Our 1992 Vermont Castings 2220 Reliance stove is all Harmon inside. We were getting down in one stack of pellets, normally good pellets. I picked up a few bags off the concrete and placed them on top of a stack of maybe 60, near 70 bags. Then we had a power burp. Was after that, after getting into bags that were on the carport floor, the stove started feeding pellets a little fast, I was tossing half burned pellets. Normally when it does that, it was pellets it didn't like, but these are Mamer Hot Ones, but they were on the concrete a year plus.
We shut it down, relied on house heat for a few days. unplugged the stove, did a deep clean, retried as a really cold snap, no better.
Yesterday, I pulled the back off, moved the stove out after loosening clamps, got to thinking about a thermocouple that was replaced in 1996 because the stove place said try it, but then I was using various pellets. A couple years ago, I tested that OEM thermocouple that I still had, tested good. So in the last couple days I swapped back. I also moved the stove 6" further out from it's corner to make access easier, using connector adapter that was just over 6" longer. I also redid my cold air inlet.
Finally, today, I did something I never had touched. I loosened the wing nut and turned the feed gate control one turn inward, to decrease the feed rate, and marked it. I added a handle to the rear cover and put her all together again. Runing well now, so far. Flame is crisp again, not lazy.
Fingers crossed.
I do have new gasket material for doors, but I'll try that next if need be.
We shut it down, relied on house heat for a few days. unplugged the stove, did a deep clean, retried as a really cold snap, no better.
Yesterday, I pulled the back off, moved the stove out after loosening clamps, got to thinking about a thermocouple that was replaced in 1996 because the stove place said try it, but then I was using various pellets. A couple years ago, I tested that OEM thermocouple that I still had, tested good. So in the last couple days I swapped back. I also moved the stove 6" further out from it's corner to make access easier, using connector adapter that was just over 6" longer. I also redid my cold air inlet.
Finally, today, I did something I never had touched. I loosened the wing nut and turned the feed gate control one turn inward, to decrease the feed rate, and marked it. I added a handle to the rear cover and put her all together again. Runing well now, so far. Flame is crisp again, not lazy.
Fingers crossed.
I do have new gasket material for doors, but I'll try that next if need be.
