Lots and lots of good info here. But I sometimes I get confused 'cuz the poster tries too many things at once actually doing more damage and truly never finding what fixed the original problem. So...here is my problem.
I own a Breckwell Big E and 4 days ago the convection motor stopped cold. It had been squealing and grinding since I bought it so I know it was only a matter of time before it would seize. Just an FYI...the pellet stove was functional and operating as normal (I think) except for getting really hot when the convection motor failed. So hot I thought it might start my pellets in the hopper on fire. The combustion fan was working and pellet feed seemed to be working.
I bought a replacement motor (Dayton 3M548), installed it, plugged the unit in and turned it on. The convection fan cycled low and then full on which is not normal. I looked at the control panel and the green light was full on...not it's usual blinking (the blinking would stop once the unit got up to heat). The convection motor was blowing a good column of air but it was too much. Changing the heat index changes the speed but very little. #1 setting should be low...say about 1500 rpm's. #1 is more like 2700, #2, 2800, #3, 2900, and #4, 3000 (guessing on RPM). OK...so a fire is going...auger seems to be working but not feeding pellets as it would normally. Placed pellet feed on high...same as normal. On high it would be produce so much heat I would have to stand to the side of the stove. I then shut off the stove, the pellet feed stops feeding the burn pot as normal but the convection motor is still running even though the unit has cooled and powered off. Which forces me to unplug the stove...thus stopping convection motor.
Reading the info in my manual and here has led me to bypass both thermodisc's to which I have no different result. Air switch tube was clean, and opening the stove door shuts off the stove after 30 seconds (as excepted) but the convection motor still runs until I unplug the stove. I deduce that my problem could be the board but I really hope not. I did read of someone that can repair the control boards so I would try that option if needed but I want to make sure I've done all the necessary trouble shooting first.
So there ya go...help me. Whats next? Feel free to suggest away!
Ed-
I own a Breckwell Big E and 4 days ago the convection motor stopped cold. It had been squealing and grinding since I bought it so I know it was only a matter of time before it would seize. Just an FYI...the pellet stove was functional and operating as normal (I think) except for getting really hot when the convection motor failed. So hot I thought it might start my pellets in the hopper on fire. The combustion fan was working and pellet feed seemed to be working.
I bought a replacement motor (Dayton 3M548), installed it, plugged the unit in and turned it on. The convection fan cycled low and then full on which is not normal. I looked at the control panel and the green light was full on...not it's usual blinking (the blinking would stop once the unit got up to heat). The convection motor was blowing a good column of air but it was too much. Changing the heat index changes the speed but very little. #1 setting should be low...say about 1500 rpm's. #1 is more like 2700, #2, 2800, #3, 2900, and #4, 3000 (guessing on RPM). OK...so a fire is going...auger seems to be working but not feeding pellets as it would normally. Placed pellet feed on high...same as normal. On high it would be produce so much heat I would have to stand to the side of the stove. I then shut off the stove, the pellet feed stops feeding the burn pot as normal but the convection motor is still running even though the unit has cooled and powered off. Which forces me to unplug the stove...thus stopping convection motor.
Reading the info in my manual and here has led me to bypass both thermodisc's to which I have no different result. Air switch tube was clean, and opening the stove door shuts off the stove after 30 seconds (as excepted) but the convection motor still runs until I unplug the stove. I deduce that my problem could be the board but I really hope not. I did read of someone that can repair the control boards so I would try that option if needed but I want to make sure I've done all the necessary trouble shooting first.
So there ya go...help me. Whats next? Feel free to suggest away!
Ed-