TROUBLE SHOOTING
Unplug stove before preforming any maintenance work
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? Fire burns with a lazy, orange flame • | Insufficient combustion air | • | Remove any clinkers or ash from the | |
and/or fuel builds up in the firepot |
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| firepot by using scraping tool. Shake | |
• Feed rate too high |
| ashes into ash pan. | ||
• | Corn or wood pellets have too much | • | Clean out primary air in firepot holes | |
| moisture |
| if plugged. | |
• | Combustion/Exhaustion blower | • | Empty ash drawer and clean out back | |
| plugged or going out |
| heat exchanger by removing the | |
• Venting plugged with fly ash or ice |
| lower access plates. | ||
• Tap the side exhaust heat exchang- | ||||
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• House does not have adequate make |
| ers to clean them as shown on page | ||
| up air (negative pressure) | • | Change to a better grade of fuel if | |
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• Inadequate “Draft” of PL Vent |
| necessary. See page 4 regarding | ||
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| fuel quality. | |
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| • | Check that damper control knob is | |
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| adjusted properly. Pull out to increase | |
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| fire burn. | |
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| • Extend PL Vent to 5’ | ||
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| • | Check gasket seal around the door. | |
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| If the door is loose, adjust the handle | |
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| latch. A small adjustment can be | |
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| made to the door seal by adjusting | |
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| the door latch rod and/or the door | |
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| hinges. Replace the door gasket if | |
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| necessary. | |
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| • | Check for blockage in the air inlet | |
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| tube or exhaust pipe. Clean out as | |
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| necessary. | |
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| • Check combustion exhaust lower | ||
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| impeller. This can be done remov- | |
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| ing the exhaust pipe and shining a | |
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| light into the tube. | |
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| • Replace combustion exhaust blower | ||
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| if necessary. | |
NOTE: Negative pressure in a home is a serious issue. All American Harvest appliances should be installed with outside air hookups.
Also make sure that adequate ventila- tion is supplied for the rest of the home or the unit will become the air intake causing problems.
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