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My Afton Bay will run for 12-24 hours and then stop feeding pellets. Once the stove starts cooling down light 3 will start flashing. Is the stove getting to hott? What can I do to fix this since it is my only source of heat?
High temperature shut down is indicated by both the #2 and #3 lights flashing.
If it is just #3 you have run out of pellets in the burn pot and have lost proof of fire, or the proof of fire snap disc is defective, etc... in short anything that can disrupt pellets getting to the burn pot.
Running out of pellets in the burn pot can be due to no pellets in the hopper, a jam in the feed system, etc ...
If it is a high temperature shutdown both the #2 and #3 lights are supposed to flash according the the Operation Manual for your stove.
If the reset for high temperature shutdowns is to just pull the plug, wait a bit and plug it back in then either the manual is wrong and you actually had a high temperature shut down, or you actually had a high temperature shut down and your controller has a problem.
High temperature shutdowns usually indicate a failing convection blower although a lot of stoves can not be fired at their maximum firing rates for extended times.
When did you last maintain your convection blower and what did you do?
The convention would have been cleaned by the dealer in September. Is this easy to pull out and clean myself? I think the dealer pulled it and vacumed it maybe. Is this something that is easy enough I can do myself?
I have the afton bay and all maint is fairly simple to do. I suggest you do the leaf blower thing on that stove and while cleaning it, tap on that backwall with something to knock down any ash that may be stuck in there. Vac well behind the ash traps and make sure you remove the baffle cover up top and clean and vac all that area (i use an old paint brush) a clean stove is a happy stove...
I have the afton bay and all maint is fairly simple to do. I suggest you do the leaf blower thing on that stove and while cleaning it, tap on that backwall with something to knock down any ash that may be stuck in there. Vac well behind the ash traps and make sure you remove the baffle cover up top and clean and vac all that area (i use an old paint brush) a clean stove is a happy stove...
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