My XXV was installed in February. We've put maybe a ton of pellets through it (I'd say 50 bags at most). Every week I shut it down, scrape the burn pot, brush down the inside, empty the ash bin (sometimes twice a week) and shop vac the interior.
A couple of weeks ago, I had it on room temp, the therm is now about 5 feet off the ground and 2 feet to the right of the stove, and it had shut down as the room had hit temp (I had it set at 60). When I wanted to bump heat, I bumped up the temp to 70 and it started dropping pellets but did not ignite. I'd knock the ash layer into the ash pan, scrape the pot, try again. No ignite. Unplug and plug back in - it would ignite. By then about a cup or so of Barefoots would have passed, warm/hot but not burning, into the ash pan.
So I took off the panel that covers the ignitor, brushed around in there and then vacuumed it. That seems to have fixed the ignitor problem...but now the blower/fan is not always coming on. Meaning that sometimes it does what I expect and increases fan speed when I turn it up, but sometimes (especially when starting up) it just won't blow. The fire starts but hot air does not blow forcefully out of the vent in front.
I thought the blower only needed to be cleaned a couple of times a season, and didn't think that one ton would cause trouble to this extent. But I could absolutely be wrong on that - advice please?
Thanks!
Mary
A couple of weeks ago, I had it on room temp, the therm is now about 5 feet off the ground and 2 feet to the right of the stove, and it had shut down as the room had hit temp (I had it set at 60). When I wanted to bump heat, I bumped up the temp to 70 and it started dropping pellets but did not ignite. I'd knock the ash layer into the ash pan, scrape the pot, try again. No ignite. Unplug and plug back in - it would ignite. By then about a cup or so of Barefoots would have passed, warm/hot but not burning, into the ash pan.
So I took off the panel that covers the ignitor, brushed around in there and then vacuumed it. That seems to have fixed the ignitor problem...but now the blower/fan is not always coming on. Meaning that sometimes it does what I expect and increases fan speed when I turn it up, but sometimes (especially when starting up) it just won't blow. The fire starts but hot air does not blow forcefully out of the vent in front.
I thought the blower only needed to be cleaned a couple of times a season, and didn't think that one ton would cause trouble to this extent. But I could absolutely be wrong on that - advice please?
Thanks!
Mary