Stove Taking Forever to Shut Off

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DougFirSir

New Member
Jan 22, 2024
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New York
Looking for a little help with my Harman 52i-TC insert.

I've had the stove a little over 3 years now and have never had an issue. All of a sudden, the stove is taking hours (3+) to shut down. It will shut off with some fuel in the hopper (doesn't need to completely deplete the fuel) but it is burning for hours on end even after I hit shut down. I can hear the stove feeding pellets for a long time after I've shut it off.

I did a total clean, cleaned the ESP probe, nothing works. Even with the stove in shutdown mode, the flame goes back and forth from small to intense/large.

Aside from the long shutdown time, the stove is working fine.

Any ideas?
 
Still feeding too? Running the combustion air until it's cool is good to keep smoke exhausted outside, but if it's feeding too ..... :eek:
 
sorry the thread is over a year old..

Still having the issue? My American Harvest stove is doing the same thing.
Please start a new thread with your problem. reviving an old thread that has never been answered is a waste
 
Still having the issue? My American Harvest stove is doing the same thing.
American Harvest is a line of stoves made by US stove company. Which stove is it 6037 6039 abc 6039 4 button, 6041 or 5500 series? Does it ever shut down? Normal shutdown time is around 45 minutes. If it never shuts down then depending on which stove you have it is either the low limit switch not turning off , a bad thermistor not reading temperature correctly or the settings on the board have been changed.