Ok.... fired up the P61A, room temp.. pellets ignited but flame didn't grow.... thought maybe wasn't cold enough in the house so raised the temp.... lazy flame not going anywhere. stopped feeding pellets... geez.... did a full cleaning in the spring. Status light blinking 6 flashes...
something not right... maybe a pellet Dam in the bottom of the hopper?.
Opened the hopper lid so as to push thru the pellets to the bottom to clear with my fingers when it hit me a few minutes later..Duh....
when I went to open the hopper,The lid had lifted right up... wasn't latched....
what had happened was the hopper latch was feeling loose so I Tightened the underneath rubber grommet too tight. few turns to the right]. what this did was keep the grommet from reaching the hopper rim hole so as to expand and lock when the latch is pressed down.
vacuum leak was being picked up by the stove sensors since the switch on the hopper lid wasn't being depressed down..
turned the rubber grommet back a few turns and the lid locked normally....
no matter how much you know about your stove, always room for a self induced glitch...
something not right... maybe a pellet Dam in the bottom of the hopper?.
Opened the hopper lid so as to push thru the pellets to the bottom to clear with my fingers when it hit me a few minutes later..Duh....
when I went to open the hopper,The lid had lifted right up... wasn't latched....
what had happened was the hopper latch was feeling loose so I Tightened the underneath rubber grommet too tight. few turns to the right]. what this did was keep the grommet from reaching the hopper rim hole so as to expand and lock when the latch is pressed down.
vacuum leak was being picked up by the stove sensors since the switch on the hopper lid wasn't being depressed down..
turned the rubber grommet back a few turns and the lid locked normally....
no matter how much you know about your stove, always room for a self induced glitch...
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