Stove scare update:

[Tonyray]

Ok.. thanks for all the replys back...

after going over and over it in my mind, I am pretty sure the stove was on when I got the spark..
On a full cleaning, I usually have the exhaust fan on when I brush ash down to the ashpan, pretty much the whole time I am cleaning/scraping upper part of the stove...
After that, I shut the stove off because i then pull out the ashpan so as to brush the exhaust fan blades and also clean out the tunnel.. but, I was just doing the partial cleaning of brushing ash and cleaning out igniter compartment..
Mistake:
what I did was, in the beginning as the stove was just simmering few pellets ready to shut down, I opened the stove door a bit to let out the remaining heat before I started cleaning.
this shuts off the exhaust blower much sooner...yes I was in a bit of a hurry to start brushing.
got a phone call for a few minutes then came back to the stove and must have assumed I shut the stove off.
While fingering the ash out near the igniter I probably touched the end of the igniter where the 2 leads are...
I am assuming the igniter is still hot juice wise even while NOT igniting??...but, I am sure now the stove dial was Not off at 9 o'clock position....
that's the best I can come up with... been pretty cold here so not shutting down for a while..
when I do I will take the 2 bolts out and pull out the igniter so I can look at the wires.
if I see any black or burn spot, i have a spare I bought few weeks ago and will just replace it....

 

[bogieb]

Although I don't have my stove unplugged when I clean that area, it is in the "Off" position and on test mode (which would also shut off the juice to the igniter I would assume). So you are probably correct in your diagnosis.

 

[Deezl Smoke]

Ok.. thanks for all the replys back...

after going over and over it in my mind, I am pretty sure the stove was on when I got the spark..
On a full cleaning, I usually have the exhaust fan on when I brush ash down to the ashpan, pretty much the whole time I am cleaning/scraping upper part of the stove...
After that, I shut the stove off because i then pull out the ashpan so as to brush the exhaust fan blades and also clean out the tunnel.. but, I was just doing the partial cleaning of brushing ash and cleaning out igniter compartment..
Mistake:
what I did was, in the beginning as the stove was just simmering few pellets ready to shut down, I opened the stove door a bit to let out the remaining heat before I started cleaning.
this shuts off the exhaust blower much sooner...yes I was in a bit of a hurry to start brushing.
got a phone call for a few minutes then came back to the stove and must have assumed I shut the stove off.
While fingering the ash out near the igniter I probably touched the end of the igniter where the 2 leads are...
I am assuming the igniter is still hot juice wise even while NOT igniting??...but, I am sure now the stove dial was Not off at 9 o'clock position....
that's the best I can come up with... been pretty cold here so not shutting down for a while..
when I do I will take the 2 bolts out and pull out the igniter so I can look at the wires.
if I see any black or burn spot, i have a spare I bought few weeks ago and will just replace it....

Thank goodness I'm not the only one that gets distracted once in a while.
Thanks for the update, and very glad it was no worse than it turned out to be. I think I know how you felt and why you kept pondering over and over in your mind to figure out the "why?". I do that same thing each time something changes from the "but I've done it that way several times".