Hello and thank you in advance for your assistance. I searched the hearth.com forum but could not find this problem specifically.
I have a Heatilator Eco Cab50 pellet stove that has run well for the last 3 years. (This part may or may not be relevant to my current problem..) This year I started out with a birds nest in the chimney that the chimney sweeper pushed to the bottom and plugged the exhaust outlet. After some digging and cleaning, I removed all of the nest and the stove worked great. It ran for a month and a half before the current issue - probably 20 bags of pellets.
Came inside one day and smelled electrical smoke. I figured the Control Box had malfunctioned and called service. They took over 3 weeks to arrive. When they did, they told me the Control Box had issues. They didn't return for over 2 weeks so I bought my own OEM Control Box because 5 weeks without heat in Wyoming and having to use electric portable radiators stinks. Part numbers of the Control Box match new/old, look the same, turned the selector switch to the correct setting (2), etc. I installed the new Control Box and powered the stove up. Everything sounded good- exhaust fan came up to speed, augur dropped pellets- all seemed to be good. To install the box I had to move the stove so I powered it down, pushed the stove into position, and powered it back up. This time the exhaust fan only spun up to a low speed and no augur. I pulled the augur thinking maybe it was jammed, but it is not. When I try pushing the reset button, the exhaust fan comes up to full speed. The moment I let off the reset button, the fan slows down.
I read on hearth.com a post where someone said the system has to go through a 15 minute delay with the thermostat not calling for heat, so I've tried that (went about 20 minutes). Through that whole period, the exhaust fan spun at the slow speed.
The red power LED is not on (the one below the fuse; the fuse is good). The blue light blinks on the Control Box.
Any thoughts on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
-Michael
I have a Heatilator Eco Cab50 pellet stove that has run well for the last 3 years. (This part may or may not be relevant to my current problem..) This year I started out with a birds nest in the chimney that the chimney sweeper pushed to the bottom and plugged the exhaust outlet. After some digging and cleaning, I removed all of the nest and the stove worked great. It ran for a month and a half before the current issue - probably 20 bags of pellets.
Came inside one day and smelled electrical smoke. I figured the Control Box had malfunctioned and called service. They took over 3 weeks to arrive. When they did, they told me the Control Box had issues. They didn't return for over 2 weeks so I bought my own OEM Control Box because 5 weeks without heat in Wyoming and having to use electric portable radiators stinks. Part numbers of the Control Box match new/old, look the same, turned the selector switch to the correct setting (2), etc. I installed the new Control Box and powered the stove up. Everything sounded good- exhaust fan came up to speed, augur dropped pellets- all seemed to be good. To install the box I had to move the stove so I powered it down, pushed the stove into position, and powered it back up. This time the exhaust fan only spun up to a low speed and no augur. I pulled the augur thinking maybe it was jammed, but it is not. When I try pushing the reset button, the exhaust fan comes up to full speed. The moment I let off the reset button, the fan slows down.
I read on hearth.com a post where someone said the system has to go through a 15 minute delay with the thermostat not calling for heat, so I've tried that (went about 20 minutes). Through that whole period, the exhaust fan spun at the slow speed.
The red power LED is not on (the one below the fuse; the fuse is good). The blue light blinks on the Control Box.
Any thoughts on where to go from here would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
-Michael