Hi Gentlemen:
This is my first post in this interesting and informative Forum.
Using a Pleasant Hearth PH35PS pellet stove in my hobby room. Room is 23' x 23' and worked well for 4 years. I use it sporadically in the winter months at 5 - 8 hours at a time but only use maybe 10 or 11 pellet bags per winter. Have connected all per the manual and had 3 Local Fire department visits and certificates for workmanship. Am using OAK. I have been performing annual maintenance per the instruction book, including cleaning and painting firebox and firepot with high temp. paint.
Unit was tripping room breaker once or twice, while well into the heating cycle after an hour or so. Turning stove off and re-starting went OK for first two times it happened. I had tried a different circuit with the same results, thinking I had a faulty ground-fault.
Problem is now worse. I start unit, pellets feed, igniter lights fire and then within a minute, trips breaker.
Can run exhaust blower on 110 via patch cord and same with recirculating fan.
Contacted Pleasant Hearth and they sent me control module board under warranty. Person talked to was not technical.
New Control board does exactly the same thing.
Am thinking that the Igniter could be the problem? Possibly upon heating the change in thermal expansion within igniter may be shorting.
Not sure what to try next? I can empty the hopper and be sure the auger feed is OK and not binding along with pulling the Igniter and bench testing with and without torch heat. I would also closely examine igniter to see if there is any exposed wiring to ground.
Since this stove is frequently run start/stop, maybe excess wear on Igniter is cause.
Since I had built up un-fired pellets, the last time I had some slight smoke come from the exhaust blower, so I simply jumped the exhaust blower to 110V (stove unplugged) until fire burned out. Let this run for about 20 minutes.
Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank You.... Tom
This is my first post in this interesting and informative Forum.
Using a Pleasant Hearth PH35PS pellet stove in my hobby room. Room is 23' x 23' and worked well for 4 years. I use it sporadically in the winter months at 5 - 8 hours at a time but only use maybe 10 or 11 pellet bags per winter. Have connected all per the manual and had 3 Local Fire department visits and certificates for workmanship. Am using OAK. I have been performing annual maintenance per the instruction book, including cleaning and painting firebox and firepot with high temp. paint.
Unit was tripping room breaker once or twice, while well into the heating cycle after an hour or so. Turning stove off and re-starting went OK for first two times it happened. I had tried a different circuit with the same results, thinking I had a faulty ground-fault.
Problem is now worse. I start unit, pellets feed, igniter lights fire and then within a minute, trips breaker.
Can run exhaust blower on 110 via patch cord and same with recirculating fan.
Contacted Pleasant Hearth and they sent me control module board under warranty. Person talked to was not technical.
New Control board does exactly the same thing.
Am thinking that the Igniter could be the problem? Possibly upon heating the change in thermal expansion within igniter may be shorting.
Not sure what to try next? I can empty the hopper and be sure the auger feed is OK and not binding along with pulling the Igniter and bench testing with and without torch heat. I would also closely examine igniter to see if there is any exposed wiring to ground.
Since this stove is frequently run start/stop, maybe excess wear on Igniter is cause.
Since I had built up un-fired pellets, the last time I had some slight smoke come from the exhaust blower, so I simply jumped the exhaust blower to 110V (stove unplugged) until fire burned out. Let this run for about 20 minutes.
Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank You.... Tom
