Hi I am having trouble with my Quadra fire Castile. The stove has been installed since I bought the house 3 years ago. Up until the last couple months it has run fine through the seasons. Out of the blue it stopped dropping pellets. I have replaced the auger motor. The black ring on the blower starts on startup. I have tried jumping out the vacuum switch to see if it is that and the auger still does not move. I am at wits end with this stove and have no idea what could be wrong at this point. Any help would be appreciated.
auger not dropping pellets quadra fire castile
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Ssyko
Minister of Fire
I cleaned it at the beginning of this season. vacuum the inside and emptied the chimney outside. I looked in the passage from inside by the pot and it looks clear. Are there any other areas I need to clean?
okay tried it after work. jumping it did nothing, but I pushed the reset button on the snap disc by the auger and it immediately started working. Only problem is that it just kept dumping pellets even when the thermostat was not calling for them? Any idea what caused this change.
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
snap disc by the auger is the over temp, if that was tripped you would have no power at all.
Unless there is a short in wiring, I would have to say your control box is the issue. Try unplugging stove, pull control box out and reseat it. Then plug stove back in and see what happens. If that isn't it, Do you know someone that has a stove you can try it in? kap