So there I was all set to put in the new ignitor to replace the 4 1/2 year old one that finally crapped the bed. I looked at the schematic in my owner's manual,pulled out the spare I had bought three years ago, and went to work,full of confidence that this would be a project of 2-3 hours....WRONG!
1. There's so little room to get at the t15 torx scews you need an infant's hands to get at them.
2. Even if your hands are small enough to perform the task, you cannot see the screws.
3. Of course the screws were frozen. I guess never-seize paste wasn't available in Canada at that time. So the torx screws stripped out once I managed to find the scew with the wrench. 2 hours later and $100 poorer, I ground off the heads of the screws With a Dremel and a Dremel Flex shaft attachment.
4. Once I got the ignitor unscrewed, I discovered that you have to snake the wires through two holes about a foot apart and about 3 inches offset from being in-line. I used a little electrical tape and a pick-up tool (gripping) to snake the wires.
5. After 2 days and a total of 6 hours, I discovered that the screws that came with the new ignitor (purchased from Enviro) were a different thread from the ones that I ground off.
The stove is working once again. I hope this ignitor lasts until I die.
This proves that you don't have to be smart to engineer a pellet stove.
1. There's so little room to get at the t15 torx scews you need an infant's hands to get at them.
2. Even if your hands are small enough to perform the task, you cannot see the screws.
3. Of course the screws were frozen. I guess never-seize paste wasn't available in Canada at that time. So the torx screws stripped out once I managed to find the scew with the wrench. 2 hours later and $100 poorer, I ground off the heads of the screws With a Dremel and a Dremel Flex shaft attachment.
4. Once I got the ignitor unscrewed, I discovered that you have to snake the wires through two holes about a foot apart and about 3 inches offset from being in-line. I used a little electrical tape and a pick-up tool (gripping) to snake the wires.
5. After 2 days and a total of 6 hours, I discovered that the screws that came with the new ignitor (purchased from Enviro) were a different thread from the ones that I ground off.
The stove is working once again. I hope this ignitor lasts until I die.
This proves that you don't have to be smart to engineer a pellet stove.
