Castile Convection Motor

[JeffB]

Hi,
I'm new to the board, but have often referenced it for info. Very helpful.
The convection blower on my Quad Castile only blows on high. I have narrowed it down to a blown triac in the control board. I have learned that the control board matches pellet drop rate (auger) to convection speed. Such that in this scenario when the rocker switch is on low speed the pellets drop at a slower rate than the fan is running. The stove blows off heat faster than the pellets can keep up. Burn pot usually dies after awhile.


So, what I want to do is run a 3 speed ceiling fan switch before snap disk #1 to match fan speed with pellet drop rate. Until I decide to fork out 3 bills for the replacement board.

Need to know volts of convec motor and amperage to select proper fan switch. I think its a 110-115 V motor.
What would be be the max amp switch I could use. I've been able to gleen some info from other posts and think that up to a 5 amp switch will be good.

I would probably attempt to replace the triac that controls convection speed but cant figure out where it is on the board. Cant seem to find a schematic online.
Thanks in advance

 

[Ssyko]

This is what i used on mine. It is hard wired into the convection blower. I plug the fan in the wall. You wont find a schematic for the board thet are proprietary to the mfg. of the board. Let us know when you want to tackle the triac
(broken link removed to http://www.kb-controls.com/product.sc;jsessionid=8E7008BCAF28D34682FD5176523EC6F9.p3plqscsfapp002?productId=119)

 

[JeffB]

Hi,
I'm new to the board, but have often referenced it for info. Very helpful.
The convection blower on my Quad Castile only blows on high. I have narrowed it down to a blown triac in the control board. I have learned that the control board matches pellet drop rate (auger) to convection speed. Such that in this scenario when the rocker switch is on low speed the pellets drop at a slower rate than the fan is running. The stove blows off heat faster than the pellets can keep up. Burn pot usually dies after awhile.


So, what I want to do is run a 3 speed ceiling fan switch before snap disk #1 to match fan speed with pellet drop rate. Until I decide to fork out 3 bills for the replacement board.

Need to know volts of convec motor and amperage to select proper fan switch. I think its a 110-115 V motor.
What would be be the max amp switch I could use. I've been able to gleen some info from other posts and think that up to a 5 amp switch will be good.

I would probably attempt to replace the triac that controls convection speed but cant figure out where it is on the board. Cant seem to find a schematic online.
Thanks in advance

Thank you