Leyden Room Air Blower

[odlaw]

HI,
My york insert has the same scenario. I too thought it was missing a filter or something but have been using that way for 4 years. The pellet stove manufacturers just adapt these components to their stoves and some off the engineering just isn't there. Igniter rods are is a good example of of bad stove engineering. They burn out because they were made to be incased with a tight tolerence in metal not glowing in open air.

 

[Dr_Drum]

Just curious, should a Leyden room air blower be open on the side? Maybe someone would look in through the back of their Leyden for me? I imagine it should be, otherwise it wouldn't get any air at all. I don't see any other openings, but the blower housing has some drilled holes that look like they would hold on a side cover plate. So now I'm wondering . .. 8-/ Sorry Macman, camera's not available.

Thanks, Mike -

 

[Wood Heat Stoves]

HI,
My york insert has the same scenario. I too thought it was missing a filter or something but have been using that way for 4 years. The pellet stove manufacturers just adapt these components to their stoves and some off the engineering just isn't there. Igniter rods are is a good example of of bad stove engineering. They burn out because they were made to be incased with a tight tolerence in metal not glowing in open air.

they go out because of cheap electrical construction, and stoves running on t-stats turning to stove on and off more frequently than it should...

whitfield/avalon/lopi and some other stoves blow air around the ignitor and onto the pellets for ignition, but air flow isnt the reason they fail

use manual t-stats, or adjust digital swing as far up as possible to prevent frequent firing