Englander 25 pdv upper auger not turning/feeding

[nick123]

Happy New Year Everyone!

Just did a major cleaning leaf blower and all. Upon startup I discovered my stove is not feeding pellets. Throws an E2 code. I can here a clicking form the back of the stove. Sound like its coming from a vacuum sensor? I tried lifting the auger motor a few times and the pellets fall down but the the motor does not turn. The bottom auger is turning. help!!

All input is appreciated

Thanks Nick

 

[Harvey Schneider]

You may have ruptured the diaphram in the vac switch with the leaf blower. If I were doing a leaf blower cleaning I would disconnect the vacuum hoses first. I would certainly make sure that the door remains open all the time the blower is running.
Try bypassing the switch and see if it will feed pellets. You can't leave it running this way, because the vac switch is a safety device. This is just to confirm that the switch is the culprit.

 

[nick123]

How do I bypass the switch for a test? Thanks

 

[Harvey Schneider]

How do I bypass the switch for a test? Thanks

First take a picture so that you can restore it to the original condition when you are done.
Find the vac switch that has a lead going to the auger motor and lift it's leads. Connect the leads together with a paper clip. Caution there is line voltage on those leads. Make sure thay are not going to short on anything.
Alternatively you could check that the switch closes it's contacts when you provide gentle vacuum on its hose.

 

[Chrisnow86]

Did you have the door closed while doing the leaf blower trick?

 

[nick123]

yes some of the time I did

 

[Chrisnow86]

When you do that make sure the door is open you can damage the vacuum switches if it's closed.. So jumping them should solve you problem

 

[nick123]

Ok now I have a bigger problem. I went to pull the vacuum hose off to make it is clear and the vacuum stint broke off! Anyone ever have this happen?

 

[Harvey Schneider]

Ok now I have a bigger problem. I went to pull the vacuum hose off to make it is clear and the vacuum stint broke off! Anyone ever have this happen?

You should still do the test to see if the stove works with the switch bypassed.
It isn't clear what you just broke off. If it was the nipple on the switch and the switch was bad, no loss.

 

[nick123]

No it was the inlet to the fire box that has a vacuum hose attached.