Breckwell p24fsa not blowing hot air

[Tmysanchez]

Hello everyone,
I'm at a loss. My Breckwell isn't blowing any heat. Tho last night it blew heat for about 15 min then cold air again. I've deep cleaned it every single day since this issue began this season. The flame is high and orange and goes straight up. I also changed the gaskets and added a cold air intake to it. It drops tons of pellets that aren't being burned at all. I'm unsure of what parts I should replace. It's in a small 10 x 14 size room. I've tried different pellets to see if that helped and there was no change in temperature. It's an older pellet stove so its a manual ignite and nothing digital on it at all...just a knob and 2 buttons. Thanks

 

[zrock]

are the blower fans working? if you have flame you have heat so to me the room blower has crapped out and not blowing the heat into the room and the exhaust fan is sucking it all outside.

 

[johneh]

The flame is high and orange and goes straight up

That statement tells me the stove lacks combustion air
Your stove might benefit from the leaf blower trick
Breckwell are know for hidden ash traps that are hard to clean

 

[ARC]

Is this the type with the cleaning key?

 

[Tmysanchez]

Is this the type with the cleaning key?

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Yes...I clean these tubes daily

 

[ARC]

Yes...I clean these tubes daily

Using the key? Is it still working? Very important that the tubes are clean that is how the heat is transferred to the room air/fan.

 

[Tmysanchez]

Well the key just Hooks in to slide it back and forth..I do this daily..its also spitting out too many pellets and not burning them up

 

[ARC]

That looks like not enough draft, could be draft fan going bad but more likely ash trapped in the venting doesn't take much just a handful in the wrong spot. As suggested leaf lower trick you need a leaf blower that has the vacuum function, as you are actually sucking the ash out not blowing.

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[Tmysanchez]

Thank you. I'll have to find a leaf blower that does this.

 

[ARC]

First one is the one I have No vacuum so I siliconed a adapter on the bottom inlet, it was on sale for $28 so I thought i was getting a deal. If I ever have to get another(doubtful) I would get one with the vacuum it would be much easier to match up the vacuum end with the vent pipe. Just looking at the vacuum port you can imagine how easy it would be to connect to pellet vent.

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[Tmysanchez]

That looks like not enough draft, could be draft fan going bad but more likely ash trapped in the venting doesn't take much just a handful in the wrong spot. As suggested leaf lower trick you need a leaf blower that has the vacuum function, as you are actually sucking the ash out not blowing.

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[Tmysanchez]

Do I need to disconnect anything before doing the leaf blower? I don't want to cause any damage. Thanks!

 

[ARC]

Some have broken vacuum switch, so either remove hose from switch or leave door open on stove. I personally have not removed hose or left door open, I have been using leaf blower twice a year for 14 years and never replaced a vacuum switch. Then again maybe I have been lucky or my leaf blower is strong enough to clean vent but not strong enough to break vacuum switch.

 

[johneh]

Just to be on the safe side take the hose off the vac switch