first of all I'd like to apoligize in advance for any spelling or puncuation errors. You see my hands are cold because my house is cold because my Whitfield Quest is shut down!
The problem began with what I thought was a failing auger motor. It had been groaning for awhile so when it finally quit turning I decided to replace it temporarily with the auger motor from the Advantage II out in my shop. Since the electrical connections didn't match I made a couple short jumper wires (spades on both ends) to match things up. What I didn't notice though was one of the dangling wires was in contact with the edge of the stove. Sure enough when I plugged it in there was a nice spark! Now the replacement motor works but it turns constantly. I put the old motor back in and it turns constantly too. Also, the auger motor light is always on now and the auger on/off button won't shut the auger off. The only way to kill it is to unplug the stove.
It was the black wire off the auger motor that grounded out for an instant. My research shows that wire first goes to the High Limit Switch, changes to brown between the HLS and the Vacuum Switch, then brown to the control board.
My worst fear is that the control board was damaged when the black wire grounded out for a second. Anybody here have any suggestions? thanks - RS
The problem began with what I thought was a failing auger motor. It had been groaning for awhile so when it finally quit turning I decided to replace it temporarily with the auger motor from the Advantage II out in my shop. Since the electrical connections didn't match I made a couple short jumper wires (spades on both ends) to match things up. What I didn't notice though was one of the dangling wires was in contact with the edge of the stove. Sure enough when I plugged it in there was a nice spark! Now the replacement motor works but it turns constantly. I put the old motor back in and it turns constantly too. Also, the auger motor light is always on now and the auger on/off button won't shut the auger off. The only way to kill it is to unplug the stove.
It was the black wire off the auger motor that grounded out for an instant. My research shows that wire first goes to the High Limit Switch, changes to brown between the HLS and the Vacuum Switch, then brown to the control board.
My worst fear is that the control board was damaged when the black wire grounded out for a second. Anybody here have any suggestions? thanks - RS
