Whitfield quest pellet stove

[Mk510]

Whitfield quest pellet stove. I just bought a Whitfield quest pellet stove and I am doing a good cleaning of it I did notice when I was cleaning it and I took the burn pot tray out I could see a square hole opening right through to the back of the stove is that normal or is there something missing any help is greatly appreciated thanks Mark Mark

 

[Stovensen]

Hello Mark, and welcome to the forums. That hole is the fresh air intake to the burnpot. My Quest Plus is a little different from your regular Quest. On this picture of my stove ( convection blower removed for cleaning ) we see that the fresh air intake is led a little further to the back of stove through a box shaped duct. On the non visible side of this duct there is a square hole pointing away from the convection blower intake.
I can't tell you if your regular Quest also came with this air duct as new, but the Quest stoves were never true "OAK ready" ( OAK = out side air kit ). A true OAK ready stove should have the combustion air duct led all the way to the back panel of the stove.

Note: The electrical component attached to the air duct is one of the two high limit switches. A Quest Plus has two of these. A regular Quest only one.

Do you have the operation/installation manual and the service manual? If not I'll be happy to send them to you.

Good luck and take care. Keep us posted.