Hello -
I just started using my new Kennebec insert. A major factor in the insert purchase was the fan - which is not coming on. There is no manual option, just high and low which is suppose to come on automatically. Called the dealer who said the stove must be around 500 degrees for the fan to come on. I've now built (what I think) are hot fires after a few days of breaking in, but no success. There are 4 or 5 sizeable logs burning away, the stove is sort of "ticking" to indicate the heat. I don't have a stove thermometer yet, but plan to get one although not sure where to measure the temp. To me, 500 degrees seems like an awfully hot stove just to get the fan to kick it. If this is the case, I hope it does not have to be maintained at that level for the fan to continue to operate.
Does anyone have any insight or suggestions on the fan operation for this unit? If I do get a thermometer, is there a special type for inserts?
Thanks very much,
Diane
I just started using my new Kennebec insert. A major factor in the insert purchase was the fan - which is not coming on. There is no manual option, just high and low which is suppose to come on automatically. Called the dealer who said the stove must be around 500 degrees for the fan to come on. I've now built (what I think) are hot fires after a few days of breaking in, but no success. There are 4 or 5 sizeable logs burning away, the stove is sort of "ticking" to indicate the heat. I don't have a stove thermometer yet, but plan to get one although not sure where to measure the temp. To me, 500 degrees seems like an awfully hot stove just to get the fan to kick it. If this is the case, I hope it does not have to be maintained at that level for the fan to continue to operate.
Does anyone have any insight or suggestions on the fan operation for this unit? If I do get a thermometer, is there a special type for inserts?
Thanks very much,
Diane