thermostat hookup on us pellet stove 5500m ?

I just purchased a new pellet stove, the us 5500m and I am trying to hook up a thermostat but there are no directions for doing so. I removed the side panel and found the tabs marked tstat and i hooked my thermostat to them. I turned stove and and it is not doing anything different. My old stove, lopi pioneer had to be set to manual mode to use with thermostat and would shut down when room temp was reached and then turn back on as needed. That is what I would like my new stove to do also. Does anyone have any info on this or a link to find some directions? Thanks.

Oes the US Stove have a Auto or Manual mode? What type of Thermostat is it? Is it a remote thermostat? Or a millivolt system? If so does it have its own power supply? Or do you have to provide the Power source?? Lots of variables..

Pics help out a lot. Also. Don't forget about Pics of your stove. We love pics..

1st thing to check is if ther is a jummper ire still installed. 2ndly dose the control board have a on/off AND a hi/low setting?(manuel switch)

Have you gone through the initial tests of the unit, as outlined on P. 13? There is a T-stat test included there.

I seemed to remember that these stoves run on Hi-Lo only when connected to a stat. You have to start the stove manually (I think), and then the stat turns the hest & fans up or down as need be.

take a look at this thread about it:

www.hearth.com/econtent/index.php/forums/viewthread/68647/

Thanks for the info. I did see a small black piece between the spade terminals but i wanst sure if i should remove it or not. I dont want to break it....just bought it and hooked it up yesterday. I am going to take the side panel off and look closer at this black block and see if is removable. Then I will fire stove to max room heat setting and set thermostat and see if it goes to low and back to high as needed. I hope so. Here is a few pics. I have to insatall my AIK still. My old pellet stove intake was on the other side of the stove, so im gonna drill a new hole so it is a straight shot outside, or would it be ok with the two 90 turns if I used my old intake vent?

Is it just flex tubing, or something else? IMO, as long as you keep the total run to about 5' or less, even w/ the elbows, it should work fine.

The intake is metal flex that I had picked up at true value last year. Unfortunately it is not flexible enough for me to make it work with this new application. I am going to drill a new hole, or purchase a kit with the flex hose, prob drill hole and plug old hole. I hate to spend my money.... why is PVC not acceptable for the vent anyway? I have read not to use it but it is a fresh air intake so why not? Anyway I did pull the side panel off and pulled on the little black piece between the stat spade terminals and it pull off. Now stove is working with the thermostat and as everyone had said, it only goes into low mode and does not shut off. I liked how my lopi shut off and saved pellets but from what I have been reading about the ignitor on these stoves, I would rather have it turn off as little as possible I guess. Seems that they dont last long. Thanks for the help. Now just a little shop vacing and a few final touches and this project is complete.

PVC is not ok... For one reason. In case of a Power failure, the heat could reverse itself and melt the plastic pipe. Depending on wind direction, pressure outside, inside, etc.

tks.. I was not going to use the pvc because I had read the warnings but I wasnt sure why you were not supposed to. I did not think about the heat reversing from pressure in/out. I will just drill a new hole and fill the old one. No big deal. I still need to clean up mess behind the stove from the new exhust vent anyway.

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OH, and BTW, glad you got the t-stat to work.