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    How often do you clean your liner? Any Tips?

    It looks like along with the yearly maintenance on my Harman Accentra I should clean the liner. 1. What tool do you recommend for a 4inch 25ft liner? I have this pellet stove/ dryer hose cleaner that I use in a smaller pellet stove, but I would hate to lose it somewhere up in the liner. 2 If...
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    Pellet stove for Yurt--recommendations?

    Hello! I am looking for a pellet stove for my newly built yurt. It's 450 sq feet with insulated floor, wall, and ceiling (though it will never be as well insulated as a real house). I'm in Oregon in the Willamette valley where average low temps in winter are in the low 30s. The yurt is my year...
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    Winslow PS40 Pellet Stove - Lazy Flame and Dies after 20 minutes to 2 hours

    Hi all, New to the forum here hoping to find a solution for my Winslow PS40 Pellet Stove. It was running great for awhile, starts up fine, but dies out after 20 minutes to 2 hours. Here is a list of everything I have tried Cleaned the stove thoroughly including Fire switch Combustion blower...
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    Whitfield Advantage II-T HELP

    Hello All, I am hoping someone may be able to give me a little advice on my issue. I have a Whitfield Advantage II-T free standing pellet stove. I had just replaced the auger motor last week as well as the brass bushing/plate because the auger stopped working. This seemed to fix the issue. It...
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    Garage won’t go past 50 degrees

    It’s about 20 degrees outside. I have the pellet stove running on 5 in my insulated garage. The garage is a 2.5 car garage. I need to be about 70 degrees, however it won’t heat up past 50 degrees. What is going on?
  6. Quadra-Fire Trekker Pellet Stove Light Off

    Quadra-Fire Trekker Pellet Stove Light Off

    The Quadra-Fire Trekker pellet stove automatically lighting off. Stove lights 3:30 in. Stove is also knows as the Quadra-Fire Mt Vernon E2-C.
    • WarrenZ.
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    • mt vernon mt vernon e2-c pellet stove quadra-fire quadrafire trekker
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    • Category: Pellet Stoves
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    PelPro stove installed 16" from wall; should be 3". What can we do?

    Hi and thanks in advance for any insights and ideas shared here! We had a PelPro pellet stove installed in a corner of our living room. This was a new installation - no pellet or wood burning stove had ever existed before. Link to manual...
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    Harman P43 or P68 - Cathedral Ceilings

    Hi everyone! I am trying to decide on which Harman model for my first pellet stove. I will give you some background. My house has a Lopi Liberty wood stove in the basement, which is running pretty much 24/7. I have backup electric baseboard heat. Since I moved in, I have religiously been filling...
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    Wall Thimble leaking smoke, Duravent Pellet Vent.

    We just bought a huge house in New Hampshire , hard to heat of course. It came with a fairly new looking Santa Fe Quadrafire. It has a Duravent PelletVent on the wall. This is a telescoping wall thimble, the inner and outer pieces slide together and allow a wide range of wall thickness. My walls...
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    AcuTron II Control Help

    We have a pellet stove with the AcuTron II Control Board and I haven’t used us since the beginning of the year and had it serviced then, but now when I go to Start it, the only light that lights is the igniter. No other lights are flashing or showing. What does this mean? How would I fix this issue?
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    Need advice on pellet stove

    I just purchased a new home and am interested in getting a pellet stove. The previous owners had a pellet stove, so we have the vents/intake needed. Here's where I ran into a problem. So, I am interested in getting a Harman stove, as that's the type stove I had growing up. It's been going strong...
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    HELP Quad fire CB1200 shuts down on cold nights

    Hello, I am a new member to this site and this is my first post. I have been having this issue for about 2 years now, I’ve read many similar posts on here and have tried the recommendations some members have suggested but with no luck. I have a classic bay 1200 that I’ve been noticing, shuts...
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    Honeywell WiFi thermostat won’t turn on Lopi pellet stove

    We connected the Honeywell WiFi thermostat with a VIIVRIA 24 V transformer, C wire adapter, to our Lopi AGP pellet stove. The thermostat will work to keep the stove on until it reaches the set temp, and will put the stove in cool down and off, but the stove won’t turn back on when temps drop...
  14. Sifan7x7

    Harman p35i no flame

    Okay i am stumped. I bought a harman p35i insert last December. It ran fine till it was time to shut it down. I burnt 2 tons in it. I did A thorough cleaning on everything the manual says even the exhaust chimney. Now I’m starting it back up. I have it on room temp and the feed rate at #4. There...
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    A Couple Tips I Discovered...

