Bent ESP

[mik_kane]

Yesterday I cleaned my stove and turned it back on and all was fine. Until last night I noticed a wall of flames, I was running the P61 in stove mode so I turned the setting down and it was still feeding pellets. I shut the stove down and pulled the ESP out and it had a bend in it, so I cleaned it up and put it back in (what else could I do). I ran the stove in room temp mode and it seemed to be running fine. This morning I changed back to stove mode and it is running normal again. Should I be concerned that the ESP is bent (actually looks like it was made that way) or is it time for a replacement?

Thanks

 

[DAKSY]

I would replace it, or at least have a replacement handy, just in case it fails.
A bent ESP is a DAMAGED ESP & generally, once an ESP is damaged it'll fail.
Your call...

 

[Don2222]

I would not be too concerned but you may want to have an extra ESP probe as a backup. Do you have the red wire or black wire ESP probe?

 

[mik_kane]

I would not be too concerned but you may want to have an extra ESP probe as a backup. Do you have the red wire or black wire ESP probe?

The wires are black

 

[DAKSY]

Make sure your replacement has black wires. The red & black wired ESPs are not interchangeable, unless you change the dipswitch settings...