St Croix Prescott

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Rob

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Oct 20, 2012
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New Hampshire
i just bought this stove used its a 2005 model. i cleaned it put pellets in and turned it on but the power button flashes green. it wont feed pellets and wont start the stove...
 
Have you downloaded a owners manual from St.Croix for the model you have? They have a trouble shooting section.
 
On the control board there's three positions for the stove to operate,manual,T-Stat and smart stat which one is your stove in?the flashing green light indicates a thermostat not calling for heat.If your trying to start the stove in any position but manual without a thermostat it won't start.
 
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On the control board there's three positions for the stove to operate,manual,T-Stat and smart stat which one is your stove in?the flashing green light indicates a thermostat not calling for heat.If your trying to start the stove in any position but manual without a thermostat it won't start.
its a 2005 model i removed the jumper from slot 9 to disable the thermostat
 
But have you tried running it in manual mode?
 
Okay, one more thing to try - put a jumper across the two thermostat terminals to simulate a 'stat calling for heat. If that doesn't work, I don't know what to say. My Croix is a year or two newer than yours, and if the 'stat isn't calling for heat, the green power light blinks (in 'stat mode). (I do have the digital control on mine.)
 
i tried it same issue the red light on the fan control#2 blinks after 15 seconds

Your combustion fan isn't spinning up to speed no partial vacuum sensed the stove says I ain't going to start and you got to likely clean me really good and free up the combustion blower (if it is a gummed up blower then you might also need to buy a new one).
 
Welcome to the forum Rob.

You have wandered down the rabbit hole and entered a world like no other.
 
Your combustion fan isn't spinning up to speed no partial vacuum sensed the stove says I ain't going to start and you got to likely clean me really good and free up the combustion blower (if it is a gummed up blower then you might also need to buy a new one).
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Your combustion fan isn't spinning up to speed no partial vacuum sensed the stove says I ain't going to start and you got to likely clean me really good and free up the combustion blower (if it is a gummed up blower then you might also need to buy a new one).

Yup, #2 light means insufficient vacuum. Could be a clog somewhere, bad blower, clogged hose to switch, switch hooked up wrong, and more. I'd make sure the combustion blower was running up to speed first, a la Smokey.
 
...... i cleaned it put pellets in and turned it on.......

And what did the "cleaning" consist of? If you just vacuumed out the burn pot & firebox, that's not enough, ESPECIALLY since it's a used stove.

Just curious, why did the original owner sell it? Did you see the stove run before buying it?
 
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And what did the "cleaning" consist of? If you just vacuumed out the burn pot & firebox, that's not enough, ESPECIALLY since it's a used stove

Just curious, why did the original owner sell it? Did you see the stove run before buying it?
it was a friends stove in her basement for her .ex's man town she said she would never use it they used it last year i saw it running in april at the end of the season
 
it was a friends stove in her basement for her .ex's man town she said she would never use it they used it last year i saw it running in april at the end of the season

Wonderful, so it worked there and you of course moved it from there to where you have it now knocking ash around in the process. How did you clean the stove, did you open up the ash traps, rap on the fire box, brush and vacuum out the traps and perhaps use a compressor or heavy duty vacuum to blow or suck out what might be in the exhaust channels behind the firebox walls, oh and open up the combustion blower cavity and clean out whatever was in there for ash. The you have the area above the fire pot and around those heat exchanger tubes. Along with inspecting the vacuum tube for cracks, loose connections, and at the stove end a plugged connection barb.

Is the damper set to a #2 pencil width?

Also please tell us about the vent setup starting at the stove and to the termination cap outside.
 
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