I'm having a problem with my CB1200. Had it for about 5 years and thought I figured out all of it's little quirks and issues. I'm pretty religious on my stove and cleanings on it. Just lately it has been having an issue with the fire going out. Well not exactly the fire, but the auger stops feeding...
I know the stove has a heavy feeding cycle to start the burn. The auger works, and drops pellets, call light is on, and the igniter is working (smoke starts to develop in the firepot and out the vent tube). But the auger stops dropping about 3 mins into the cycle, and there is barely enough pellets dropped to create a fire for about a min, then fire goes out and the stove will eventually shut off because it doesn't get hot enough (call light stays on). My question is what causes the auger to stop feeding after about 2-3 mins? But also, EVERYTHING else is working just fine. and by that i mean if i hit the "reset" button about a minute after the stove starts, it drops a bunch more pellets, then the stove runs like normal. It's ran all night like this, perfectly. Until i shut it off, clean it out, and start it back up again, same issue: auger stops feeding after 2 mins, unless you hit reset, and then it works just fine after that.
This is a little bit aggravating because I usually run the stove on a Remote Temp Controller, (which is working fine), but I can no longer trust to run it on a temp mode, i have to have it constantly on for fear of smoke build up if the fire fails during the night. Any help is greatly appreciated. I joined this site YEARS ago, and read up on stuff, but have never encountered this problem on here before. Thanks for any and all help in advance!!
I know the stove has a heavy feeding cycle to start the burn. The auger works, and drops pellets, call light is on, and the igniter is working (smoke starts to develop in the firepot and out the vent tube). But the auger stops dropping about 3 mins into the cycle, and there is barely enough pellets dropped to create a fire for about a min, then fire goes out and the stove will eventually shut off because it doesn't get hot enough (call light stays on). My question is what causes the auger to stop feeding after about 2-3 mins? But also, EVERYTHING else is working just fine. and by that i mean if i hit the "reset" button about a minute after the stove starts, it drops a bunch more pellets, then the stove runs like normal. It's ran all night like this, perfectly. Until i shut it off, clean it out, and start it back up again, same issue: auger stops feeding after 2 mins, unless you hit reset, and then it works just fine after that.
This is a little bit aggravating because I usually run the stove on a Remote Temp Controller, (which is working fine), but I can no longer trust to run it on a temp mode, i have to have it constantly on for fear of smoke build up if the fire fails during the night. Any help is greatly appreciated. I joined this site YEARS ago, and read up on stuff, but have never encountered this problem on here before. Thanks for any and all help in advance!!
