Ok, this stove was in my home when I bought it and wasn't working properly from the get-go. I replaced the mother board and it began working very well for a while (only been using it for about 3 months now). I noticed it was having issues, so I pulled it out, cleaned out the flue pipes, exhaust fan and housing, "trap doors", places behind the asbestos brick material, etc. and it was doing ok, but now, using a high quality hardwood pellet, the burn pot keeps loading up. I set it to final cleaning and when it's done, totally clean out the burn pot and ash tray, only to have it do it again and again after several hours of burning. It has no codes, no beeps. Any ideas what might be causing a poor burn?
Ravelli RV80 loading up on pellets
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johneh
Minister of Fire
Normally what you have described is a lack of combustion air.
check for some kind of blockage from intake to exhaust termination.
including under the burn pot and the holes in the burn pot.
It may also be leaking air into the stove around the door seal.
check for some kind of blockage from intake to exhaust termination.
including under the burn pot and the holes in the burn pot.
It may also be leaking air into the stove around the door seal.
Any idea where the pathway of intake to exhaust would be on this unit? I clean the burn pot every time, so the holes aren't clogged. The door seal could be an issue.
johneh
Minister of Fire
Clean from where the air enters the stove (If it has an outside air kit, OAK)
Through the burn pot, past the heat exchanger down the back (inside) of the stove,
Remove the panels, out past the combustion fan, up the exhaust. This all needs to be clean
Through the burn pot, past the heat exchanger down the back (inside) of the stove,
Remove the panels, out past the combustion fan, up the exhaust. This all needs to be clean
Today I scraped and replaced the door gasket, one of three access doors (others are on order) and the exhaust fan gasket. I still need to do the three access doors, plus I want to replace the air intake / igniter gasket and the gasket between the combustion chamber and the exhaust fan housing. I noticed the glass gasket seemed to be letting super fine powder ash drop out from the base, so I temporarily used the gasket adhesive (a black silicone material) to make a caulking bead at the top and bottom of the glass. I figured I might as well seal it just in case; you can't even tell from the front. I'm firing it back up, so let's hope it works!
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