Good evening,
I am having a problem or two with my Qadrafire Pellet stove. Four years old, cleaned regularly.
I was having an inconsistent flame burn too high, then too low. After reading some posts on this board I did the following:
1. Removed Auger, cleaned and reinstalled.
2. Did a deep clean on the fire pot and around the backs of the ceramic tiles. Vacuumed and scrubbed every nook and cranny.
3. Did a Leaf blower clean out of the top of the stove pipe and cleaned the air intake vent.
4. Replaced thermocouple.
5. Replaced igniter.
6. Removed and cleaned blower motor and exhaust fan.
7. Replaced door gasket.
Well, I fired it up this afternoon and everything seemed to be the same, except the flame was a bit low.
Tonight, I turned it on an pellets started to load..and kept loading...and kept loading. It took a long time to light, the fire got going and then just erupted with a huge fire in the pot and pellets kept loading. The blower did not kick on and the fire did not make it to the auger shoot but almost.
I pulled the pot lever and took three loads of burning pellets out to a safe place outside. I checked snap disk two, and three.
I let it cool then cleaned out the pot. I started it up again and it did the same thing except the fan turned on this time. Any thoughts?
I have been burning Nature's Heat all winter.
thanks,
Nick
I am having a problem or two with my Qadrafire Pellet stove. Four years old, cleaned regularly.
I was having an inconsistent flame burn too high, then too low. After reading some posts on this board I did the following:
1. Removed Auger, cleaned and reinstalled.
2. Did a deep clean on the fire pot and around the backs of the ceramic tiles. Vacuumed and scrubbed every nook and cranny.
3. Did a Leaf blower clean out of the top of the stove pipe and cleaned the air intake vent.
4. Replaced thermocouple.
5. Replaced igniter.
6. Removed and cleaned blower motor and exhaust fan.
7. Replaced door gasket.
Well, I fired it up this afternoon and everything seemed to be the same, except the flame was a bit low.
Tonight, I turned it on an pellets started to load..and kept loading...and kept loading. It took a long time to light, the fire got going and then just erupted with a huge fire in the pot and pellets kept loading. The blower did not kick on and the fire did not make it to the auger shoot but almost.
I pulled the pot lever and took three loads of burning pellets out to a safe place outside. I checked snap disk two, and three.
I let it cool then cleaned out the pot. I started it up again and it did the same thing except the fan turned on this time. Any thoughts?
I have been burning Nature's Heat all winter.
thanks,
Nick