Bkins said:
DexterDay said:
guess is you need s new ignitor.
Has nothing to do with the ignitor.... almost all Mt Vernons do it. Its a stove brand thing.......
Have you seen his ignitor?? You can't see anything on a ignitor, they need to be electronically checked unless they have a hole that can be seen.
As I posted it is a known situatuion with the Mt Vernons, non AE. You can replace the ignitor all you want and it won't have any effect on it. And YES DexterDay I have tried that. As I stated it has nothing to do with the ignitor. On top of that ignitors generally either work or they don't.
If he is throwing pellets in the burn pot and/or reseting, therr should be plenty of pellets.
The poster didn't say the stove didn't start after throwing the handfull of pellets into the burnpot.
I never use more than Low on my CB 1200 and I am heating just shy of 2,200.
We are not talking about a CB 1200 but a Mt Vernon non AE. Totally different stove. There is no sense comparing your stove or situation with his.
Only reason I say ignitor is.....
A.- Quads (especially Mt. Vernons) have had some issues on them (lots of posts here)
Again, we are talking about a non AE which has not had ignitor problems. Yes, there have been problems with a lot of things on the early AE versions.
B.- If he had reset it 3 times.... By the 2nd time there should have been plenty.
You must not of read what was posted. The amount of pellets that are put in the burnpot, on cold startup, are burned up and they don't start stacking up. They go on the startup cycle. If the poster has hit the startup cycle 3 or 4 times the stove will start as there would be enough heat generated by the 3rd time to allow the stove to keep running.
Owning a Quad myself, I can say the the thermocouple reacts rather fast once the pellets are lit.
Again you can't compare what you have to what he has just because their made by the same company. The timing devices are different and the burnpots are different. Location of the thermocouple may be different also. I guess I could say that because I own a Chevy Chevette that I know what the problems are with a Chevy Corvette. It doesn't work that way.
Everyone has an opinion.
I would listen to your opinion if you had the same model stove and had gone through the steps to try to correct this known situation with the Mt Vernon non-AE stove.
If you have not personally checked his stove, then you are jumping to conclusions (making assumptions)
Again, this is a known situation with this model stove. It is not a assumption when they all do it. I do not need to check his stove as there is nothing to check. Since you seem to be willing to send the poster on a goose chase maybe you need to do some homework on this model stove and not make assumptions yourself. Do you own a Quad Mt Vernon, non-AE and have you experienced this situation?
It could be a few things... Maybe he has a leak and the stovr senses enough vacuum at start up, but then loses it... Its a far fetch, but possible.. We wont get a better handle until some questions are answered..Like..
1.- Where is your feed plate and have you tried to adjust it?
Feed plate can be set wide open with no effect in the situation. It is a known situation with the Mt Vernon, non AE.
2.- When was the last time the ignitor was replaced and how old is the unit in question..