St Croix Hastings stove

[abe1]

I have had a St Croix Hasting stove for 3 seasons now...just now the nbr 3 red light blinks....it doesn't appear to be anything that the manual indicated other than ash buildup...I cleaned it as always (weekly) with a bit more ash than normal....the stove would start, but stops and shuts down....after I took off the exhaust blower and jambed a wire in to remove more ash, it started w/o the blinking light, but still wasn't flaming as it should after a clean out....I think there is some area (of ash build up) that I haven't been able to get at that might be causing this...I go in to the two removeable doors with a small brush, a lawn mower cable and then a large brush to get the ash....

Any help, suggestions, guidance?

 

[woodsman23]

Try the leaf blower cleaning method, it really works well. But try to unplug the stove and allow it to reset then restart and see what happens.

 

[mnkywrnch]

The # 3 light is for proof of fire if the exhaust temp doesnt reach 110* the stove will just shut down ,you mentioned the stove ran but did it build a fire?If not check to see if your igniter is working,I suspect thats were your problem lies. If you dont have a fire try putting a 1/2 cup of pellets in the burn pot with some starter gel light manually then start the stove.

 

[krooser]

not sure about the blinking but, after 3 seasons,you need to clean that stove using a leafblower.

Do a search here for "leafblower"...