Glow Boy Pellet stove

[Treaterb]

Hi guys, I'm new to the site but this looks like the most knowledgeable group I could find ion the web. I am having issues with my stove. Its a lowboy Heater Model # 1447. It has an Acutron 2 controler and I am wondering if it is shot.
Heres the long story. My girlfriend bought a house where the stove was installed professional a year prior (3 years ago now). The lady who owned the home burned corn in the stove and we have since switched to using pellets. Last year w had some issues thru out the winter where the stove would jam up and I would have to empty the hopper and clear it out (I guess this is quite common?). Any how this year when I went to start the stove I could not get the auger to turn. The fans come on and it goes thru the start up period a matter of a few mins but the auger never dropped any pellets (this stove doesn't have an ignitor so we start manually). I did a bunch of research and I found a way to bench test the auger motor (wire it directly to the wall) and in doing so the auger motor turned fine. I then proceeded to reattach the auger moter to the auger and it turn the auger just fine. But as soon as I hook the stove up to the controller it seems to not function.

A few other things I have checked..I have removed the vacuum line and was able to blow thru it with little to no difficulty. I have completely cleaned the stove inside and out. Checked for a lid latch sensor (there isn't one)

Can you guys tell me if there is anything else I can do before biting the bullet and buying a $300.00 controller?

 

[MountainSean]

Check your high limit switch. Should be on the left side of the stove if I remember correctly and is the one that is mounted up highest. If that has gone bad or tripped open it will prevent the auger motor from feeding. You can do a continuity test on it and you should get no resistance. If it reads infinite or open resistance then that is your most likely culprit.

 

[Treaterb]

Thanks a ton. I will try that tonight when I get home.
Do I have to order the parts online or should I be able to pick them up locally? Or is there another place that you recommend buying them from?

 

[Lake Girl]

Can be purchased on-line but likely can get it from a local stove shop ... make sure you have make/model/year and/or part number. Do you have a manual? 2004 manual http://www.dansons.com/pdfs/manuals/manual-glowboy-fs.pdf

Parts numbers may be different for different model years...

 

[Treaterb]

Can be purchased on-line but likely can get it from a local stove shop ... make sure you have make/model/year and/or part number. Do you have a manual? 2004 manual http://www.dansons.com/pdfs/manuals/manual-glowboy-fs.pdf

Parts numbers may be different for different model years...

Thanks, I will look for the manual tonight.

 

[Treaterb]

Check your high limit switch. Should be on the left side of the stove if I remember correctly and is the one that is mounted up highest. If that has gone bad or tripped open it will prevent the auger motor from feeding. You can do a continuity test on it and you should get no resistance. If it reads infinite or open resistance then that is your most likely culprit.

SO good news is I got the stove to work. It ran perfectly all night last night. Bad news...I don't know what I did that made it run...I checked the continuity and everything worked as it should so I started a fire manually and the auger started dumping pellets and worked flawlessly. I changed the settings within the controller and changed them back again so could it have been out of sequence or something?

 

[Lake Girl]

Bad electrical connection? For the cost of the switch, it may not hurt to buy a back up high limit switch...

 

[Treaterb]

Bad electrical connection? For the cost of the switch, it may not hurt to buy a back up high limit switch...

That's probably a very good idea. Thank you for your help you guys are awesome.

 

[jzm2cc]

Hi guys, I'm new to the site but this looks like the most knowledgeable group I could find ion the web. I am having issues with my stove. Its a lowboy Heater Model # 1447. It has an Acutron 2 controler and I am wondering if it is shot.
Heres the long story. My girlfriend bought a house where the stove was installed professional a year prior (3 years ago now). The lady who owned the home burned corn in the stove and we have since switched to using pellets. Last year w had some issues thru out the winter where the stove would jam up and I would have to empty the hopper and clear it out (I guess this is quite common?). Any how this year when I went to start the stove I could not get the auger to turn. The fans come on and it goes thru the start up period a matter of a few mins but the auger never dropped any pellets (this stove doesn't have an ignitor so we start manually). I did a bunch of research and I found a way to bench test the auger motor (wire it directly to the wall) and in doing so the auger motor turned fine. I then proceeded to reattach the auger moter to the auger and it turn the auger just fine. But as soon as I hook the stove up to the controller it seems to not function.

A few other things I have checked..I have removed the vacuum line and was able to blow thru it with little to no difficulty. I have completely cleaned the stove inside and out. Checked for a lid latch sensor (there isn't one)

Can you guys tell me if there is anything else I can do before biting the bullet and buying a $300.00 controller?

You may have toggled it onto someother mode accidently. Holding down off button cycles it through the 3 different modes of operation per the instructions. Manual, on/off mode, and hi/lo mode.