Hi,
I have a Quadra Fire Edge 60 pellet stove that was bought by former owner 12 years ago. Recently the stove takes really long time to ignite (probably 2-3 startup cycle to start fire. Possible igniter issue?). But then I noticed the flame is really low and weak which cannot reach the thermocouple. I opened the glass door and found that the fire would burn better (much higher flame) which seems to be lack of oxygen when the glass door is closed (possible air flow issue?). Then after 5-10 minutes (Soft Start - Low and sometimes can make it to Soft Start - Med stage), the fire will just die out as weak flame and no pellet feed (probably due to low flame level resulting in low reading from thermocouple. Possible thermocouple issue?).
I did clean the fire pot, heat exchanger, vent pipe, combustion blower, convection blower. I used my infrared thermometer to check temperature of the ignitor, it was like 600F at peak. But then I detect temperature of the fire pot, it was like less than 100F only (which might be able to explain why it takes so long to light).
Just wondering what might be causing the issue? Any suggestions for what else I should check next or part replacements? (e.g. new 380watt ignitor, combustion blower and gasket, thermocouple, etc.)
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
I have a Quadra Fire Edge 60 pellet stove that was bought by former owner 12 years ago. Recently the stove takes really long time to ignite (probably 2-3 startup cycle to start fire. Possible igniter issue?). But then I noticed the flame is really low and weak which cannot reach the thermocouple. I opened the glass door and found that the fire would burn better (much higher flame) which seems to be lack of oxygen when the glass door is closed (possible air flow issue?). Then after 5-10 minutes (Soft Start - Low and sometimes can make it to Soft Start - Med stage), the fire will just die out as weak flame and no pellet feed (probably due to low flame level resulting in low reading from thermocouple. Possible thermocouple issue?).
I did clean the fire pot, heat exchanger, vent pipe, combustion blower, convection blower. I used my infrared thermometer to check temperature of the ignitor, it was like 600F at peak. But then I detect temperature of the fire pot, it was like less than 100F only (which might be able to explain why it takes so long to light).
Just wondering what might be causing the issue? Any suggestions for what else I should check next or part replacements? (e.g. new 380watt ignitor, combustion blower and gasket, thermocouple, etc.)
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
