Hello all, just found the forum while researching a problem. We have had a Enviro Mini for almost 5 years and love it. We use just under 2 tons during the season.
Now for the issue we are having. Last Jan we replace the convection blower due to the old one making some serious noise and putting out an awful smell. Near the end of the season when running the stove on the highest setting noticed a slight smell, didn't think much about it then. Fast forward to this season. Cleaned the stove completely and fired up. After about an hour running on the 4-5 setting started noticing a funky smell, hard to describe, maybe electrical, but just enough to know something not correct. So go through the entire stove thinking something is in there cooking when it gets hot enough, the smell goes away with the convection blower off, turn the stove off during cool down or lower the heat output.
Nothing, cant find anything out of the ordinary, so with the sides off I figure it has to be the convection blower. My sniffer don't work so good so I get the wife to take a whiff next to the blower motor with it on and off. She says she notices the smell next to the motor during off but not during on.
So I think there is something up with the convection blower during high heat to put out the smell and crank up the stove to the 5 setting and with windows open run for 3 hours figuring one of 3 things, get worse, get better or stay the same. It may be slightly better or should say less smell now. Just wondering if any other Mini owners have had issues with the blower before dropping over $200 on a new one.
Checked out the Mini control board and burn pot Mods, looks great.
Thanks all great place on this site.
My stove runs the best with short cut pellets and am currently using Hamer Hot ones.
Now for the issue we are having. Last Jan we replace the convection blower due to the old one making some serious noise and putting out an awful smell. Near the end of the season when running the stove on the highest setting noticed a slight smell, didn't think much about it then. Fast forward to this season. Cleaned the stove completely and fired up. After about an hour running on the 4-5 setting started noticing a funky smell, hard to describe, maybe electrical, but just enough to know something not correct. So go through the entire stove thinking something is in there cooking when it gets hot enough, the smell goes away with the convection blower off, turn the stove off during cool down or lower the heat output.
Nothing, cant find anything out of the ordinary, so with the sides off I figure it has to be the convection blower. My sniffer don't work so good so I get the wife to take a whiff next to the blower motor with it on and off. She says she notices the smell next to the motor during off but not during on.
So I think there is something up with the convection blower during high heat to put out the smell and crank up the stove to the 5 setting and with windows open run for 3 hours figuring one of 3 things, get worse, get better or stay the same. It may be slightly better or should say less smell now. Just wondering if any other Mini owners have had issues with the blower before dropping over $200 on a new one.
Checked out the Mini control board and burn pot Mods, looks great.
Thanks all great place on this site.
My stove runs the best with short cut pellets and am currently using Hamer Hot ones.
