Long‑time reader, first‑time poster. I recently bought a house that came with a freestanding Whitfield Advantage Plus pellet stove (I’m not completely certain of the exact model, but I did a search and the single‑pane wraparound glass door makes me think it’s the Plus model). I’ve been browsing this forum for months and have found a ton of useful information, so I’m hoping someone here can help me diagnose an issue.
I’ve only been running the stove for about two weeks, and the other night I started hearing an intermittent “tick” sound in between the normal auger feed cycles. Whenever the tick happens, the auger light flashes briefly (sometimes just once, other times in a quick series that matches the tick sound).
Back in the fall, I replaced all of the interior vent pipe from the adapter tee to the exterior 3” to 4” increaser tee with Duravent PVP. I also did a thorough cleaning of the combustion chamber and ash traps, removed and cleaned both blower motors, and replaced the combustion blower gasket.
I recorded a short video before shutting the stove down, and I haven’t run it since. The stove is in the basement, and the video is dark, but you can clearly see the red heat output lights and green blower speed lights on the control panel and the red blinking auger light, along with the ticking noise and flashing of the auger light to match the tick.
I’m not sure what’s causing this issue, and I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction for troubleshooting and a potential fix.
I’ve only been running the stove for about two weeks, and the other night I started hearing an intermittent “tick” sound in between the normal auger feed cycles. Whenever the tick happens, the auger light flashes briefly (sometimes just once, other times in a quick series that matches the tick sound).
Back in the fall, I replaced all of the interior vent pipe from the adapter tee to the exterior 3” to 4” increaser tee with Duravent PVP. I also did a thorough cleaning of the combustion chamber and ash traps, removed and cleaned both blower motors, and replaced the combustion blower gasket.
I recorded a short video before shutting the stove down, and I haven’t run it since. The stove is in the basement, and the video is dark, but you can clearly see the red heat output lights and green blower speed lights on the control panel and the red blinking auger light, along with the ticking noise and flashing of the auger light to match the tick.
I’m not sure what’s causing this issue, and I’m hoping someone can point me in the right direction for troubleshooting and a potential fix.
