Hello All!
I guess I'll start at the beginning. I bought my stove two years ago at my local Lowe's store hoping to save a little money on my heating bills.At best it has run sporadically sometimes it would start and shut off ,other times is won't feed pellets.The beginning of this season I ran about 3 bags of pellets through without any problem then it stopped feeding pellets. I found this web site and started reading about other people having trouble with there auger motors being weak or not running at all so after cleaning and checking everything I figured I must have a week motor. I read that a good upgrade for my unit is a Gleason Avery A901- 1.2 RPM motors so I got on-line and ordered two so I could have a back up spare. Today one of the two motors arrived and I installed it hoping that would be the fix and the stove started but soon stopped feeding pellets again.
I have cleaned out the auger tube several times and and I made a chute cleaner out of a band saw blade to help remove the clogged pellets from chute when it jams. I took the motor out again and it runs fine out of the stove (so did the old one).I took the auger to my pedestal grinder and carefully deburred and smoothed out and sharp edges that I thought might be binding under load in the chute. I put a little lithium grease on the key-way that drives the auger to help it self center.After filing and smoothing everything I reassembled it and it ran for about an hour and made some clicking noises and went into shut down mode .When it throws a code its an " E2 ". Here is a list of things I've done or checked, : I cleaned everything
Checked the vacuum switch
I by passed the hopper switch last season when it stopped working
I checked both blower motors and there fine
I checked the air intake is not blocked from outside
I checked the exhaust air is Free flowing outside.
I have it hooked to a thermostat and the temp is set at max
All the seals appear to be okay
I checked the vacuum hose for cracks and its good.
I would like to leave my unit on all night to help heat my house this winter but so far I haven't been able to keep it running more than maybe a Sunday afternoon. I don't expect to heat my whole house ,just warm up the basement when we are down stairs. I have been using pellets from Lowe's called "Sure Fires" and some bags seem to have quite a bit of saw dust in them .The glass has always be really black and sooty even five miutes after I clean it. I don't know of any company around here that services pellet stoves so I'm on my own with this thing. I can't afford to scrap it and try another brand till I find one that works. I think in two years I run less than twenty bags through this unit so I'm sure its not over used.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I'm running out of ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Pete.
I guess I'll start at the beginning. I bought my stove two years ago at my local Lowe's store hoping to save a little money on my heating bills.At best it has run sporadically sometimes it would start and shut off ,other times is won't feed pellets.The beginning of this season I ran about 3 bags of pellets through without any problem then it stopped feeding pellets. I found this web site and started reading about other people having trouble with there auger motors being weak or not running at all so after cleaning and checking everything I figured I must have a week motor. I read that a good upgrade for my unit is a Gleason Avery A901- 1.2 RPM motors so I got on-line and ordered two so I could have a back up spare. Today one of the two motors arrived and I installed it hoping that would be the fix and the stove started but soon stopped feeding pellets again.
I have cleaned out the auger tube several times and and I made a chute cleaner out of a band saw blade to help remove the clogged pellets from chute when it jams. I took the motor out again and it runs fine out of the stove (so did the old one).I took the auger to my pedestal grinder and carefully deburred and smoothed out and sharp edges that I thought might be binding under load in the chute. I put a little lithium grease on the key-way that drives the auger to help it self center.After filing and smoothing everything I reassembled it and it ran for about an hour and made some clicking noises and went into shut down mode .When it throws a code its an " E2 ". Here is a list of things I've done or checked, : I cleaned everything
Checked the vacuum switch
I by passed the hopper switch last season when it stopped working
I checked both blower motors and there fine
I checked the air intake is not blocked from outside
I checked the exhaust air is Free flowing outside.
I have it hooked to a thermostat and the temp is set at max
All the seals appear to be okay
I checked the vacuum hose for cracks and its good.
I would like to leave my unit on all night to help heat my house this winter but so far I haven't been able to keep it running more than maybe a Sunday afternoon. I don't expect to heat my whole house ,just warm up the basement when we are down stairs. I have been using pellets from Lowe's called "Sure Fires" and some bags seem to have quite a bit of saw dust in them .The glass has always be really black and sooty even five miutes after I clean it. I don't know of any company around here that services pellet stoves so I'm on my own with this thing. I can't afford to scrap it and try another brand till I find one that works. I think in two years I run less than twenty bags through this unit so I'm sure its not over used.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated because I'm running out of ideas.
Thanks in advance.
Pete.
