Stove sometimes not lighting

[fmsm]

I run mine on manual, it really doesn't use a lot more pellets.

 

[jtakeman]

So I called the store that sold me the stove. He told me that the igniter can be expected to fail once every year or two on these. Wow !! It's $110 just to buy one, and maybe $150 additional to have someone install it !! .

are you serious???! :bug: WOW indeed! pretty danged expensive for a part expected to die that frequently

I'll take my cheapo stove with the $27.00 one set screw and removing a couple of knuckle scraper screws to get the air intake tube off system. That's too rich for this critter as well.

But its a Harman! The Cadillac of stoves. Nothing but the best! ;-)

Or was that Harmon? Or Harmin? I don't remember anymore! :red:

Jay, your not making any friends with comments like that. hh:

Even the overpriced, over engineered MtV AE ignitor isn't nearly that much. ;-)

Friends? What are those????

 

[stoveguy2esw]

Some of the Harmans I service produced in 2002 still have the original igniters.

yeah thats what i mean, i have units out there 12 years old with origional igniters in them, actually the majority of our units still have them in stalled, sometimes you get a popped igniter quickly but usually they last several seasons or more in our units, im sure most brands have a similar record on this

 

[MarkF48]

On a couple of occasions on my XXV I've had either a slow start where pellets will feed out enough to spill over the fire pot before igniting or a non-start and each time it was a matter of giving the inside of the ignitor chamber a cleaning, usually with a vac, to restore a fairly fast light of the pellets. I may look at tapping on the ignitor fins as well.

I do have a question about how the ignitor works to settle an argument with a friend.... are the holes at the front of the fire pot where the heat comes from to ignite the pellets (sort of like a hot air paint stripper). My friend believes the ignitor heats up the bottom of the fire pot which causes the ignition. He seemed to have a good reasoning for this, but I can't buy into what he says.

 

[SmokeyTheBear]

On a couple of occasions on my XXV I've had either a slow start where pellets will feed out enough to spill over the fire pot before igniting or a non-start and each time it was a matter of giving the inside of the ignitor chamber a cleaning, usually with a vac, to restore a fairly fast light of the pellets. I may look at tapping on the ignitor fins as well.

I do have a question about how the ignitor works to settle an argument with a friend.... are the holes at the front of the fire pot where the heat comes from to ignite the pellets (sort of like a hot air paint stripper). My friend believes the ignitor heats up the bottom of the fire pot which causes the ignition. He seemed to have a good reasoning for this, but I can't buy into what he says.

Hot air flow does the ignition.

 

[exoilburner]

On a couple of occasions on my XXV I've had either a slow start where pellets will feed out enough to spill over the fire pot before igniting or a non-start and each time it was a matter of giving the inside of the ignitor chamber a cleaning, usually with a vac, to restore a fairly fast light of the pellets. I may look at tapping on the ignitor fins as well.

I do have a question about how the ignitor works to settle an argument with a friend.... are the holes at the front of the fire pot where the heat comes from to ignite the pellets (sort of like a hot air paint stripper). My friend believes the ignitor heats up the bottom of the fire pot which causes the ignition. He seemed to have a good reasoning for this, but I can't buy into what he says.

The igniter on my Harman pellet furnace sits under the bottom row of burn-pot holes. It looks like combustion air is pulled thru the igniter mounting bracket across the igniter and thru the bottom row of holes. I used a hi intensity LED light and aimed it into the igniter bracket. (I moved the LED off a bit for the picture) You can see which holes are being fed the air thru the igniter bracket. Your layout may be different but may be the same Harman process.

 

[Rick @ Great Northeast]

On a couple of occasions on my XXV I've had either a slow start where pellets will feed out enough to spill over the fire pot before igniting or a non-start and each time it was a matter of giving the inside of the ignitor chamber a cleaning, usually with a vac, to restore a fairly fast light of the pellets. I may look at tapping on the ignitor fins as well.

I do have a question about how the ignitor works to settle an argument with a friend.... are the holes at the front of the fire pot where the heat comes from to ignite the pellets (sort of like a hot air paint stripper). My friend believes the ignitor heats up the bottom of the fire pot which causes the ignition. He seemed to have a good reasoning for this, but I can't buy into what he says.

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan is quite a different place then Central MA, what up with that?