I have a quadrafire Santa fe (2005?) that was working perfectly for about 2 years for me... well... few minor issues, but all in all its a workhorse.
I had to store it last winter (inside) and didn't use it at all for about 15 months or so.
We just moved into a new place a few weeks back and I just gave the stove a thorough cleaning. I pulled all of the baffles out, the cleanouts etc and vacuumed and scraped everything for its first run of the year.
I immediately noticed an issue that I am currently stuck with. The stove will not light. The red light comes on for the thermostat call for heat, the stove control box will initialize with the 6 blue lights, pellets will drop into the pot, but I hear dead silence... IE no convection blower. When I pull the plug and wait 10-15 minutes and put my hand in the pot it is warm to the touch. I believe the pot is trying to burn the pellets, but the blower is not feeding air.
Based on reading the manual I am assuming the #1 snap disc is not telling the convection blower to fire up, or my convection blower or control box is toast.
Few questions (and I will try these in numerical order):
1) Can I jump out the #1 snap disc to see if it will kick on the blower
2) Does anyone know what to ohm out on the blower and what resistance I should be looking for to test that it is not cooked if this does not work?
3) The control box seems unlikely to have just randomly failed. Does this make sense?
4) Any other ideas?
I will try to jump out the snap disc tonight.
Thanks in advance for your help.
I had to store it last winter (inside) and didn't use it at all for about 15 months or so.
We just moved into a new place a few weeks back and I just gave the stove a thorough cleaning. I pulled all of the baffles out, the cleanouts etc and vacuumed and scraped everything for its first run of the year.
I immediately noticed an issue that I am currently stuck with. The stove will not light. The red light comes on for the thermostat call for heat, the stove control box will initialize with the 6 blue lights, pellets will drop into the pot, but I hear dead silence... IE no convection blower. When I pull the plug and wait 10-15 minutes and put my hand in the pot it is warm to the touch. I believe the pot is trying to burn the pellets, but the blower is not feeding air.
Based on reading the manual I am assuming the #1 snap disc is not telling the convection blower to fire up, or my convection blower or control box is toast.
Few questions (and I will try these in numerical order):
1) Can I jump out the #1 snap disc to see if it will kick on the blower
2) Does anyone know what to ohm out on the blower and what resistance I should be looking for to test that it is not cooked if this does not work?
3) The control box seems unlikely to have just randomly failed. Does this make sense?
4) Any other ideas?
I will try to jump out the snap disc tonight.
Thanks in advance for your help.