Hi All,
I guess I should introduce myself first. I’m pretty new to pellet stoves but I did have a coal stove growing up. I may go back to that if I can find a good supplier of stove coal some day. I’ve been lurking for a year now and haven’t had to post because any question I had was already asked and answered. This is a great site with a lot of knowledgeable people. Thanks for everything you’ve posted so far.
I just finished what I think is a good yearly cleaning on my Summers Heat 55 shp-22. I’m looking for a sanity check on my work.
Here’s what I’ve done
Normal cleaning and scraping of the firebox
Brush the soot out of anything I can reach with a brush and vacuum
Did the leaf blower trick, very nice by the way.
Ran a brush down the chimney pipe
Cleaned the dust out of the convection blower motor, the exhaust blower motor and the electronics
Removed and cleaned both blowers
Removed, cleaned, greased (high temp grease) and resealed (high temp RTV) the augers.
Cleaned out any dust from the inside of the stove and airways
Resealed the exhaust with high temp RTV
Beyond this I have 2 questions.
The bearing on the lower auger moves in directions other than around the shaft. Is that normal? If not can I leave it until it’s noisy or should I replace it as soon as I can?
There were very small iron beads sitting in the chimney near the exhaust. They weren’t perfectly round and were different sizes so I don’t think they were bearings. I’m assuming they came off of the cast augers and made their way there to settle in the low spots out of the wind. Am I wrong on that? Should I be looking at the motors for bad bearings?
Thanks for any help
I guess I should introduce myself first. I’m pretty new to pellet stoves but I did have a coal stove growing up. I may go back to that if I can find a good supplier of stove coal some day. I’ve been lurking for a year now and haven’t had to post because any question I had was already asked and answered. This is a great site with a lot of knowledgeable people. Thanks for everything you’ve posted so far.
I just finished what I think is a good yearly cleaning on my Summers Heat 55 shp-22. I’m looking for a sanity check on my work.
Here’s what I’ve done
Normal cleaning and scraping of the firebox
Brush the soot out of anything I can reach with a brush and vacuum
Did the leaf blower trick, very nice by the way.
Ran a brush down the chimney pipe
Cleaned the dust out of the convection blower motor, the exhaust blower motor and the electronics
Removed and cleaned both blowers
Removed, cleaned, greased (high temp grease) and resealed (high temp RTV) the augers.
Cleaned out any dust from the inside of the stove and airways
Resealed the exhaust with high temp RTV
Beyond this I have 2 questions.
The bearing on the lower auger moves in directions other than around the shaft. Is that normal? If not can I leave it until it’s noisy or should I replace it as soon as I can?
There were very small iron beads sitting in the chimney near the exhaust. They weren’t perfectly round and were different sizes so I don’t think they were bearings. I’m assuming they came off of the cast augers and made their way there to settle in the low spots out of the wind. Am I wrong on that? Should I be looking at the motors for bad bearings?
Thanks for any help