My Big E has been running great for years. Recently the convection motor seized and I didn't realize it for a couple hours. Anyway it was still operating normally except for the convection fan. I shut off the stove and lubricated the fan and it began turning normally. When I turned the stove back on, after 30 seconds when the convection motor usually starts, the fuse on the control board blows. I narrowed it down to the High Tep Thermo disk and jumped those two wires together bypassing the disk. When I did that the fuse on the control board did not blow anymore, the convection motor came on after 30 seconds and the auger is turning. Unfortunately although all these things are running I don't get any ignition off the igniter. Would bypassing the thermo disk cause the igniter not to work or is it looking like the control board all together, or the thermo disk? But what are the chances that the Thermo disk and igniter would go at the same time?
Breckwell Big E blowing fuse and won't ignite
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THE ROOSTER
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I DO NOT have your brand stove, but feel if the ignitor was working before this problem you either fried the ignitor or yes it is tied in with the board...
check to see if your getting power to the ignitor, if not,, then most likely it is the control board. if there is signal, then the ignitor is theissue. I know that if there is a short to ground on the ignitor, that would blow the fuse, which sounds like what m,ight be happening. the unit turns on, after a few seconds, sends signal to the ignitor & then shirts out.
I am not a pellet expert but I am an electrical tech.
I am not a pellet expert but I am an electrical tech.
summit
Minister of Fire
did you bypass the hopper disc (overheat relay) or the proof of fire disc (commonly found on the exhaust housing)? If the later, then by jumping it the stove thinks its on all the time, probably won't key the igniter since that switch proves fire when closed.
SmokeyTheBear
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