Whitfield Optima 3: Igniter voltage???

Hey Gents!

Before I toss this stove out to the curb, I wanted to ask one quick question. I thought I had another bad igniter but it appears to be something more since it appears as if I'm only getting 6-7volts out of the leads that run to the igniter. Is this indicative to a faulty Control Board?

If yes ($400), I'm done with this freaking unit, it's just not worth the headache any longer.

Any guidance/tips would be appreciated!

I DID find a blown glass fuse (6A/120V) which is inline to one of the igniter leads. I only had 5A fuse to replace it with and it hasn't blown yet so not sure what's going on there.

A few yrs back, my home was struck by lightning, stove stopped functioning, had it checked out by a tech and they replaced the CB, that was about 4-5 yrs. Well, I broke out the old CB and just for the heck of it, I swapped them out and with that one I was getting 120v at the igniter leads. Problem was, it didn't seem to want to turn off when I'd hit the off button AND the fans/auger weren't coming on during start up mode. Swapped them back, still only getting 6-7volts at the igniter leads but everything else seems to work as it should. I tried to manually light it tonight, I can here the auger churn dropping pellets at the very beginning but 10-15minutes later it's out....I don't know if there's a gap of pellets in the auger or if the auger is working intermittently???

Is there any troubleshooting tests I can perform to check the auger performance?

Also, any special tools needed or directions for the calibrating access panel at the bottom of the CB?

heat seeker said:

Check all the fuses. If it's a bad triac or relay, the repair is inexpensive if you do it yourself, or a local electronics guy.

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Where's the triac/relay?

heat seeker said:

If you got 120v at the ignitor with the old CB, I'd say there's nothing wrong with the triac/relay. Is the item you swapped really a circuit breaker, or a multipole switch, or a single pole switch, or ???

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I apologize, when I mentioned CB above, I was referring to the control board. Is that what you are asking?

TY very much heat seeker!

Sounds like a good plan, I did open them up but I didn't take the circuit board out, I might have to try that....the manual does provide the needed info to trace out that path.

As for your question, if the igniter would get hot, I didn't but suspect it would as I tested it with an extension cord and it did begin to get warm immediately after just a second or two. Might swap them out one more time just to see.