Had to call 911 yesterday... (My Redneck invention)

[THE ROOSTER]

All is well, thankful for that. But I felt I needed to tell everyone that no matter what you do to help something or make it better it can still cause a unforeseen hazard.

For YEARS I have been blocking off the area where my pellet stove heat output comes out, when the stove is off, I used a flame resistant piece of foam. To make a long story short as possible, I shut stove down yesterday late morning, got dressed to go do yard work once stove had completely shut down I installed foam (seems to cut down on the draft from OAK when it's windy outside) and headed out. An hour later I came in, to a house filled with smoke every smoke detector going off, couldn't see 2' in front of me.it smelled electrical, so I took a deep breath and headed in to find my pellet stove burning, igniter hadn't been working for at least 2 years, so I thought. I had turned knob just slightly past off, to room temp, once temp dropped below 70* it kicked on... So glad dogs were with me. Totally my fault, felt stupid looking at a bunch of firemen as I finally figured what it was...

I'm sure we all "McGuyver" things, just hope mine & telling it here possibly saves someone the 15-25 minutes of horror I experienced yesterday. Not to mention having to open every window on a 38* day...

 

[Bioburner]

I take it that the stove in story is a Harman? Had a bad pot switch start the stove when in off too. Just used most of the pellets in a unused garage though

 

[Harvey Schneider]

I don't understand. It sounds like you are blocking off the convection air path.
There shouldn't be any connection between the OAK, which supplies combustion air, and the convection air path.
So, what am I missing?

 

[THE ROOSTER]

I don't understand. It sounds like you are blocking off the convection air path.
There shouldn't be any connection between the OAK, which supplies combustion air, and the convection air path.
So, what am I missing?

Probably just my, "stupidity"... It seems to me that when the stove is off on a windy day there us a draft in that area.

 

[Swedishchef]

All is well, thankful for that. But I felt I needed to tell everyone that no matter what you do to help something or make it better it can still cause a unforeseen hazard.

For YEARS I have been blocking off the area where my pellet stove heat output comes out, when the stove is off, I used a flame resistant piece of foam. To make a long story short as possible, I shut stove down yesterday late morning, got dressed to go do yard work once stove had completely shut down I installed foam (seems to cut down on the draft from OAK when it's windy outside) and headed out. An hour later I came in, to a house filled with smoke every smoke detector going off, couldn't see 2' in front of me.it smelled electrical, so I took a deep breath and headed in to find my pellet stove burning, igniter hadn't been working for at least 2 years, so I thought. I had turned knob just slightly past off, to room temp, once temp dropped below 70* it kicked on... So glad dogs were with me. Totally my fault, felt stupid looking at a bunch of firemen as I finally figured what it was...

I'm sure we all "McGuyver" things, just hope mine & telling it here possibly saves someone the 15-25 minutes of horror I experienced yesterday. Not to mention having to open every window on a 38* day...

Well said.

Glad to hear things weren't as bad as I had imagines when I first read the title.

Andrew

 

[Pellet-King]

If your stove is off on that day It must be warmer outside, so DONT BLOCK IT EVER AGAIN!!.....hehe

 

[F4jock]

All is well, thankful for that. But I felt I needed to tell everyone that no matter what you do to help something or make it better it can still cause a unforeseen hazard.

For YEARS I have been blocking off the area where my pellet stove heat output comes out, when the stove is off, I used a flame resistant piece of foam. To make a long story short as possible, I shut stove down yesterday late morning, got dressed to go do yard work once stove had completely shut down I installed foam (seems to cut down on the draft from OAK when it's windy outside) and headed out. An hour later I came in, to a house filled with smoke every smoke detector going off, couldn't see 2' in front of me.it smelled electrical, so I took a deep breath and headed in to find my pellet stove burning, igniter hadn't been working for at least 2 years, so I thought. I had turned knob just slightly past off, to room temp, once temp dropped below 70* it kicked on... So glad dogs were with me. Totally my fault, felt stupid looking at a bunch of firemen as I finally figured what it was...

I'm sure we all "McGuyver" things, just hope mine & telling it here possibly saves someone the 15-25 minutes of horror I experienced yesterday. Not to mention having to open every window on a 38* day...

Glad you and the dogs are OK. I have my stove in Room Temp and let it determine when to shut down and when to fire. It took a lot of finageling but when I got the room sensor placed just right the temp control became excellent. When I shut the stove down for ANY reason it gets unplugged unless I'm gonna be in the house and fire it up again. I've found that the OFF setting can be a bit touchy. I do have enough confidence in the stove that I leave it burning in auto mode when we go out. Never had a problem knock wood.

 

[LordmetalZ28]

Unless your exchanger is cracked theres no possible path to the oak. Maybe you should check the exchanger if your getting a draft