Hi All,
New to this forum - so hello from Mahoning, PA!
Hoping to get some help with my pellet stove insert - Harman Accentra - manufacturing date is Aug 2005. I have been a wrench on my cars and motorcycles for decades, so not afraid to dig in on what the stove needs, just hitting a wall as to the issue, so here I am - looking for some advice . . .
There appears to be more than one issue, so I will try to give a detailed rundown of what happened and the list of repairs so far. The stove has been working fine for the 5 years since I have owned the house it came with including the cold season of last year. In the late spring of 2020, a rat made it's way into the house and I spent 2 weeks chasing it down. The critter started to make a nest on the back of the stove, gathering nuts and tearing the flue pipe insulation. The rat was eliminated and I replaced the insulation around the flue pipe as well as replacing the lower gasket on the bottom frame that the stove rests upon. I cleaned up all the mess the rat made, checked all the wiring carefully to make sure nothing was chewed. One sensor wire that goes to the stove pipe blower motor was frayed but not cut through - cut and re-soldered those wires up. All seemed well - cleaned up and put back in place.
Fast forward to late fall 2020 - filled and tried to start the stove - nothing. The LED's on the indicator panel were flashing - checked for the codes online and they were associated with a pressure leak on the flue blower. Pulled the stove back out, cleaned the flue pipe with a flue-pipe cleaning kit - all the way to the top of the pipe. Also - replaced the foam seal gasket where the stove meets the stove frame / flue pipe. Plugged it back in and the flashing codes were gone but it appeared to be stuck in start-up mode. The feed motor light does not come on during this startup process and the auger does not rotate. Pulled the unit back out, cleaned up the auger area (it moves freely by hand from behind). Still in the same mode - startup with no light for feed motor and the feed motor does not start turning.
SO - any advice on how to diagnose the stove would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Dan
New to this forum - so hello from Mahoning, PA!
Hoping to get some help with my pellet stove insert - Harman Accentra - manufacturing date is Aug 2005. I have been a wrench on my cars and motorcycles for decades, so not afraid to dig in on what the stove needs, just hitting a wall as to the issue, so here I am - looking for some advice . . .
There appears to be more than one issue, so I will try to give a detailed rundown of what happened and the list of repairs so far. The stove has been working fine for the 5 years since I have owned the house it came with including the cold season of last year. In the late spring of 2020, a rat made it's way into the house and I spent 2 weeks chasing it down. The critter started to make a nest on the back of the stove, gathering nuts and tearing the flue pipe insulation. The rat was eliminated and I replaced the insulation around the flue pipe as well as replacing the lower gasket on the bottom frame that the stove rests upon. I cleaned up all the mess the rat made, checked all the wiring carefully to make sure nothing was chewed. One sensor wire that goes to the stove pipe blower motor was frayed but not cut through - cut and re-soldered those wires up. All seemed well - cleaned up and put back in place.
Fast forward to late fall 2020 - filled and tried to start the stove - nothing. The LED's on the indicator panel were flashing - checked for the codes online and they were associated with a pressure leak on the flue blower. Pulled the stove back out, cleaned the flue pipe with a flue-pipe cleaning kit - all the way to the top of the pipe. Also - replaced the foam seal gasket where the stove meets the stove frame / flue pipe. Plugged it back in and the flashing codes were gone but it appeared to be stuck in start-up mode. The feed motor light does not come on during this startup process and the auger does not rotate. Pulled the unit back out, cleaned up the auger area (it moves freely by hand from behind). Still in the same mode - startup with no light for feed motor and the feed motor does not start turning.
SO - any advice on how to diagnose the stove would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
Dan
