Scary! QuadraFire 1200i Fire🔥

[Turbodrabbit]

A very unexpected and scary incident happened a few days ago. The Quardafire 1200 insert started shooting embers and smoke out the front blower tubes.

I immediately shut the stove down, as I was on the couch across from the stove. It continued to smoke, so I unplugged it, grabbed a dolly and rolled it out the front door.

Once outside I could see pellets that were actively burning under the stove, in the cavity that the blower motor feeds into. I poured water and was able to extinguish the pellets. Unfortunately it melted the plastic squirrel cages on the fan, so that will need to be replaced.

I am not sure how this happened, it’s hard to see in that vanity, even with the motor removed.

1) Could pellets have fallen down the tubes and collected, later igniting?

2) Some type of hole in the stove that is now dropping pellets in the cavity?

This stove has been nothing but unreliable, and is now a fire hazard to boot. Thankfully we have a wood stove and an oil boiler for heat.

 

[Ssyko]

I run my quad 1200 freestanding for 22 years. Before refurbishing and sales. But they do need to be cleaned and seals checked yearly. There has been posts in the past of the exchange tubes getting loose but ive never had a hole in one. The convection air exchange is a separate chamber than the combustion gases so i dont see how a hot ember made its way to your convection fan? It is truly a conundrum. Some closer pics of combustion and convection areas may help. Have you had all the plates out of the inside of the stove?