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TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE
STOVE WILL NOT FEED PELLETS, BUT FUEL FEED LIGHT COMES ON AS DESIGNED
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1. | Fuse on control board blew | Remove the control board. On the back there is one fuse. If it |
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| appears to be bad, replace it with a 5 Amp 250 Volt fuse. Plug the |
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| stove back in and try to run the unit. |
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2. | High limit switch has tripped or is defective | Wait for the stove to cool for about 30 - 45 minutes. It should now |
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| function normally. If not use the owner’s manual to locate the high |
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| limit thermodisk. To test if the thermodisk is bad, you can bypass it |
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| as described previously for the POF thermodisk. |
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3. | Bad auger motor | Remove the auger motor from the auger shaft and try to run the unit. |
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| If the motor will turn, the shaft is jammed on something. If the motor |
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| will not turn, the motor is bad. |
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4. | Auger jam | Start by emptying the hopper. Then remove the auger motor by |
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| removing the auger pin. Remove the auger shaft inspection plate in |
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| the hopper so that you can see the auger shaft. Gently lift the auger |
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| shaft straight up so that the end of the auger shaft comes up out of |
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| the bottom auger bushing. Next, remove the two nuts that hold the |
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| top auger biscuit in. Then rotate the bottom end of the auger shaft |
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| up towards you until you can lift the shaft out of the stove. After you |
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| have removed the shaft, inspect it for bent flights, burrs, or broken |
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| welds. Remove any foreign material that might have caused the |
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| jam. Also, check the auger tube for signs of damage such as burrs, |
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| rough spots, or grooves cut into the metal that could have caused a |
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| jam. |
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5. | Loose wire or connector | Check all wires and connectors that connector to the auger motor, |
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| high limit switch, and the Molex connector. |
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6. | Bad control board | If the fuse is good, the wires and connectors check out good, and |
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| the high limit switch did not trip, test for power going to the auger |
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| motor. If there is not a full current going to the auger motor when |
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| the fuel feed light is on, you have a bad control board. |
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