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i have an older pepin and all of a sudden it started to feed continuously and causing the stove to over heat so much so the paint started to burn anyone out there with an answer cause i haven't a clue
Have you recently done a COMPLETE cleaning of the stove? I mean behind the ash traps, removed the combustion blower, etc.... my Pepin overfed when it was plugged with ash ... I had burning pellets in the ashpan that melted the plastic handle...
So you have no control over the auger speed? I am taking this as an older analog board with the dial for heat adjustment?
I am not sure I would run that stove if the auger just keeps turning and turning. Careful with this. Sounds like the board lost a triac or timer relay. Not sure on how St Croix controled the auger in there anolog boards.
After you pull the burn pot, versa grate and ash trap doors, etc. get behind the firebox with a coathanger, bottle brush or some similar tool to dislodge the ash behind that rear wall. Tapping it with a hammer also really helps.
The combustion blower can get pretty dirty, too. If you haven't had that apart in the last ton of pellets you should pull it out and clean the fan plus scrape out any carbon and built up ash.
So you have no control over the auger speed? I am taking this as an older analog board with the dial for heat adjustment?
I am not sure I would run that stove if the auger just keeps turning and turning. Careful with this. Sounds like the board lost a triac or timer relay. Not sure on how St Croix controled the auger in there anolog boards.
Did you get the combustion blower and its cavity and the entire vent from that cavity both going back to the heat exchanger and out through and including the vent cap?
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