I just changed the igniter on my USSC 5510.The stove isn't quite a year old (bought last Nov 5th) and this is the 3rd igniter i've put into it.I was wondering if it's normal for the igniters to go bad so quick.
smwilliamson said:The next time you run it, after a half hour or so, when the stove is out of start up mode, pull the burnpot out and see if the control board is shutting it off. If it is on, you will need to figure that out with USSC.
How would you pull the burn pot out once it ignites.It's gotta be pretty hot.I could probably hook a volt meter to the connections and see if power to the igniter shuts off but this stove has a red blinking lite that indicates the igniter is on and that does go out after a few minutes.I've e-mailed USSC and awaiting a reply from them.smoke show said:I think what smwilliamson is trying to say is make sure the control board isn't keeping the ignitor on too long and causing premature failures.
and I'm not kiddin.
urkiddin said:Well just got off the phone with USSC.Went thru a diagnostic test over the phone and everything worked fine.It shut off like it was suppose to.So i guess the answer is live with it.At $37 each i guess we'll be hand starting it when this one goes.
SmokeyTheBear said:urkiddin said:Well just got off the phone with USSC.Went thru a diagnostic test over the phone and everything worked fine.It shut off like it was suppose to.So i guess the answer is live with it.At $37 each i guess we'll be hand starting it when this one goes.
If that igniter sits in a tube you need to keep the space between the igniter and the tube clean, that is the air path the igniter heat the air up and that in turn is sucked into the pellet bed by the combustion blower, if the air path gets dirty the ignition will take longer and longer and the igniter will be placed under to much thermal stress and it will make like a frog and croak early.
Also if the igniter is out of position what I described above will happen as well.
urkiddin said:SmokeyTheBear said:urkiddin said:Well just got off the phone with USSC.Went thru a diagnostic test over the phone and everything worked fine.It shut off like it was suppose to.So i guess the answer is live with it.At $37 each i guess we'll be hand starting it when this one goes.
If that igniter sits in a tube you need to keep the space between the igniter and the tube clean, that is the air path the igniter heat the air up and that in turn is sucked into the pellet bed by the combustion blower, if the air path gets dirty the ignition will take longer and longer and the igniter will be placed under to much thermal stress and it will make like a frog and croak early.
Also if the igniter is out of position what I described above will happen as well.
Thanks Smoky,I'll chk that out.Though every time i clean it i make sure to press the vac hose over the tube and suck out anything in it.As for position i'm not sure what the exact spot is.The end sits back in there about 3/16 of an inch.
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