My wife and I have proudly owned a Piazzetta Monia for the past seven years – which we can't recommend highly enough. It's a phenomenal device with few to no drawbacks... aside from the higher cost (which more than pays for itself over the long haul) and lackluster manual (which this forum more than happily replaces).
Sadly, we just hit our first minor pellet bump: the igniter appears to have finally given up the ghost this morning. Since the expected lifetime of igniters is only three to five years, I'd say we lucked out on that deal. We've already ordered a replacement igniter in from our resident Piazzetta dealer. We could contract the installation out, but would really prefer to install a replacement ourselves. Saving money better spent on pellets and improving our self-sufficiency game is the optimal long-term choice – eh?
But... we have no idea how to do this. As scientist-engineers, my wife and I fervently hope this should be feasible. The Piazzetta manual doesn't actually detail the process, though. There aren't even any YouTube videos on the subject, which was surprising and disappointing and disconcerting.
We did find a helpful overview discretely embedded in a two-year-old forum post from biom@ss:
In theory, that sounds trivial. Can anyone awesome in attendance confirm that the above instructions apply to the Monia as well? Also, just to be clear on terminology:
In the interim, we're currently igniting manually. Clearly, that sucks and is somewhat unsafe-ish. We'll report back after either painfully failing or brilliantly succeeding. Either way, popcorn is warranted.
Lastly, obligatory shoutouts to the Canadian Piazzetta crew (Pascal, et al.) for their dedicated presence throughout these forums. Thanks for keeping the pellet-fed flame alive!
Sadly, we just hit our first minor pellet bump: the igniter appears to have finally given up the ghost this morning. Since the expected lifetime of igniters is only three to five years, I'd say we lucked out on that deal. We've already ordered a replacement igniter in from our resident Piazzetta dealer. We could contract the installation out, but would really prefer to install a replacement ourselves. Saving money better spent on pellets and improving our self-sufficiency game is the optimal long-term choice – eh?
But... we have no idea how to do this. As scientist-engineers, my wife and I fervently hope this should be feasible. The Piazzetta manual doesn't actually detail the process, though. There aren't even any YouTube videos on the subject, which was surprising and disappointing and disconcerting.
We did find a helpful overview discretely embedded in a two-year-old forum post from biom@ss:
In theory, that sounds trivial. Can anyone awesome in attendance confirm that the above instructions apply to the Monia as well? Also, just to be clear on terminology:
- Does "pull the right side" just mean "unscrew the three screws affixing the rightmost panel to the stove and then remove that panel"?
- Is the "electrical connector plug" the internal cable delivering voltage from the motherboard to the igniter?
- Are these the only off-the-shelf tools that are needed?
- One screwdriver.
- One 17mm wrench.
In the interim, we're currently igniting manually. Clearly, that sucks and is somewhat unsafe-ish. We'll report back after either painfully failing or brilliantly succeeding. Either way, popcorn is warranted.
Lastly, obligatory shoutouts to the Canadian Piazzetta crew (Pascal, et al.) for their dedicated presence throughout these forums. Thanks for keeping the pellet-fed flame alive!
