Noise after good cleaning

[Pelletfisky]

Ok I on my fourth season heating my home with the Harman P43 and I have used this forum to learn this unit top to bottom. I clean this stove often and about a week ago I cleaned it very well just to have it work well as the temps finally dropped below 30 degrees. I noticed a weird fan noise now as it winds up as it turns on but I also wondering it could also be the auger spinning. Guess its no big deal but still curious lol

 

[PJPellet]

My P43 is about three years old. I have noises come and go A LOT. Last season I thought the combustion blower was on it's way out because it started making a "clicking" type sound like the bearings were going bad. After a few weeks it went away and hasn't returned yet. Lots of noises with my P43 for sure. So far they have all eventually stopped. Hope yours stops for you too.

 

[Pelletfisky]

Yeah the noise is nothing that makes me want to shut it off and honestly the stove on most nights works so well I only hear the fan and pellets feeding which I enjoy that noise. Worth every penny so far.

 

[hockeyfan]

If you need to isolate the noise, you could try the harman test mode or even a manual lighting of the stove.

I believe test mode will check everything at once, i.e. you can confirm that the noise exists while everything is running.

After that, a manual lighting could help because the fans/motors will run in a controlled sequence. The combustion motor will run alone on power on, followed by the auger turning and motor running when the firebox reaches temperature (although it may be difficult to pinpoint whether a noise is coming from the auger motor or the auger itself). Lastly, the distribution fan will operate if the fan setting on the dial is high enough.

In this way, you might be able to isolate the noise under relatively controlled conditions.