Help! -30 tonight and pdvc bottom augur motor quit

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chrisasst

Minister of Fire
Aug 13, 2008
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cortland ny
need some help if any one is on...

pdvc bottom augur motor seems to have just quit, supposed to be -30 tonight...
how to i get this thing pulled out to see if something is jammed in there or if it blew up..
 
Did you check if any videos available from Englander or on youtube? I am not much help on that stove make.
 
trying to search but can't find anything...
should the black part on the motor be magnetized? i touched it with a screwdriver and it stuck to it, it didn't stick to the top motor like that..
 
 
Dang. I can't even turn the square screw for the top augur motor.

I switch the wires around from the top to the bottom, bottom to the top. when I did this the top motor turned and bottom still didn't. So it has to be the motor right? unless there is a jam in there witch i moved the augur around from the inside of the stove so I dont think there is a jam..

is the bottom motor CCW or CW?
 
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Many of the Home Depo's carry replacement auger motors for Englander stoves there expensive but very convenient
 
Many of the Home Depo's carry replacement auger motors for Englander stoves there expensive but very convenient

well, funny thing..this morning I was searching the hearth forum, and came across one of my post from a few years ago. I bought a motor a few years ago... found it this morning.. it is a CCW motor, supposed to be an OEM from englander, but not sure if it is supposed to be CCW or if i need to switch to Clock wise.. and i can't find that info from englanders website.
 
well, funny thing..this morning I was searching the hearth forum, and came across one of my post from a few years ago. I bought a motor a few years ago... found it this morning.. it is a CCW motor, supposed to be an OEM from englander, but not sure if it is supposed to be CCW or if i need to switch to Clock wise.. and i can't find that info from englanders website.
The PDVC auger motors run counter-clockwise.
 
If you swapped top to bottom wires and now top motor turns but not bottom along with bottom auger spinning free its a bad motor. The bottom motor runs all the time so some folks swap motors to get more life out if it. One lock bolt holds the motor assembly in place.
 
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