Hey guys, a small piece on the end of my auger broke off when I was cleaning my stove it’s an accentra 52i. every thing is functioning fine but was looking to purchase a new one. I have found 2 augers 1 aftermarket for $79 and 1 Oem for $117 which one should I get
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tbear853
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How much broke? Auger tip break is no biggie, it's a long screw like deal, it's full of pellets in use, it'll still feed pellets.
hey tbear, not much has broken off and has operated fine since it broke. I was just going to order one and have it here in case it got worse. I guess my question is do I go with an oem auger or is an aftermarket just as good due to price
i just removed and replaced the auger (and feed weldment). on my P68....i went with OEM because i was worried about the bearing being a cheap imported bearing. Are you buying it from "earth sense".....they may tell you they're both made by the same company. If that were the case, id go cheaper.
tbear853
Feeling the Heat
I think letting the stove just run out of pellets doesn't help in some stoves as it exposes the end to great heat.
hey gfreek, when I was cleaning the stove I was scraping around the auger to clean up carbon and the screw driver broke a very small piece of the auger off the metal there is thin on the end. it is functioning fine just want to order a back up incase it gets worse no issues at all now. my Stove is 6 years old now I have only let it run out of pellets maybe twice when burning. The stove will run 15 to 20 hours before a refill is needed so it’s hard to run it dry even when your not paying att.
tbear853
Feeling the Heat
about 3/4" my auger tip burnt/broke off and while looking it over i noticed a hole in the bottom of the feed tube weldment exactly at he tip of the auger......the combustion air source runs under the feed tube and this hole was feeding air and fire right on the tip of my auger and that apparently ate away at the auger. I was going to weld the feed tube hole closed, but changed the feed tube weldment instead
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