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Lesson #1...Doh!

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  1. kdp7462

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    With the stove going for about a week, I decided to pull the burn pot apart, clean and dump the ash pan yesterday. Probably didn't need to dump ash, bit did while I was in anyway.

    Dealer said that you almost can't put the burn pot/shield back together wrong....Well, leave it up to me to find a way! The flame shield was not sitting against the pellet shute enough and had pellets going behind and down to the ash pan and burn pot. Came home at midnight to a semi cold house and full burn pot of unburnt pellets. Stove flashing #3.

    Took a bit to figure out what was up, but I'll be sure to secure the pot better next time!
     
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    :doh:

    No harm no foul. Lessons learned. Next time you will be warm and toasty :fire:
     
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    Better it happened now and ya learned from it. ;)

    Over the years I've learned to check and double check as I too have done a few oopsie's!! :whistle:
     
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    X2 - Especially better now when the weather is still fairly mild, as opposed to icy cold February!
     
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    like the ash pan caught on fire?
     
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    No, the control board was flashing #3 error code.
     
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    Phew!! for you :)

    I was hoping I was not the only that had the ash pan that caught on fire, guess not :whistle:
     
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    :smoke: You had a puff of smoke hoping someone would be in the same boat as you, not gonna happen!:rofl: :lol:
    Edit; not a laughing matter:zip:
     
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    cute pun!
     
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