Hi, I just got a harmon p38 and when I went to light it for the forth time it would not start. Before I call my dealer and sound like an idiot I thought I would post my problem here hoping someone would point out where I am failing.
Ok, the first two burns were no problem, the third time I lit it took a couple of tries, once started I turned it up to 4 to heat up the house. The flames got larger than ever before (it looked like a fire place fire or a "lazy fire") so I turned it down to 2 thinking it just had to much fuel. It went out right away and smoke poured out of the blower *cough*. So the next day (today) i tried again and got a "lazy" fire that went out, three times. So I got out my manual and learned very little, then I found this board and crawled around for an hour. I decided that I needed to clean the unit, although brand new, if for no other reason than to learn where everything is. So I did that, cleaned out my hopper to look for a jam- uh, I couldnt move move it, but it didnt appear clogged up. Then I inspected the whole stove while looking at the instruction manual and I found the air intake pipe (the flexible one) was not connected to the stove, but I could not get it to reach the stove. I was afraid to "force" it- should this flex pipe be "loose"?
( I have been mixing gel with pellets before putting in stove, as I read somewhere on this site.)
Any ideas?
Thank you, Sandy
Ok, the first two burns were no problem, the third time I lit it took a couple of tries, once started I turned it up to 4 to heat up the house. The flames got larger than ever before (it looked like a fire place fire or a "lazy fire") so I turned it down to 2 thinking it just had to much fuel. It went out right away and smoke poured out of the blower *cough*. So the next day (today) i tried again and got a "lazy" fire that went out, three times. So I got out my manual and learned very little, then I found this board and crawled around for an hour. I decided that I needed to clean the unit, although brand new, if for no other reason than to learn where everything is. So I did that, cleaned out my hopper to look for a jam- uh, I couldnt move move it, but it didnt appear clogged up. Then I inspected the whole stove while looking at the instruction manual and I found the air intake pipe (the flexible one) was not connected to the stove, but I could not get it to reach the stove. I was afraid to "force" it- should this flex pipe be "loose"?
( I have been mixing gel with pellets before putting in stove, as I read somewhere on this site.)
Any ideas?
Thank you, Sandy
