Hey all... Haven't been spending a lot of time at home (too busy at work), but I've been noticing over the last few weeks, my Harman P68 has been acting a bit weird. No settings have been changed on the stove, feed rate, low draft settings, etc.
I cleaned it, probably a month ago. Got everything except the vent to the outside. I cleaned that last year at the close of the heating season.
The flame has become extremely lazy. It fills up the entire window, orange and black, not the yellows flame that "dances". Also, the top 1/3 of the window is black after just one night of burning. My wife cleans out the burn pot every night (or I do). Also, last night in particular, there many many unburned pellets being push into the bin below. Finally, there is some sort of a damper for the cold air intake (?), that has been rapidly opening and closing, as we can hear it very audibly.
I am wondering if the vents are plugged up a bit with fly ash and really needs a good cleaning? We haven't gone through more than 2.5 tons this winter and once the fly ash bin fills up, I clean the stove. I do remove the combustion blower cover, take a paint brush to get the ash off the fan. But I figured I could wait until spring to get further past? Maybe not.
Also, I did notice the other night the stove had an error that the ESP sensor was having issue (light was blinking three times). I unplugged the unit, per the manual, plugged it back in and that hasn't come back.
Any thoughts on the issues. Maybe I need to get in a really give it a good scrub?
I cleaned it, probably a month ago. Got everything except the vent to the outside. I cleaned that last year at the close of the heating season.
The flame has become extremely lazy. It fills up the entire window, orange and black, not the yellows flame that "dances". Also, the top 1/3 of the window is black after just one night of burning. My wife cleans out the burn pot every night (or I do). Also, last night in particular, there many many unburned pellets being push into the bin below. Finally, there is some sort of a damper for the cold air intake (?), that has been rapidly opening and closing, as we can hear it very audibly.
I am wondering if the vents are plugged up a bit with fly ash and really needs a good cleaning? We haven't gone through more than 2.5 tons this winter and once the fly ash bin fills up, I clean the stove. I do remove the combustion blower cover, take a paint brush to get the ash off the fan. But I figured I could wait until spring to get further past? Maybe not.
Also, I did notice the other night the stove had an error that the ESP sensor was having issue (light was blinking three times). I unplugged the unit, per the manual, plugged it back in and that hasn't come back.
Any thoughts on the issues. Maybe I need to get in a really give it a good scrub?
Ok. I'll give a look at that too.
