Pellet stove anger and agitator

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Angelstome

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Sep 29, 2018
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Michigan
I recently bought a used American harvest pellet stove. I don't understand these things but my anger is not kicking out enough pellets. I have to keep looting pellets in every few minutes .The heat setting is on 9. I have everything set on automatic. Also my agitator does not spin in my pellet pan. The Vitter pin is attached. I am not mechanically inclined. What do I do??
 
I recently bought a used American harvest pellet stove. I don't understand these things but my anger is not kicking out enough pellets. I have to keep looting pellets in every few minutes .The heat setting is on 9. I have everything set on automatic. Also my agitator does not spin in my pellet pan. The Vitter pin is attached. I am not mechanically inclined. What do I do??
Meant auger. Stupid autocorrect. Also meant cotter pin is attached
 
Which American harvest do you have 6041, 6039 4 button or 6039 three button? As it is a used stove the first thing I would check is if you have a thermostat clip installed. There should be a small metal clip inserted in your control board were it says tsat. The former owners might have had it hook to a external thermostat. This image says for a 6100 but is is the same for the American harvest. Should be a small metal clip were the yellow arrow points If no clip the stove will run on 1 no matter what you set it on. Is the dash blinking between the P and the 9 when you have it on 9? Unplug stove take off the left side panel and look at the back of your control board.
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Also my agitator does not spin in my pellet pan.

Can you hear the agitator motor running? If so be aware that there are 2 pins the cotter pin that you are talking about attaches the agitator shaft to the agitator coupler. The agitator coupler is attached to the motor with a roll pin/tension pin that is a type of sear pin and sometimes when the agitator jams in the pot that pin breaks.