Breckwell 5520 convection blower will ot shut off until you unplug stove. When you plug it back in it comes back on. What is the cause, the control panel?
Breckwell 5520
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Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Sounds like a voltage spike took out the board. You could pull the plug and remove the board and check for burnt traces & components. Maybe fix it yourself. More than likely need a new board
JRemington
Minister of Fire
There's one thing I can think of other than the board. There's a possibility the low limit switch is stuck in the closed position. We carry Breckwells but I haven't done a lot of work on them.
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Yes your right Jeff, Sorry Laker try jumping the low limit switch by the combustion blower. My head is up well, not thinking straight.
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Unplug the stove , take a paperclip and connect the wires off the low limit switch. Turn stove on and see if it runs properly dont let the 2 wires connect to the stove it will ground out.. Dont run the stove that way permanently it is a safety feature. If stove does work order the switch
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Both the combustion and convection blowers run continuously until the stove is unplugged
JRemington
Minister of Fire
Pull off one of the connections to the switch. Start the stove. After 5 minutes plug it back in. Run the stove for a half hour then shut it down.
JRemington
Minister of Fire
Or I guess the easier way would be to pull both sides of the switch when it's cold and take an ohm meter and see if the switch is open.
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
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Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Ok contrary to popular belief Eagle/breckwell/ Kozi/bosca boards are all the same boards just a diff faceplate. I just put a kozi board in my BIg-E works great. Its up to you
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JRemington
Minister of Fire
JRemington
Minister of Fire
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Yes I did I don't have a meter with me so I took off one wire for 5 minutes and re installed the let stove run for 30 minutes. Convection blower says on, on high speed until its unplugged
JRemington
Minister of Fire
Convection blower stays on high constantly, the stove works fine except convection blower stays on high speed will not shut off unless you unplug the stove!
Ssyko
Minister of Fire
Laker are you comfortable about pulling out your control board to ck the traces? my big-e got a spike this fall from lightning hitting my transformer at the pole (no i didn't have a surge protector then) it burned a couple traces (circled). unplug first
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JRemington
Minister of Fire
I think we're caught between either a board issue or a low limit switch stuck in the closed position. Did you notice if the light went solid on your controls when you plugged the switch wire back in after the 5 minutes?
JRemington
Minister of Fire
I'm not so sure it's the board. Check the ohms on the low limit switch first. Do it when it's cold.
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