ARC: Thanks, will investigate the settings. I have disconnected power at every service I've done so far, so its possible its some sort of self-reset. My pellets have been maybe a bit dusty, but I have yet to see a single pellet thats even close to the lengths you're describing. 1.5-2" seems crazy long for a pellet. I don't think I've seen anything approaching an inch in length...that size pellet would strike me as large. I'd say my pellet lengths average .25 - .75".
Eric: I did clean the room air blower (I called it the convection blower). Unbolted it, took it outside and used a can of compressed air to clean it off (no compressor available at the time, I have one now). Got a bunch of dust out of it and a bit of pet hair, but it wasn't what I would call excessively dirty.
I don't have any good way to clean out those internal passages so I might end up with the leaf blower this weekend and maybe it will solve my problems. Both vacuum lines disconnected, probably vacuum out the ashes first, front door ajar (or wide open?) and I guess disconnect the outside chimney at the T so I just am pulling straight out of the combustion fan outlet? Run the leaf blower on high until it stops blowing stuff? Obviously stove off and cool.
I am not using a thermostat on my stove, its a stand alone device in the house. I don't know for a fact if the prior owner ran it with a thermostat or not, where would I find the jumper wire in question? The room air settings definitely work and the air volume as well as the noise from the fan change at each 1-9 setting of the control panel...can't say for certain that the heat control settings are doing much of anything, thought I think they are, but I don't see a dramatic difference in the flame between 1 and 9, so maybe not.
Should the stove be hot to the touch on the top cover? Like too hot to hold your hand on it? Or should it be cooler than that?
Eric: I did clean the room air blower (I called it the convection blower). Unbolted it, took it outside and used a can of compressed air to clean it off (no compressor available at the time, I have one now). Got a bunch of dust out of it and a bit of pet hair, but it wasn't what I would call excessively dirty.
I don't have any good way to clean out those internal passages so I might end up with the leaf blower this weekend and maybe it will solve my problems. Both vacuum lines disconnected, probably vacuum out the ashes first, front door ajar (or wide open?) and I guess disconnect the outside chimney at the T so I just am pulling straight out of the combustion fan outlet? Run the leaf blower on high until it stops blowing stuff? Obviously stove off and cool.
I am not using a thermostat on my stove, its a stand alone device in the house. I don't know for a fact if the prior owner ran it with a thermostat or not, where would I find the jumper wire in question? The room air settings definitely work and the air volume as well as the noise from the fan change at each 1-9 setting of the control panel...can't say for certain that the heat control settings are doing much of anything, thought I think they are, but I don't see a dramatic difference in the flame between 1 and 9, so maybe not.
Should the stove be hot to the touch on the top cover? Like too hot to hold your hand on it? Or should it be cooler than that?
