My recent aquisition of an Advantage IIT required me to dig completely through its innards and what I found was disturbing.
The wiring in these things is generally not tied up or otherwise done in a neat a tidy fashion.
There were wires laying across sharp edges of sheet metal parts and generally in disarray.
Now I fully understand that this thing is not going to haul tail down a rough road and see things bouncing all over, but stuff needs to be neat and tidy when it comes to wiring.
I carefully wipped out the complete mechanical compartment with a damp rag after blowing out all the dirt, dust and collection of pellet pieces that had accumulated in there.
Next I sorted out the wires and got everything laying in a neat fashion and tied them in a bundle with small tie wraps.
Any place that the wires ran over any sharp steel parts I wrapped the wire in a piece of loom (split wrinked sutff that you can get at the parts house)
Once this was done I made sure that no wires could come into contact with any HOT surfaces such as the exhaust fan housing.
Great thing to do now that the stove is out in the open where I can crawl around the thing easily.
Most new stoves these days are fairly good , BUTTTTTTT used ones are or can be a real BAG of worms, depending on who has been fooling around inside.
When buying a used stove you can also uncover HASH like a low temp switch that has been "Jumpered " (Switch quit so someone connected the leads to get the stove running)
A scarry one is to find a high temp snap switch that has been "Jumpered" around
From personal experience I can tell you that most fan motors don't get lubed as the manual recommends.
Depending on where and how the stove is installed, many times getting to these things is a real PITA.
Another spot to check is the small spade connectors that "USUALLY" have a plasitc shield over the connector.
Some times replacement parts (aftermarket) may not have the same connectors or none at all and the previous owner or a sloppy repair person has just crimped on what they had handy.
I have seen connectors on fan motors that had nothing on them to prevent a short.
This sort of stuff can be serious and at the least cause a fuse to blow if a wire vibrates around and comes into contact with metal.
The process of moving a used stove can cause loose wires to get jiggled around and into places that they otherwise would not have if the stove had not been moved.
Its a great idea when buying a used stove to take careful tour through the mechanical compartment once you get it home and before you drag it into the house.
Far easier to do all the cleaning and other dirty work outside and then do a test run before you install the thing.
Any wiring issues and or other items that need attention can be dealt with easily.
These things may seem trivial, but on a cold dark nasty night when the stove stops working due to a shorted wire or other issue, the small amount of time to have done some Preventive mainteance will be nothing compared to having to do it when you need the stove.
Just some thoughts.
Snowy
The wiring in these things is generally not tied up or otherwise done in a neat a tidy fashion.
There were wires laying across sharp edges of sheet metal parts and generally in disarray.
Now I fully understand that this thing is not going to haul tail down a rough road and see things bouncing all over, but stuff needs to be neat and tidy when it comes to wiring.
I carefully wipped out the complete mechanical compartment with a damp rag after blowing out all the dirt, dust and collection of pellet pieces that had accumulated in there.
Next I sorted out the wires and got everything laying in a neat fashion and tied them in a bundle with small tie wraps.
Any place that the wires ran over any sharp steel parts I wrapped the wire in a piece of loom (split wrinked sutff that you can get at the parts house)
Once this was done I made sure that no wires could come into contact with any HOT surfaces such as the exhaust fan housing.
Great thing to do now that the stove is out in the open where I can crawl around the thing easily.
Most new stoves these days are fairly good , BUTTTTTTT used ones are or can be a real BAG of worms, depending on who has been fooling around inside.
When buying a used stove you can also uncover HASH like a low temp switch that has been "Jumpered " (Switch quit so someone connected the leads to get the stove running)
A scarry one is to find a high temp snap switch that has been "Jumpered" around
From personal experience I can tell you that most fan motors don't get lubed as the manual recommends.
Depending on where and how the stove is installed, many times getting to these things is a real PITA.
Another spot to check is the small spade connectors that "USUALLY" have a plasitc shield over the connector.
Some times replacement parts (aftermarket) may not have the same connectors or none at all and the previous owner or a sloppy repair person has just crimped on what they had handy.
I have seen connectors on fan motors that had nothing on them to prevent a short.
This sort of stuff can be serious and at the least cause a fuse to blow if a wire vibrates around and comes into contact with metal.
The process of moving a used stove can cause loose wires to get jiggled around and into places that they otherwise would not have if the stove had not been moved.
Its a great idea when buying a used stove to take careful tour through the mechanical compartment once you get it home and before you drag it into the house.
Far easier to do all the cleaning and other dirty work outside and then do a test run before you install the thing.
Any wiring issues and or other items that need attention can be dealt with easily.
These things may seem trivial, but on a cold dark nasty night when the stove stops working due to a shorted wire or other issue, the small amount of time to have done some Preventive mainteance will be nothing compared to having to do it when you need the stove.
Just some thoughts.
Snowy