We just bought an Afton Bay (love it!) used and installed it ourselves on 12/23/11. It is 3 years old.
Twice now it has started smoking. It seems like the exhaust motor shut down. The first time I wasn't home but the house smelled kind of smokey. I don't remember which light was blinking on the controller, but I did look it up.
The second time was last night and I was home. Smoke was coming out of the ash tray door. Iturned the thermostat down and hit the off button, it then somehow triggered the vent exhaust fan and it started working again. the fan that blows heat into the room was still running. so I turned the thermostat back up. We were having a snowstorm and it was very windy.
We used the straight out the wall vent kit that came with it, but plan to go veritical with it outside the house this summer. I know this is why the smoke can back up into the house.
My friend with a plain wood burner said that sometimes she will get smoke in the house and the air outside gets "heavy" with a storm. I opened the damper just a smidge and it seemed to help the burn.
anyone else have any suggestions or ideas of why the vent fan shut off?
Twice now it has started smoking. It seems like the exhaust motor shut down. The first time I wasn't home but the house smelled kind of smokey. I don't remember which light was blinking on the controller, but I did look it up.
The second time was last night and I was home. Smoke was coming out of the ash tray door. Iturned the thermostat down and hit the off button, it then somehow triggered the vent exhaust fan and it started working again. the fan that blows heat into the room was still running. so I turned the thermostat back up. We were having a snowstorm and it was very windy.
We used the straight out the wall vent kit that came with it, but plan to go veritical with it outside the house this summer. I know this is why the smoke can back up into the house.
My friend with a plain wood burner said that sometimes she will get smoke in the house and the air outside gets "heavy" with a storm. I opened the damper just a smidge and it seemed to help the burn.
anyone else have any suggestions or ideas of why the vent fan shut off?