Used Enviro EF2 with wire havoc!!!

Hello

Welcome to the forum. The EF2 is a nice heater. I rebuilt one also! Does your stove have an ignitor?

Unfortunately I cannot help you as much since I do not have mine anymore but there are quite a few people here that still have one and hopefully they will chime in with what color wire goes where. The wire diagram should help. You just need to connect the wires to the blowers, auger motors and snap discs. Like a be jigsaw puzzle but the wire diagram should be the most help. Do you have a wire diagram?

Hi Melo

These stoves had a long production run of approx 10 years so they may have revised the wire diagram once or twice. Don't be too shy to call up Sherwood Ind directly and speak with their parts guy. They have a great crew. Tell them the serial # and date it was made and I am sure they will have the diagram for that stove.

The colors of the wires should match up to one of those diagrams and since this stove works on AC you do not have to worry about polarity. In other words if you see two wires going to the auger motor it does not matter which wire goes on which auger motor terminal.

I have an EF-2 Freestanding in storage in my basement.

If you want...When I get a chance I will open the sides and take some pictures of the wiring looms for you.

No much to them. Should be easy to nuke it out.

---Nailer---

nailed_nailer said:

I have an EF-2 Freestanding in storage in my basement.

If you want...When I get a chance I will open the sides and take some pictures of the wiring looms for you.

No much to them. Should be easy to nuke it out.

---Nailer---

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Hi

Still got that nice EF-2. Any plans for it?
I would like to put a digital panel in it for experience.

Is the tubing between the vacuum switch and the stove clean of ash along with the barbs in particular the barb at the stove, just a little bit of ash there is a show stopper. Also the ends should be tight and no cracks in the tubing.

If you remove the end at the stove and gently suck on it you should hear the switch close and then open when you stop.

MELO said:

Hi there,

Thank you Don for all your input.

Last night was productive and it seems that my neurons started doing their thing !!
I finally managed to understand the wire diagram, not to difficult after all, even for a electrical challenged dude!
On startup I noticed the auger didn´t move. I went trough the wiring once more and it seems ok. I started doing the suggested troubleshooting (I had already thoroughly cleaned the stove) and came to the point were the auger moved when I placed a jumper wire in the vacuum switch....
Now... I don´t have a magnehelic gauge to test the reading.
Do you have any suggestions??
By the way the exhaust blower is working and was cleaned.

I'll include pictures just in case you see any mistake in the wiring.

Thank you so much for your help.

Cláudio

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I had the same problem rebuilding mine stove. These stoves can be overfired too easily with the manual knob controls. In my case the high limit switch tripped. If it has the small button just try to reset it. Otherwise you have to replace it.

It is normal for the ignitor to take up to 15 mins to light up. I had to replace mine it was bad.

Glad you got the wiring "Nuked" out, lol

On the igniter, ensure when the burn pot is installed it presses tight up to the end of the igniter.
If it isn't touching you wont get heat transfer to light the pellets in the burn pot liner.
Not saying the igniter is not toast.

Also not a big deal to light the stove manually.
IIRC, Shut off room blower (convection fan) Not the "Dial a fire" knob the other one.
Turn Dial a fire to 3/4 position (about 2 oclock)
Place switch into manual.
Throw in a handful of pellets into burn pot liner
(BTW) the burn pot liner goes into burn pot with the higher side toward you)
Use a flame source to start the pellets. (I used a propane torch with push button starter for years but some folks use gel fire starter)
Once the pellets are burning enough to sustain the flames by themselves, shut the door.
In about 5 minutes....Watch the light on control panel. Mine turned green when stove was up to temp.
When light turns/flickers green, switch auto/man switch to auto.
Adjust your damper for optimum flame (as seen in manual)

Relax, enjoy the heat and a beverage of your choice.
---Nailer---

Claudio,
The fire brick/rear panel look good painted.
FYI, Be aware that the paint will not hold up to the heat.
It looks good for a while but wont last.

I'm not an install tech. So I hesitate to offer any suggestions that way.

Best advice I can give you is to follow your manual.
When in doubt call a professional.

BTW what geographic area are you in?

---Nailer---

Melo,
Glad you got it working.
And happy you have heat.
Have to admit I didn't think of Portugal as being in a cold climate.
Learn something new all the time.

Continued good luck with the stove.
I liked mine a lot. I just needed a bigger stove to keep my place warm.
Very few problems with that stove.
Keep it clean, about every 50 bags (1 Ton) of pellets completely clean it.
That involves pulling everything (blowers, venting, etc.) out and cleaning them.
Compressed air works well (if you move the stove outside)
About the only thing that goes with time is the igniter and the brass auger bushings.

Glad you have it working, Good luck.
---Nailer---