stove keeps going out

New or used stove?

Is your call light on?

Why are you running on LOW??? Have you adjusted your flame height on HIGH as instructed in your manual?

Also, if the red call light is not on, make sure your batteries are fresh and not rechargeables, which are only 1.25 volts each. That wouldn't be enough voltage to pull in the relay in the thermostat to complete the circuit to the call light. (ask me how I know that one

Buc White said:

i'll check when it goes out again. what if its on and the stat is still calling for heat?

what if the stat is calling for heat and the call light is off?

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If the call light is off that stat either isn't calling for heat or you have a wiring issue or a t-stat issue. What is the stat set for if you didn't tell it to hold 80 maybe 72+ or -

Please answer tj's question as well.

Don't assume that the setting you have as a hold setting is what the t-stat is actually using.

Assuming that a t-stat is working correctly isn't a way to start looking at problems when the stove is supposedly being told by the t-stat to do something it isn't doing.

If you don't have the feed set correctly it is also possible that on low you are actually over firing the stove. When a stove is over fired it stops feeding and goes out.

If for some reason your thermocouple isn't positioned against its cover and somewhat over the burn pot it may be saying hey I've been trying to start for x odd minutes and I ain't hot enough yet and shut down.

Hello

Does the LUX T-Stat have a swing setting for pellet stoves? Is the swing set at 8 for 2 Deg Swing. If not it might short cycle the stove, and that is not good!

IIRC the call light being off means the stove is being told to not provide heat. In other words the t-stat is happy.

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Well the basics are, the stove needs fuel (Wood Pellets) and air (A good draft that is pulling air thru the fire pot by the exhaust blower)

If you are not getting fuel or air then the fire will go out.

So which is it?

Don it isn't a case of fuel or air. The stove thinks the t-stat is happy and is doing precisely as it should, namely shut down.

Why the t-stat isn't still causing the stove to heat is a different matter.

It could be a marginal battery or an improper battery (1.25 volts vs 1.50 volts) the problem does not appear to be the stove at this point.

SmokeyTheBear said:

Don it isn't a case of fuel or air. The stove thinks the t-stat is happy and is doing precisely as it should, namely shut down.

Why the t-stat isn't still causing the stove to heat is a different matter.

It could be a marginal battery or an improper battery (1.25 volts vs 1.50 volts) the problem does not appear to be the stove at this point.

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The basics still hold here. If the t-stat is not calling for heat then there is no fuel being fed and no pellets dropping down the chute.

The combustion blower and convection blower could still be on until the low limit switch kicks them off.

A jumper can be placed on the T-Stat terminals on the back of the stove to see if it does call for heat. If so then the there is most definitly a T-Stat problem!

Buc White said:

i just switched out the programable Lux for the stat that the quad came with. I'll see if that works. I nshouldn't have gotten a programable stat because i don't intend to use the features. If its the stat, and the original works fine i might just get a digital, non-programable stat.

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The Lux LTS1500u has a mode switch on the board to make it into a Nice Manual Digital T-Stat with the swing setting. I have one on the Quad SantaFe stove in the shed and switch it with a toggle in the house. Works great ! !

Well I think it might be time to press the on button on my stove there is a rumor it is going to get nippy overnight and I didn't get all of my interior storms installed today.

Buc White said:

if its the stat, im just going to get a non programable one. i will never program it anyways. they didn't have that model at the lowes in my area also or i would have bought it.

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Getting a Non Programmable Digital T-Stat with a swing setting for a wood pellet stove is a Tall order.

Good luck!

Jumper the t-stat connections at the stove and time how long it takes for the stove to shut down. Almost sounds like the t/c isn't seeing the temperature it expects.

If the call light goes out? Then the stove is getting a signal for shutdown? So its not the stove (or at least sounds like it?).

Take the stat out of the equation. Get a 6"-12" piece of wire and strip the ends. Take the 2 t-stat leads off the stove and install the jumper wire. This will cause the stove to run constantly.

If the stove shuts down like this? Then it is the stove. This will eliminate any issues with it being the stat?

As for the feed gate. If running on Low, I NEVER adjust per the manual. As it will not/can not overfire. I have been using Low exclusively for years with my Gate Wide Open most times. Flame barely reaches the lip of the pot. K.I.S.S. If you go to run on High, then adjust as necessary. But the flame height is ensure you dont overfire and start warping parts.