Hey everyone,
I'm relatively new to pellet stoves, compared to a lot of you that post regularly here. I have a Breckwell P24I that was installed right after Thanksgiving. It was a used one that was cleaned and installed by a local company here, so should be no issues there. The flue is brand new and was installed brand new when the insert was installed. They got everything up and running and things seemed to be ok. However, I noticed that the fire would occasionally go out. I thought it was because the pellets stopped feeding or maybe I did something wrong. Then I started to notice the blinking #2. I didn't get a manual with the stove since it was new, so I looked it up online and found that a blinking #2 means some kind of air flow issue and it gives some things to check and possible causes.
So, here's what I've done so far. I've kept the stove as clean as possible. For a while I thought it was just because things were really dusty so (not knowing any better) I just kept cleaning it. After I got the manual, I found the 3 doors that I could open, so I got those open and vacuumed and cleaned (there wasn't much ash in there, but I figured just clean it anyway). I also try to look and see to make sure the holes in the burn pot are clear, and when there is a flame, it is pretty good.
After reading some posts on the boards here, I've learned that the glass in the door does not have a gasket on the bottom edge so that air can flow into the stove. Before I read about this, I did notice that there was a very distinct pattern of ash on the glass. About one third on the right remained clear while the other two-thirds on the left got dirty very quickly. While I could sustain a flame for 12 or even 18 hours, the glass would get very ash-y after a couple hours. After I read about the air flow under the bottom edge of the glass, I noticed that the dirty glass coincided exactly with some caked on ash blocking the edge of the glass. So I tried to clean it up a little to assist airflow into the stove. I thought this might help whatever airflow problem was causing the stove to go out in the middle of the night, or after 8-10hrs.
After I did the cleaning, now I'm not even able to get the stove past the startup stage. I can get a good flame in the burn pot, but the stove won't kick in. After pressing power, the combustion blower goes on. But after about a minute, it just goes off and blinks #2. In the past, I've been able to just press power again and after once or twice, the stove would "catch" and would eventually get into the regular feed/burn pattern. But now, it just won't catch.
Ok, that was a mouthful, but I've been trying to struggle with this to see if I could figure out what I'm doing wrong. Do I need to change the gasket around the glass? Do I need to change the gasket around the door? Did I do something wrong by cleaning out the gunk underneath the glass? Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot the root cause?
If anyone has any ideas, I'm kind of at the end of my rope. Help!
Mike
I'm relatively new to pellet stoves, compared to a lot of you that post regularly here. I have a Breckwell P24I that was installed right after Thanksgiving. It was a used one that was cleaned and installed by a local company here, so should be no issues there. The flue is brand new and was installed brand new when the insert was installed. They got everything up and running and things seemed to be ok. However, I noticed that the fire would occasionally go out. I thought it was because the pellets stopped feeding or maybe I did something wrong. Then I started to notice the blinking #2. I didn't get a manual with the stove since it was new, so I looked it up online and found that a blinking #2 means some kind of air flow issue and it gives some things to check and possible causes.
So, here's what I've done so far. I've kept the stove as clean as possible. For a while I thought it was just because things were really dusty so (not knowing any better) I just kept cleaning it. After I got the manual, I found the 3 doors that I could open, so I got those open and vacuumed and cleaned (there wasn't much ash in there, but I figured just clean it anyway). I also try to look and see to make sure the holes in the burn pot are clear, and when there is a flame, it is pretty good.
After reading some posts on the boards here, I've learned that the glass in the door does not have a gasket on the bottom edge so that air can flow into the stove. Before I read about this, I did notice that there was a very distinct pattern of ash on the glass. About one third on the right remained clear while the other two-thirds on the left got dirty very quickly. While I could sustain a flame for 12 or even 18 hours, the glass would get very ash-y after a couple hours. After I read about the air flow under the bottom edge of the glass, I noticed that the dirty glass coincided exactly with some caked on ash blocking the edge of the glass. So I tried to clean it up a little to assist airflow into the stove. I thought this might help whatever airflow problem was causing the stove to go out in the middle of the night, or after 8-10hrs.
After I did the cleaning, now I'm not even able to get the stove past the startup stage. I can get a good flame in the burn pot, but the stove won't kick in. After pressing power, the combustion blower goes on. But after about a minute, it just goes off and blinks #2. In the past, I've been able to just press power again and after once or twice, the stove would "catch" and would eventually get into the regular feed/burn pattern. But now, it just won't catch.
Ok, that was a mouthful, but I've been trying to struggle with this to see if I could figure out what I'm doing wrong. Do I need to change the gasket around the glass? Do I need to change the gasket around the door? Did I do something wrong by cleaning out the gunk underneath the glass? Is there anything else I can do to troubleshoot the root cause?
If anyone has any ideas, I'm kind of at the end of my rope. Help!
Mike
