UPDATE on rod/fire pot jam and a THANK YOU!

[DobieMom]

DexterDay...you were absolutely correct about my stuck open fire pot/jammed rod...as were a few others that chimed in with the same thoughts Thanks to each of you for teaching me to be a better housekeeper ... guess I wasn't 'scraping the floor' as good as I thought I was! :red:

slls...I'm off to view the piece you created for scraping

 

[DexterDay]

I'm glad you got it fixed. I did not know how else to explain this problem. This is something that should be done at LEAST weekly. I clean my pot daily. I could go longer but I am anal also.
Congrats. Have you checked or siliconed your wall thimble?
Good luck with that smoke smell. I had it the 1st year, then got my OAK, and sealed the stove and the base of the stove so it duidnt leak.
Hope I didn't offend you in any way. After reading my own posts, I could see how you would get mad at the person telling YOU what to do.
Again, Congrats to the easy moving clean-out Rod.

 

[DobieMom]

I'm glad you got it fixed. I did not know how else to explain this problem. This is something that should be done at LEAST weekly. I clean my pot daily. I could go longer but I am anal also.
Congrats. Have you checked or siliconed your wall thimble?
Good luck with that smoke smell. I had it the 1st year, then got my OAK, and sealed the stove and the base of the stove so it duidnt leak.
Hope I didn't offend you in any way. After reading my own posts, I could see how you would get mad at the person telling YOU what to do.
Again, Congrats to the easy moving clean-out Rod.

Oh no...honest, wasn't a 'mad hair' raised on me LOL and no offense taken! I was having fun! I'm old, short and half blonde (the rest is getting gray ;-P ) so I NEED folks with experience to TELL me what needs to be done and I VERY MUCH appreciate you helping me! Don't ever hold back...I'm pretty thick skinned LOL

Yes, I checked and the thimble is fully sealed on the OUTSIDE. I don't have any silicone to do the inside now but WILL get that taken care of. I do clean the pot DAILY but will now start doing it TWICE daily...lesson learned ;-) Haven't smelled any smoke on start ups tonight...will monitor that ...maybe whatever he taped this morning fixed it?

Thanks again!

 

[DBCOOPER]

With my 1200i I find if I use the rod to clean the pot right after shut down, while it's still hot it works just fine. If I wait till its cold it jams. Really never have to scrape it.

 

[jtakeman]

I'm glad you got it fixed. I did not know how else to explain this problem. This is something that should be done at LEAST weekly. I clean my pot daily. I could go longer but I am anal also.
Congrats. Have you checked or siliconed your wall thimble?
Good luck with that smoke smell. I had it the 1st year, then got my OAK, and sealed the stove and the base of the stove so it duidnt leak.
Hope I didn't offend you in any way. After reading my own posts, I could see how you would get mad at the person telling YOU what to do.
Again, Congrats to the easy moving clean-out Rod.

Oh no...honest, wasn't a 'mad hair' raised on me LOL and no offense taken! I was having fun! I'm old, short and half blonde (the rest is getting gray ;-P ) so I NEED folks with experience to TELL me what needs to be done and I VERY MUCH appreciate you helping me! Don't ever hold back...I'm pretty thick skinned LOL

Yes, I checked and the thimble is fully sealed on the OUTSIDE. I don't have any silicone to do the inside now but WILL get that taken care of. I do clean the pot DAILY but will now start doing it TWICE daily...lesson learned ;-) Haven't smelled any smoke on start ups tonight...will monitor that ...maybe whatever he taped this morning fixed it?

Thanks again!

If the ash dump door was a bit open? You might have gotten the smell from that. I used to get a smell too with my little quad. Smoldering pellets in the ash pan somehow let some smoke out of it. Never did figure out where though?

 

[Vinelife]

Yeah, but isn't it normal at startup to smell alittle bit ?? I usually get a smell with no smoke, only alittle at start up.