About a week ago I bought 10 bags of Great American Pellets to try out. I burned 2 bags last week, and was really happy with them. They burned about as hot as the Stove Chow I've been burning, but with a lot less ash.
On Saturday afternoon I filled the hopper with GAPs a couple of hours before shutting the stove down for the night. When I started it yesterday morning, the pellets had trouble igniting. After about 20 minutes the stove shut down, displaying error code E2. The burn pot had a small pile of light gray ash/partially burned pellets. I unplugged the stove while I cleaned out the burn pot and checked the hopper. When I re-started the stove, I could see the igniter glowing; it seemed like the pellets were hard to ignite, but they finally did light. It also took a long time for the fire to spread across the width of the burn pot. But this time the stove did reach proof of fire temp and kept burning.
This morning when I started the stove (again with GAPs), it triggered code E2 again, but this time the pellets hadn't ignited at all. There was a pile of unburned pellets in the burn pot, along with maybe a dozen charred pellets. I cleaned out the burn pot and re-started the stove. This time it lit, but again it seemed like the pellets were hard to ignite.
Has anybody else had trouble igniting GAPs? Or is it possibly my igniter starting to go? I did clean the stove out Saturday morning, even chipping the carbon buildup out of the igniter hole and vacuuming it out.
On Saturday afternoon I filled the hopper with GAPs a couple of hours before shutting the stove down for the night. When I started it yesterday morning, the pellets had trouble igniting. After about 20 minutes the stove shut down, displaying error code E2. The burn pot had a small pile of light gray ash/partially burned pellets. I unplugged the stove while I cleaned out the burn pot and checked the hopper. When I re-started the stove, I could see the igniter glowing; it seemed like the pellets were hard to ignite, but they finally did light. It also took a long time for the fire to spread across the width of the burn pot. But this time the stove did reach proof of fire temp and kept burning.
This morning when I started the stove (again with GAPs), it triggered code E2 again, but this time the pellets hadn't ignited at all. There was a pile of unburned pellets in the burn pot, along with maybe a dozen charred pellets. I cleaned out the burn pot and re-started the stove. This time it lit, but again it seemed like the pellets were hard to ignite.
Has anybody else had trouble igniting GAPs? Or is it possibly my igniter starting to go? I did clean the stove out Saturday morning, even chipping the carbon buildup out of the igniter hole and vacuuming it out.