Pellets fell in the heat exchanger tubes, what to do?

[Delphine12]

Hi, we are new to pellet stoves and we've had our Quadrafire pellet stove for several months (since moving into our new house) and love it. A few days ago 2 pellets fell down the heat exchanger tubes (while we were trying to remove pellets that spilled accidentally). When we turned the fire on, it was very smoky. I think we have two options:

1. Let the pellets burn off (and hopefully the smoky smell will dissipate after a few days?)

2. Try to disassemble the stove to remove the pellets. How difficult of a job is this?

Any advice from a more experienced pellet stove user would be greatly appreciated! Thanks.

 

[jackman]

I'm not at all familiar with your stove but I thought I'd offer 2 ideas. See if you can vacuum them up by attaching something to your vacuum that can reach them. Or, use compressed air to try and blow them away or to a location where they can be reached or vacuumed up.

 

[kappel15]

What kind of Quad stove is it? kap

 

[Delphine12]

Classic Bay put into the fireplace

 

[kappel15]

The tubes lead down to the conv. fan. You can try sucking them out or remove conv. fan and try from that direction. kap