Hey everyone, new to the forum. My wife and I just purchased our first house last month which already had Lopi Yankee Bay insert in the fireplace. I burned roughly half a ton since we moved in with no issues. However last week I got a Maintenance light error.
For those of you familiar with this insert it was the the #2 Green light that started flashing. I checked the manual and it says the likely causes are.
-Heavy ash buildup in exhaust duct
-heavy ash buildup in exhaust housing or plugged tubing
-heavy ash buildup in vent.
I went ahead and cleaned the exhaust blower housing which had little ash in it. I then removed the cover plate for the exhaust duct and found my problem. The ash was so impacted into the duct it was like someone physically stuffed it until you couldn't fit another ounce of ash. I went ahead and vacuumed out all the flyash out. As i continued the clean out I lightly tapped on the exhaust pipe as more ash continued to find its way down into the clean out, I did this until no more ash continued to come down.
So this is my issues. After running it for a few more days I've noticed the maintenance light comes on if I start the stove cold and the exhaust blower doesn't start right away. If the exhaust blower starts up instantly then I starts with no issues.
In the instances when the exhaust blower doesn't start instantly, the maintenance light comes on with the same #2 error. If I unplug the stove and restart it, the blower initiates and the maintenance light does not come back on. When this happens It runs perfectly with no issues.
My thoughts are since the exhaust duct was so horribly jammed up before, Im thinking the internal computer that kicks on the maintenance light either has to be reset since I already fixed the jam up, or it thinks it is jammed still when the exhaust blower isn't running. What do you guys think?
For those of you familiar with this insert it was the the #2 Green light that started flashing. I checked the manual and it says the likely causes are.
-Heavy ash buildup in exhaust duct
-heavy ash buildup in exhaust housing or plugged tubing
-heavy ash buildup in vent.
I went ahead and cleaned the exhaust blower housing which had little ash in it. I then removed the cover plate for the exhaust duct and found my problem. The ash was so impacted into the duct it was like someone physically stuffed it until you couldn't fit another ounce of ash. I went ahead and vacuumed out all the flyash out. As i continued the clean out I lightly tapped on the exhaust pipe as more ash continued to find its way down into the clean out, I did this until no more ash continued to come down.
So this is my issues. After running it for a few more days I've noticed the maintenance light comes on if I start the stove cold and the exhaust blower doesn't start right away. If the exhaust blower starts up instantly then I starts with no issues.
In the instances when the exhaust blower doesn't start instantly, the maintenance light comes on with the same #2 error. If I unplug the stove and restart it, the blower initiates and the maintenance light does not come back on. When this happens It runs perfectly with no issues.
My thoughts are since the exhaust duct was so horribly jammed up before, Im thinking the internal computer that kicks on the maintenance light either has to be reset since I already fixed the jam up, or it thinks it is jammed still when the exhaust blower isn't running. What do you guys think?