd investigate that.

Convection blower on left and combustion blower on right.(facing stove)