I have a Hudson River Davenport pellet insert thats about 10 years old. Last year it gave us some trouble but I replaced the combustion blower and it seemed better. We got a different brand of pellets this year and it's been a real pain. Constant buildup, constant lazy flames, constantly cleaning.
We've mostly limped through the winter but the other day it built up really bad, into the feed chute. I turned it off and got to it yesterday, doing another deep clean of the liner. For the first time I had hard chunks of what I assume is creosote come out. The normal ash as well, but a handful of these little guys too. I started using creosote cleaning pellets this year so was hoping that was it working and knocking stuff loose.
Started it up no problem but still had a very lazy flame (usually I'd have a nice burn for a few days at least). So I turned it off to deep clean the inside as well. Decided I was ok with the lazy burn for the night because I couldn't get to it, and got an error code when starting it back up. Since then I've cleaned everything to the best of my ability, and still getting an error. The only thing is if I take the liner off the stove, or even leave the cleanout cap off it will stay on. I havent left it like that long enough to see if it will actually light and run, but it doesnt error trip. I assume this means it's an issue with my liner? Or could it be something else? I've run the brush up multiple times, not sure what else to try. Any help is appreciated.
We've mostly limped through the winter but the other day it built up really bad, into the feed chute. I turned it off and got to it yesterday, doing another deep clean of the liner. For the first time I had hard chunks of what I assume is creosote come out. The normal ash as well, but a handful of these little guys too. I started using creosote cleaning pellets this year so was hoping that was it working and knocking stuff loose.
Started it up no problem but still had a very lazy flame (usually I'd have a nice burn for a few days at least). So I turned it off to deep clean the inside as well. Decided I was ok with the lazy burn for the night because I couldn't get to it, and got an error code when starting it back up. Since then I've cleaned everything to the best of my ability, and still getting an error. The only thing is if I take the liner off the stove, or even leave the cleanout cap off it will stay on. I havent left it like that long enough to see if it will actually light and run, but it doesnt error trip. I assume this means it's an issue with my liner? Or could it be something else? I've run the brush up multiple times, not sure what else to try. Any help is appreciated.
