Just got smoked out!

sounds like you had a chimney fire in yer pipe.....apologies if this was said above

 

I'm sure a lot of us would be interested in seeing pics of what the inside of the comb. blower looks like right now. In general, dark ash usually means too rich a mixture (not enough air) and light/med. gray means proper combustion. Inside the exhaust pipe should be the same.....light gray ash.

 

Sorry I should've snapped a pic when I had it out. The inside of the blower housing was clean with a tiny bit of light gray ash in the bottom. When I pulled the cleanout on the tee it had a fluffy light brownish/gray ash. When I look down the chimney it's also nice and clean with a little brown gray dusting. I'll try and snap a pic after work.

 

Chimney fire ,I don't think so stove only up and running less than 20 days and he just cleaned it , I'm with Smoke on looking at the high temp snap disk .
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My manual specifically states in bold letters to 'not burn on high for extended periods of time'. Any chance yours does the same?

 

Here's a shot down the pipe from today.

 

There's no creosote there stove is clean .
I'm no expert but it sounds like a mech break down

 

So it could have been the residual build up in the comb blower housing. Why didn't the snap disc open and shut it down?

 

I agree these stoves have safety built in to prevent these type of things ,so something F'd up

 

I would definitely change the snap disk, they are cheap enough. You could also pull the current one and test it and see what it does.

 

Agreed. Chances are its not going to open or open late...

 

Not that i could find. It does say to run the stove on high for 15-20 mins a day if normally run on a lower setting.

That's really what i'm leaning towards. My mistake for not cleaning it out 100% before install. If the high limit switch senses firebox temp it may still be working since the fire happened in the exhaust chamber. In my manual it says the switch on the exhaust housing is the proof of fire switch. The high limit is mounted to the back of the firebox area. Im going to order a new one anyways.

Thanks for the suggestions and concerns guys and gals. I thank God that we were home when this happened. Not sure what could've happened if i had not shut the stove down.

 

Well then that explains it. I think.

 

So it's burning fine right now ?

 

Yep... Burned it last night before bed and this morning as well. It's on level 3 right now and all seems well. Im still keeping a close eye on it.

 

Cool glad to to hear that didn't want you to get turned off on the pellet burning these are safe stoves
I had a chimney fire with the wood burner so I know that holy CHIT feeling I was home and it was my fault no disaster ,but it woke me up and then I got a pellet stove for upstairs with a lined chimney for the wood burner in the Man Cave that doesn't have to work very hard any more both keep the Home very comfy

 

It's gonna take more than that to scare me off!

 

That's good, just don't get to cocky You do not want to have another episode , the princess will have the last say

 

Yep the flu burned out the trash,stove was not the problem.