Problem with Lopi Leyden auger

Well...something is certainly wrong...when did you purchase it, and have you contacted the dealer?

Jim

1st thing is check your trouble shooting guide in the manual. 2nd, unplug the stove and let it sit 2-3 min and plug it in, try again. Unplugging a pellet stove is like re-booting a computer. Check to make sure your outlet has the proper polarity, testers are fairly cheap and should be available at most hardware stores. Not impossible for control board to fry, but not that common on travis products. If you have the stove on a thermostat, change to manual setting and see if that helps. Definately want to contact your dealer, but a few ideas that are worth trying.

JohnL82 said:

I tried the unplugging trick as well as the empty the hopper to force the computer into an auger fault. Nothing worked.

Click to expand...

John,

why don't you shoot off a PM to Rod (Hearthtools). He is pretty good with Travis products, as he sells and services them....nice guy too.

John, any luck w/your dealer?

For what it's worth, I checked w/ a couple of guys that work on Travis & other pellet stoves. They all agreed the control board is what they would look at first.

JohnL82 said:

I pulled the panel, set it on the floor & plugged the stove in JUST to make sure everything was dead. Well the auger started turning spitting out pellets...with no panel in. According to the dealer & Travis Industries this ALMOST never happens. SO....the saga continues

Click to expand...

I think you might have a haunted pellet stove :ahhh:

would highly recommend checking the polarity in the outlet you have the stove plugged into. . .

richkorn said:

I think you might have a haunted pellet stove :ahhh:

Click to expand...

Nah, it's just got an upset hopper, and needs to upchuck some bad pellets it ate :sick: . Now if it did that while it was unplugged, THEN I'd say it was haunted :snake:

Someone may have wired the plug your stove is plugged into with the wrong polarity.
Take an extension cord and try several other outlets to see if the symptom changes.

I don't think it's polarity, but it's easy enough to eliminate.

As for the auger turning with the board out, I really don't see the value of the test. Who knows what the electronics of the stove look like if the control board is out? The whole circuit that drives the auger is missing...so I don't see where any indication you get is in any way helpful to determining what the fault is.

That being said, these stoves are fairly simple. If the fuses are good, and the stove's not doing what it should, then chances are it's the control board.

Jim