Good morning all,
New to this forum and have a few questions. Last winter I picked up a US Stoves Forester which for all intended purposes it worked just fine until recently. I have dealt with the company a number of times. Most of the time they are responsive and able to resolve issues. Now however, the stove is acting up yet again. It ran for weeks just fine. Thursday last week it ran all day, when I got home it was shut off and the hopper was near full. I cleaned out the burnpot and the exhaust and refired the stove. It came on (IE: fire) after about 30 minutes or so it stopped working. The auger was not dropping pellets. Easy enough fix, so I pulled the auger and nothing was clogging the system. So I reinstalled the auger and it fired right up. It ran for 2-3 hours. I left the house and came back 2 hours later and the stove was off again. This all happened Saturday night. Sunday morning I removed the auger again and the stove ran fine for hours (3-4). I left came home 3 hours later and the stove was off again.
This morning, Monday, the stove would not ignite fully. I can reach in and feel the auger via the set screw turn in increments. Turn, stop, turn. However the pellets are not dropping enough to create a large enough fire. Now the system goes into full operation maybe 20 minutes into operation. IE: the circulation fan runs, but of course is only blowing cold air since no adequete fire is present.
Any suggestions? FYI, the main board, power panel, temp sensors and a pressure switch have all been replaced.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Running propane at $4.10 a gallon is killing me.
Clear skies,
Rodney
New to this forum and have a few questions. Last winter I picked up a US Stoves Forester which for all intended purposes it worked just fine until recently. I have dealt with the company a number of times. Most of the time they are responsive and able to resolve issues. Now however, the stove is acting up yet again. It ran for weeks just fine. Thursday last week it ran all day, when I got home it was shut off and the hopper was near full. I cleaned out the burnpot and the exhaust and refired the stove. It came on (IE: fire) after about 30 minutes or so it stopped working. The auger was not dropping pellets. Easy enough fix, so I pulled the auger and nothing was clogging the system. So I reinstalled the auger and it fired right up. It ran for 2-3 hours. I left the house and came back 2 hours later and the stove was off again. This all happened Saturday night. Sunday morning I removed the auger again and the stove ran fine for hours (3-4). I left came home 3 hours later and the stove was off again.
This morning, Monday, the stove would not ignite fully. I can reach in and feel the auger via the set screw turn in increments. Turn, stop, turn. However the pellets are not dropping enough to create a large enough fire. Now the system goes into full operation maybe 20 minutes into operation. IE: the circulation fan runs, but of course is only blowing cold air since no adequete fire is present.
Any suggestions? FYI, the main board, power panel, temp sensors and a pressure switch have all been replaced.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Running propane at $4.10 a gallon is killing me.
Clear skies,
Rodney