    Let me start by saying if these tips are common knowledge, I apologize for wasting your time. TIP #1: The next time you clean or replace your combustion blower fan blade spray a coating of Teflon dry lubricant on it. It will stick well through many cleanings and can easily handle the heat and...
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    A little video I did on annual service on a meridian by Enviro

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    Enerzone Pellet Stove????

    Hello, new to pellet stoves here and looking to replace my current wood burning furnace. My local dealer has several floor models at a "good price" but I am between two options. One being the Hampton GC60 (which after a simple google search is out of the race) but the other is an Enerzone...
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    Convection Fan Only Runs on HIGH

    I have a Breckwell SP22. Recently, it began running the room blower fan on HIGH, immediately at start-up, and no matter what heat level is set. I took everything apart and cleaned both fans inside and out. I have been reading about testing the high limit sensor and low limit sensor, the blower...
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    Enviro EF2 not working.. tried everything (I think)

    Hi first post here, saw a lot of great info and hope someone can help. I bought a house and it has an Enviro EF2 FS pellet stove. This is my first time dealing with any kind of stove. The auger motor is not getting power. Replaced the motor, dial-a-fire switch, and timing board with a 3second...
  20. Sifan7x7

    Harman p35i insert problems

    Hi everyone. I’m new with the pellet stove. I got a new harman p35i insert about 4 weeks ago. I have a 1800 square feet home. 3 rooms down stairs and 3 upstairs. I’m having a hard time keeping just the room where the stove is in warm. I have my stove set at feed rate 3.5 room temp at 77 and fan...
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    Ecochoice ps35 start up issues

    Hi all I've had the Eco choice ps35 for a few years now. Lately, it will start going through the start up cycle after I shut it down for a cleaning, but then the flame dies after awhile, but if I can get it past the first 20mins or so without dying it stays on until I shut it down for cleaning...
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    Englander 1500, Windows and Selkirk Direct-Temp

    Hello all, Please help us figure out how we can safely install an Englander 1500 pellet stove in our home. The instruction manual on the Englander says the vent has to be 4' from any window that opens. We're in an old farmhouse with windows everywhere. There is nowhere in our living space...
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    Quadrafire 1100i restart issues

    Hello, all! I’ve purchases a Quadrafire 1100i insert and it worked fine for serveral weeks but now is having major problems when it comes to restarting. If I manually turn up the thermostat it will start but once it gets up to temperature and turns off, it won’t start again. I have to restart it...
    • mwheeler1987
    • Thread
    • pellet stove quadra fire quadra fire pellet stove quadrafire 1100 quadrafire 1100i quadrafire advice thermostat
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    • Forum: QuadraFire
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    New stove

    I am looking for a new pellet stove for our 2500 sq ft double wide. It is not real good insulator. We currently use electric heat and I feel as though it is drafty. I am debating on what brand of stove to get, my man thinks wood stove but I believe pellet would be easier to maintain. He does not...
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    Trouble with Pellet Stove not staying lit.

    I have a Whitfield Pellet Stove probably about 5 years old. I just deep cleaned the whole thing so it is really cleaning even the exhaust vent. When I power it up it automatically drops the pellets needed to stsrt up and light . The flame is solid right where it needs to be but then it decides...
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    Castle Serenity vs Comfortbilt HP50

    Hello, I am currently using a Serenity in my 800 sq ft house and although I like the stove, it has its quirks (hard starts, small hopper, cleaning is kinda a pain.) I am moving to a poorly insulated 3 story 1000sq ft house with the stove on the middle floor. I am torn between the Castle Serenity...
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    Vacuum Loss Error on England’s Stove Works 55-SHPCB120

    Hello, I am new here and new to pellet stoves in general and would really appreciate any help I could get. I’m incredibly frustrated. Just purchased a Summer’s Heat from England’s Stove Model # 55-SHPCB120, from Lowe’s. Set it up with a kit. I think I have everything set up correctly according...
  28. RADCON

    Serenity stove

    Hi all, I’m new here and just installed my first serenity. I have been running a Whitfield pellet stove for yearsand still am. I was wondering if anyone else that owns a castle serenity stove has the same annoying sound coming from the room blower fan ? It has a high pitched sound kind of like...
  29. Noochie74

    Pellet blower shuts down

    First time posting great site and suggestions wanted advice on my 4yr old Mount Vernon e2 pellet stove after first winter firings the convention blower stops working after 20 minutes and starts making a loud humming noise and stove over heats and goes in a shutdown any ideas on the blower issue...
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    5502m questions

    Hey there,new to this whole deal, so I hope I’m posting in the right place! Have had wood stoves my whole life, but just got a King Pellet Stove 5502m. It’s been burning great but just have some questions about it. 1.)My hopper ran empty last night and the pellets in the burn bin smoldered and...
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