Piazzetta Sabrina Air Leak...

[Dan_Dan]

Hello everyone, new here although I've been reading through the Piazzetta related posts for a while. I had a Piazzetta Sabrina installed earlier this year. I had the side cover off with the stove running, and saw the glow of the fire shining though a hole in the sealant where the pellet auger chute meets the fire box. I attached some photos. I was wondering if anyone else ran into this defect? I uploaded to photos, the dark one is with the lights off you can see the glow of the fire shining though the sealant gap.

 

[Pelleting In NJ]

A dab of red high temp RTV should fix that. Your stove was built on a Monday or Friday at the Italian pellet stove factory....

 

[chken]

Hello everyone, new here although I've been reading through the Piazzetta related posts for a while. I had a Piazzetta Sabrina installed earlier this year. I had the side cover off with the stove running, and saw the glow of the fire shining though a hole in the sealant where the pellet auger chute meets the fire box. I attached some photos. I was wondering if anyone else ran into this defect? I uploaded to photos, the dark one is with the lights off you can see the glow of the fire shining though the sealant gap. View attachment 145817 View attachment 145818

Good catch!

Early last season, EastMtn, whom I haven't seen in these forums in a year, mentioned that he had an air leak around the chute. Of course, he was referring to the end of the chute, not the beginning. He sealed it with red high-temp, and recommended I do the same, which I did.

As PelletingNJ states, it could have been a Monday build or it could be shipping vibrations loosening the seal. Anyhow, a little red high temp should work. I'm going to see if I can see anything thru those curvy slits.

 

[chken]

Okay, looked thru the slits in the sides and could see the chute, but no red glow.

 

[Dan_Dan]

chken, he had a leak where? where the auger motor is? I sealed it up with some red high temp rtv, should be good to go.

 

[chken]

chken, he had a leak where? where the auger motor is? I sealed it up with some red high temp rtv, should be good to go.

No, EastMtn thought he had a leak where the pellet chute reaches the backplate and empties into the grate. If you remove the backplate and look at the area around the chute, you may see a gap. EastMtn suspected there was an airleak coming from that space and filled it. He may even have a pic from the original thread, in late Fall 2013.

Found it:
https://www.hearth.com/talk/threads/searching-for-an-air-leak.119496/