davehenrie
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I have had the Tex 22 for about 5 years now, it has suffered several overheats due to rushing the startup, but I have that figured out and understand what I was doing wrong. However recently I almost blew up the house when I started the Traeger in the back yard. Apparently the Auger started on it's own and had filled the fire pot and that spilled over into the barrel when nothing should have been working at all. The power was on, but the switch set to cool-down/off. Only the auger was running, no firestart, no fan, just the auger. I usually leave the power on after selecting the shutdown setting that cleans out the fire pot. But at least 3 times now I have heard the Auger running when no temperature was selected and the temperature switch was still in the shut down setting.
As I mentioned, the firepot overflowed and eventually ALL these pellets caught fire, white smoke everywhere, my neighbor thought the house was on fire. Temps were building, the only way I could stop it was with a garden hose, soaking and ruining all those overflowing pellets. Anyone see this Auger self starting?
As I mentioned, the firepot overflowed and eventually ALL these pellets caught fire, white smoke everywhere, my neighbor thought the house was on fire. Temps were building, the only way I could stop it was with a garden hose, soaking and ruining all those overflowing pellets. Anyone see this Auger self starting?
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