Hello.
I have an Avalon Arbor Wood Pellet Stove. We recently had a situation where pellets where smoldering in the hopper. We basically barely avoided a fire.
Since then the stove has not worked. I have checked various parts of the circuit for damage.
I started with the hood switch by bypassing it. Voltage was good through to the auger.
I checked thermodisk switches, one on the hopper and one that sits closer to the backing of the hearth. I bypassed both of them and checked resistance on each of them. The resistance is at .5 ohms, so I assume those are not tripped.
Finally, with all the thermodisk switches reconnected I checked the voltage going to the auger motor. I'm getting 120 volts when the auger light turns on. The auger is not turning.
I am going to remove the motor unless anyone has any other ideas before I do this.
Also I see no movement in the auger motor at all when it is powered. I have cleaned out the auger but have not attempted to manually move it as I read that it could potentially damage the gears inside.
Thanks for any advice.
-Jake
I have an Avalon Arbor Wood Pellet Stove. We recently had a situation where pellets where smoldering in the hopper. We basically barely avoided a fire.
Since then the stove has not worked. I have checked various parts of the circuit for damage.
I started with the hood switch by bypassing it. Voltage was good through to the auger.
I checked thermodisk switches, one on the hopper and one that sits closer to the backing of the hearth. I bypassed both of them and checked resistance on each of them. The resistance is at .5 ohms, so I assume those are not tripped.
Finally, with all the thermodisk switches reconnected I checked the voltage going to the auger motor. I'm getting 120 volts when the auger light turns on. The auger is not turning.
I am going to remove the motor unless anyone has any other ideas before I do this.
Also I see no movement in the auger motor at all when it is powered. I have cleaned out the auger but have not attempted to manually move it as I read that it could potentially damage the gears inside.
Thanks for any advice.
-Jake