A couple questions

[QuadUser]

Very experienced in handling my quads. Upon firing it up I noticed this year that there is some smoke coming into the room, way more than just a puff when it ignites. I do have a quad trekker. And I'm not sure if this is an issue, but I notice the pellets igniting right away not later after they all drop. Not sure if this is normal for the trekker as I have only had this model for a year now. Is it possible a seal has been broken somewhere in the exhaust. I had it professionally installed and it just elbows out to the wall.

Second question is after cleaning the exhaust fan at the end of the season like quad recommends, when you re tighten the nuts for the fan onto the rubber gasket how tight should I tighten the screws? Just tight enough or kinda super tight?

Ty.

 

[ARC]

Just tight enough or kinda super tight?

Just tight enough not super tight if you try to go super tight you will strip the sheet metal screw holes, remember you are really only screwing two pieces of sheet metal together with a gasket between. Also if you can use a silicone gasket made for your stove instead of the "paper" insulation gasket that sometimes comes with new blower. The silicone gasket can be reused for years and the "paper gasket you will be lucky to get two years use when cleaning yearly. I feel you also get a better seal with the silicone gasket but that is just me.

 

[QuadUser]

Just tight enough not super tight if you try to go super tight you will strip the sheet metal screw holes, remember you are really only screwing two pieces of sheet metal together with a gasket between. Also if you can use a silicone gasket made for your stove instead of the "paper" insulation gasket that sometimes comes with new blower. The silicone gasket can be reused for years and the "paper gasket you will be lucky to get two years use when cleaning yearly. I feel you also get a better seal with the silicone gasket but that is just me.

So, this is what I found out. Last april when I took the exhaust fan out to clean out that area, I over tightened the fan to the silicone gasket. It made it not fit perfectly flush anymore. Also pushed down the gasket too much. This unevenness caused a sucking thing to happen which was keeping 5 percent of the smoke back into the room because there were small gaps in the seating of the fan. So today I ordered a new gasket and leveled out the torquing I did and its a lot less smoke but not perfect. So, when I get the gasket, I will tweak it some more, but it was me over tightening the fan to the gasket all along. So much for try to keep my stove clean...lol

 

[QuadUser]

Also I got a new gasket and leveled out the plate on the fan to even it out. After doing all that it got a lot better. Only a tiny amount of smoke now...

 

[ARC]

Only a tiny amount of smoke now...

You can always apply a little high temperature rtv on the gasket to, if the smoke is coming from that area. Also works on pellet venting connections.

 

[QuadUser]

You can always apply a little high temperature rtv on the gasket to, if the smoke is coming from that area. Also works on pellet venting connections.

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Wouldn't that make it hard for me to take the fan out at end of season and work with it?

 

[ARC]

Wouldn't that make it hard for me to take the fan out at end of season and work with it?

Makes it hard to take vent pipe apart if used on that but not the fan, you are sealing flat sheet metal to flat sheet metal it peals right apart, what it does for you is seals any warps, dings or dents between fan and exhaust housing.

 

[QuadUser]

Makes it hard to take vent pipe apart if used on that but not the fan, you are sealing flat sheet metal to flat sheet metal it peals right apart, what it does for you is seals any warps, dings or dents between fan and exhaust housing.

So, I'm assuming this would replace the silicone ring that normally goes there? And when I need to take the fan out, it shouldn't be too crazy to get it apart?

 

[ARC]

So, I'm assuming this would replace the silicone ring that normally goes there?

No just a small amount all the way around both sides of the silicone ring, just enough to fill any defects in the sheet metal.

 

[QuadUser]

No just a small amount all the way around both sides of the silicone ring, just enough to fill any defects in the sheet metal.

Ok, so to clean the fan at end of season will the silicone ring get damaged most likely if I pull that fan off with the silicone on it?

 

[johneh]

Silicon may or may not come off Gasket
Your choice a little smoke smell on the start-up or a new gasket once a year

 

[ARC]

Ok, so to clean the fan at end of season will the silicone ring get damaged most likely if I pull that fan off with the silicone on it?

I have never damaged a silicone gasket with RTV it separates from gasket if used on "paper/insulated" gasket it does damage the gasket. I estimate I have done around 500+ pellet exhaust stove gaskets over 15 years.