I inherited the Englander 25-PDVC (Manufactured 10/2002) pellet stove when my wife and I bought the house. This year we started to actually use it. I had it serviced by a guy who cleans out and maintains the Englander stove. After about 2 weeks since the service, the stove shut off with a E code (Just E).
After calling Englander tech support, they indicated to check the vacuum hose out and cut about a half a inch off the hose and pop it back in, since the vacuum hose end near the stint was dried out and cracked.
After doing this, the stove ran fine.
A month and a half later, the the stove stop working again with the E code. (Just E)
I checked the end of the hose and it again was cracked.
I bought the official gasket and hose kit from England's Stove Works and noticed that the vacumm hose was different from what was originally on there. What was on there was a blue hose (I suspect high temp grade hose), and what England's sent me was a clear hose.
I replaced the vacuum hose completely with the clear hose.
Now I am getting the E code more frequently, after about 3 uses of the stove (running about 1.5 hours each use) and find that the hose end is cracked. I have a feeling that something is really not riight here.
After finding a copy of the original manual (rev 09/02), it mentions that the E code indicates that there is possible a problem with the combustion blower.
So hear is the kicker...My wife had reviewed the manual and pointed out that there is no pipe going outside for the internal air, just the flute. How the previous owner did nor the service technician pick up on this - have no clue.
So I have left to figure that its possible that the hose keeps cracking because I am not feeding fresh air from outside, causing the combustion blower to run hotter, thus drying out the hose.
Thoughts?
I am thinking of 1. Drilling a hole to get the proper pipe through to get the outside air
2. going to Lowes or Home Depot to get a higher temp hose
After calling Englander tech support, they indicated to check the vacuum hose out and cut about a half a inch off the hose and pop it back in, since the vacuum hose end near the stint was dried out and cracked.
After doing this, the stove ran fine.
A month and a half later, the the stove stop working again with the E code. (Just E)
I checked the end of the hose and it again was cracked.
I bought the official gasket and hose kit from England's Stove Works and noticed that the vacumm hose was different from what was originally on there. What was on there was a blue hose (I suspect high temp grade hose), and what England's sent me was a clear hose.
I replaced the vacuum hose completely with the clear hose.
Now I am getting the E code more frequently, after about 3 uses of the stove (running about 1.5 hours each use) and find that the hose end is cracked. I have a feeling that something is really not riight here.
After finding a copy of the original manual (rev 09/02), it mentions that the E code indicates that there is possible a problem with the combustion blower.
So hear is the kicker...My wife had reviewed the manual and pointed out that there is no pipe going outside for the internal air, just the flute. How the previous owner did nor the service technician pick up on this - have no clue.
So I have left to figure that its possible that the hose keeps cracking because I am not feeding fresh air from outside, causing the combustion blower to run hotter, thus drying out the hose.
Thoughts?
I am thinking of 1. Drilling a hole to get the proper pipe through to get the outside air
2. going to Lowes or Home Depot to get a higher temp hose
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