First, the basics. It's an Englander 25PDVC made in 10/08.
I started burning a few weeks ago and all was well.
Friday night the fire went out unexpectedly after about three hours burn time. Foresookth sayeth I. When the stove didn't respond to a shaken fist and blue language I dug all the pellets out of the hopper carefully checking to see if there was any foreign matter....part of a a bag, the neighbor's missing kitty etc...and found nothing amiss. When I loaded the stove again it burned fine all weekend producing good heat and no funny noises.
By the standards of the miserable weather we endured last week today was moderate so I shut the stove off so I could clean it after work. After cleaning I reignited it and all seemed well. Well pleased I sat down to enjoy a Cup of Meade. Well maybe a couple cups.
The fire went out again. So once again I dug all the pellets out of the hopper, took a vacuum and cleaned the area around the auger as best as I could, reloaded the stove and it ignited. That lasted twenty minutes. So I once again dug out all the pellets, threw them in the trash thinking it was a prank batch some bored lumberjack cooked up and then re-vacuumed the area around the auger. While the hopper was empty I studied the spinning auger. It seemed to stop occasionally then resume moving but it never stopped for more than a second or so. I stared at it a long while (when I have no clue what I am looking at I tend to stare at them a long while) loaded fresh pellets, tapped on the front auger with a hammer (it seems to spin fine all the time but I just like hitting things with a hammer time to time.)
It's burning now, strike that, I just went and checked, it's out again. (It lasted fifteen minutes this time)
Any advice on what I am overlooking would be greatly appreciated.
I started burning a few weeks ago and all was well.
Friday night the fire went out unexpectedly after about three hours burn time. Foresookth sayeth I. When the stove didn't respond to a shaken fist and blue language I dug all the pellets out of the hopper carefully checking to see if there was any foreign matter....part of a a bag, the neighbor's missing kitty etc...and found nothing amiss. When I loaded the stove again it burned fine all weekend producing good heat and no funny noises.
By the standards of the miserable weather we endured last week today was moderate so I shut the stove off so I could clean it after work. After cleaning I reignited it and all seemed well. Well pleased I sat down to enjoy a Cup of Meade. Well maybe a couple cups.
The fire went out again. So once again I dug all the pellets out of the hopper, took a vacuum and cleaned the area around the auger as best as I could, reloaded the stove and it ignited. That lasted twenty minutes. So I once again dug out all the pellets, threw them in the trash thinking it was a prank batch some bored lumberjack cooked up and then re-vacuumed the area around the auger. While the hopper was empty I studied the spinning auger. It seemed to stop occasionally then resume moving but it never stopped for more than a second or so. I stared at it a long while (when I have no clue what I am looking at I tend to stare at them a long while) loaded fresh pellets, tapped on the front auger with a hammer (it seems to spin fine all the time but I just like hitting things with a hammer time to time.)
It's burning now, strike that, I just went and checked, it's out again. (It lasted fifteen minutes this time)
Any advice on what I am overlooking would be greatly appreciated.