Greetings,
Finally got the stove installed, vented, OAKed, a few test burns. Let the City Code Department know it's ready for inspection.
I'll get some pics and some more details on the installation soon, need to get some pics optimized etc.
I've got one (possibly two) issues right now though:
It's a 2004 Harman Accentra FS, purchased as used. Fully cleaned, lubed up, blown out with compressed air while outside (was careful of the vacuum switch), then tested outside with a half hopper of older pellets that same afternoon. Upon plugging in the stove at that time the glass 5A fuse blew (made me jump a bit...quite the flash). Replaced the fuse, stove started without issue. That was a few weeks ago.
Yesterday afternoon, after getting the exhaust vent fully configured and tightened up I did the initial test burn. Everything appeared to go as expected. After the fire got up and going for 10 minutes or so, everything running fine, the stove shut down completely. No lights on the swing out control panel (fully opened on the hinge). Figuring it was the fuse again I started to close the panel door...the stove kicked back on. A few minutes later it dies again, no lights. Move the door a bit, lights back on, blowers start up, all good. Another few minutes it dies, no lights. I found if I closed the control panel door fully it would stay on without issue. Will need to track down the short / loose connection.
I let it burn for a good 4 hours or so, on low settings. No problems with smoke leaks, and getting decent heat production even on the low settings. I then shut the stove down using the Stove Temp / Room Temp potentiometer, closely watched for 20 minutes or so to ensure that the fire died out. Happy with the situation I went on to other things, eventually retiring for the evening.
At 5AM I awake due to the cat sleeping on my head, wanting food. Went downstairs and found the combustion fan running, with the stove stone cold (outside temp stone cold). No other obvious issues. Opened the front access door, fan continues to run. Eventually unplugged from the APC UPS to stop the fan.
Back to the stove by 9AM, ran another quick test burn. This time no issues with the stove continuing to operate no matter which position the control panel is, opened or closed (still need to trace the wiring to kill that gremlin). Burned for an hour or so, shut it down manually using the Stove Temp / Room Temp "Off" setting. An hour later the stove is cold, but the combustion fan is still running. Again unplugged from the UPS.
During the full cleaning I did a reseat of all connections, cleaned the ESP with an alcohol wipe, greased what was needed.
I was able to find this other thread that detailed a like issue:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...-blower-not-shutting-off.148691/#post-2007345
Looks like his fix was a new board.
Any ideas from the experts? What should I be looking at to verify the cause?
Otherwise I'm somewhat happy with everything, I hope the inspector is also on Monday.
Many thanks in advance for your time reading what was going to be a short concise post...
Finally got the stove installed, vented, OAKed, a few test burns. Let the City Code Department know it's ready for inspection.
I'll get some pics and some more details on the installation soon, need to get some pics optimized etc.
I've got one (possibly two) issues right now though:
It's a 2004 Harman Accentra FS, purchased as used. Fully cleaned, lubed up, blown out with compressed air while outside (was careful of the vacuum switch), then tested outside with a half hopper of older pellets that same afternoon. Upon plugging in the stove at that time the glass 5A fuse blew (made me jump a bit...quite the flash). Replaced the fuse, stove started without issue. That was a few weeks ago.
Yesterday afternoon, after getting the exhaust vent fully configured and tightened up I did the initial test burn. Everything appeared to go as expected. After the fire got up and going for 10 minutes or so, everything running fine, the stove shut down completely. No lights on the swing out control panel (fully opened on the hinge). Figuring it was the fuse again I started to close the panel door...the stove kicked back on. A few minutes later it dies again, no lights. Move the door a bit, lights back on, blowers start up, all good. Another few minutes it dies, no lights. I found if I closed the control panel door fully it would stay on without issue. Will need to track down the short / loose connection.
I let it burn for a good 4 hours or so, on low settings. No problems with smoke leaks, and getting decent heat production even on the low settings. I then shut the stove down using the Stove Temp / Room Temp potentiometer, closely watched for 20 minutes or so to ensure that the fire died out. Happy with the situation I went on to other things, eventually retiring for the evening.
At 5AM I awake due to the cat sleeping on my head, wanting food. Went downstairs and found the combustion fan running, with the stove stone cold (outside temp stone cold). No other obvious issues. Opened the front access door, fan continues to run. Eventually unplugged from the APC UPS to stop the fan.
Back to the stove by 9AM, ran another quick test burn. This time no issues with the stove continuing to operate no matter which position the control panel is, opened or closed (still need to trace the wiring to kill that gremlin). Burned for an hour or so, shut it down manually using the Stove Temp / Room Temp "Off" setting. An hour later the stove is cold, but the combustion fan is still running. Again unplugged from the UPS.
During the full cleaning I did a reseat of all connections, cleaned the ESP with an alcohol wipe, greased what was needed.
I was able to find this other thread that detailed a like issue:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads...-blower-not-shutting-off.148691/#post-2007345
Looks like his fix was a new board.
Any ideas from the experts? What should I be looking at to verify the cause?
Otherwise I'm somewhat happy with everything, I hope the inspector is also on Monday.
Many thanks in advance for your time reading what was going to be a short concise post...