Okay, so I am trying to fire the old girl up tonight but there's a problem...no pellets are coming into the burn pot. I've checked and both upper and lower auger motors are working and the bottom auger you can see is working so where are the pellets?
Englander PDV-25 Pellet Feed Problem
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jjones139
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First thing to do is to check the bottom of the hopper and check for a blockage. Then move on to removing the auger, but honestly I doubt that's the issue!
Yep, empty hopper first, IIRC there is a wear factor on the augers so with a full hopper and the upper auger full it could be getting jammed up . before pulling auger start it up again ( cheating out hopper safety switches if it is the later model) to see if the auger tries to turn. I haven't run my old model 25 for a bunch of years so kinda losing track of the fine points. No igniter on my unit. Manual available from Englander. Old model manual there also but ya got to dig a bit for it.
Problem solved! I first cleaned out my stove and cleaned the chimney, next I took off the auger motors and pulled the augers (after emptying all pellets of course) and cleaned them and both tubes before reassembling them and putting some pellets in and starting the stove. All fixed...working like a champ :D.
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