My Mt Vernon stopped working this morning. It filled the ash tray with fresh pellets from multiple failed ignitions. After confirming the fire pot was clean with no cluckers blocking the heating element I noticed that the igniter was not cherry red on startup. I have 120 volts on the igniter leads so i assume it is bad (3 rd winter in use). I removed the igniter to confirm that the wires were not damaged from the fire pot cleaning mechanism movement, they were fine. Is it safe for me to start this stove manually with a propane torch? I will not be able to get a new igniter sooner than Monday. Also, it is safe to run with the igniter removed?
thanks
Jim from Armada Mi.
thanks
Jim from Armada Mi.