My Accentra Insert was installed in early Feb of this year. Within the first two weeks of operation, the pellets bridged a couple of times
and I had to clear the opening by hand to free them. One time, however, that did not work and I ended up accessing the feeder chamber
where a good amount of fines and some pellets had collected. I, inadvertantly, removed the slide plate while I was cleaning the chamber.
I now realized that I put the slide plate back in the wrong way. I didn’t know at the time that it was the slide plate. My bad.
I put it back in a verticle position rather than horizontal, which I assume renders it useless.
What’s odd is that this doesn’t appear to have had a negative affect on the stove. My pellet consumption didn’t noticebly change afterwards.
The pellets never overflow and the temperature I set in Room Temp mode is maintained accurately. On the plus side, I haven’t had a pellet bridging
problem since.
Has anyone ever removed the slide plate?
and I had to clear the opening by hand to free them. One time, however, that did not work and I ended up accessing the feeder chamber
where a good amount of fines and some pellets had collected. I, inadvertantly, removed the slide plate while I was cleaning the chamber.
I now realized that I put the slide plate back in the wrong way. I didn’t know at the time that it was the slide plate. My bad.
I put it back in a verticle position rather than horizontal, which I assume renders it useless.
What’s odd is that this doesn’t appear to have had a negative affect on the stove. My pellet consumption didn’t noticebly change afterwards.
The pellets never overflow and the temperature I set in Room Temp mode is maintained accurately. On the plus side, I haven’t had a pellet bridging
problem since.
Has anyone ever removed the slide plate?