Harman Accentra insert igniter question

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jp0469

Member
Jan 23, 2011
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Rochester, MA
When I recently changed the igniter on my stove, I noticed that there is a large blob of high temp silicone or RTV where the wires pass through the back near the feeder assembly. I was careful enough that I was able to keep that blob mostly intact but it did loosen up a bit. I got the impression from reading a few other threads on the forum that Harman now uses some type of grommet rather than the silicone to seal off the pass through. Can anyone confirm if that is the case and maybe provide a photo or part number if known?
 
Page 38 and down is most of the parts and numbers I think ,maybe you’ll find what you need there.If not someone who has the stove will hopefully send you a pic.
(broken link removed to https://www.mainestoves.com/wp-content/uploads/Product%20Documents/Manuals/Harman/Accentra_Insert.pdf)
 
I’m not sure that grommet would work on your unit but if your concerned you could always add some more high temp silicone. I wouldn’t be that concerned about it though since that’s located in the air intake. The only danger that really poses is if it wasn’t sealed at all and you lost power with a fire in the unit it could potentially leak a little smoke there if you didn’t have much natural draft, but usually in that case it’s going to leak smoke at the door anyway.