Avalon RunZ well but not on the Stat

[Soup]

Hello,

AN old Avalon. Running it on a wired thermostat. It began running (intermitently)

Like it is getting power and then not getting power. You can hear this in the blower fan (on off, on off, on off, etc.)


I am thinking maybe something either with the thermostat..... or the thermostat wire..... The wire does go under a carpet
at a traffic area... Maybe it is broken...

I am going to move the stat closer with a shorter wire and see if that helps.

TO test the stat............ can I just use a jumper wire (or just connect the two wires and by pass the stat......

that is all that the stat really is.... just a switch....... so instead I will just connect them together.... No Stat... see if
the unit still runs intermittently (on off, on off, on off, etc.)


Thanks, SOup

 

[johneh]

Where the stat connects, put a jumper wire across the connection
Undo the stat wires completely. Run your stove, see if it works as it should without the stat

 

[Soup]

As it were, last year, that is what is described above.
So I started the stove 2day on manual. Starting somewhere!, to have
a based point..... The stove did not run on manual this year, initially.
A bunch of weird things the stove did but, did not run , which probably
indicates certain kind of failures in the system.
The first thing was the exhaust blower. Cleaned up the ground.
Other connections as well seem to have ,,,,, a degree of corrosion..?
This was true as well for the stat wires, I completely removed them
and then reconnected them....
At one point the auger stopped working. I lowered the thermostat,
got the unit to shut down(normally). I unplugged the auger connections.
After that......
At this time the pellet stove is operational. Stat is also working...

The biggest concern I have is that, it seems as though the stove rusts
during the off season months. I am wondering if this can be prevented.???
(See this also in the wood stoves)
I am thinking that perhaps I should cover the smoke pipe outlet (seal it) outside
during these months of UN-use......
ANy Thoughts on this?

Soup

 

[Whitenuckler]

As it were, last year, that is what is described above.
So I started the stove 2day on manual. Starting somewhere!, to have
a based point..... The stove did not run on manual this year, initially.
A bunch of weird things the stove did but, did not run , which probably
indicates certain kind of failures in the system.
The first thing was the exhaust blower. Cleaned up the ground.
Other connections as well seem to have ,,,,, a degree of corrosion..?
This was true as well for the stat wires, I completely removed them
and then reconnected them....
At one point the auger stopped working. I lowered the thermostat,
got the unit to shut down(normally). I unplugged the auger connections.
After that......
At this time the pellet stove is operational. Stat is also working...

The biggest concern I have is that, it seems as though the stove rusts
during the off season months. I am wondering if this can be prevented.???
(See this also in the wood stoves)
I am thinking that perhaps I should cover the smoke pipe outlet (seal it) outside
during these months of UN-use......
ANy Thoughts on this?

Soup

Do you control the humidity where this stove is located? Normal humidity is 40 to 60 % non-condensing as far as I'm concerned.
My stove is in the basement so I was able to run it almost everyday. De-humidifier running 24/7 set to 40 near the sump pump hole.
In the winter I switch to humidifiers.

 

[johneh]

A lot of people put a container of Damp Rid in their stoves
In the spring, to control the humidity.