help i am an idiot!!!!!!

[michael taillon]

last night my auger stopped working. i have a Whitfield Renaissance and the man i got it from said that it would happen and that i needed to go behind the control panel and move the auger manually. so i did but while i did it i pulled the white power plug off the connector. (i know this is where everyone yells at me for not unplugging the stove before i worked on it, or checking the wiring diagram before i plugged the wire back in) i thought i knew which metal connector it fell off of and so i plugged it back in. there was a spark and the machine died completely. now when i turn it on there is nothing not even a humming nothing! help what did i fry?????? instead of putting it back on #6 metal connector where i was supposed to, I plugged it in #7 which has the blower and auger motors attached to it. any ides?

 

[jtakeman]

If you were lucky, It probably just blow a fuse. Check the control panel on or around it.

This time unplug first before touching anything.

Good luck.
jay

 

[michael taillon]

i didnt see any fuses.

 

[webbie]

Obviously, check the outlet first.........

Then give some of this a quick read and see if you can find out if there is a fuse protection....
http://www.butkus.org/whitfield_pellet_stove.htm

 

[michael taillon]

THERE IS POWER TO OUTLET.

 

[jtakeman]

Most all stoves have fuses. Its gotta be there. Check the Control panel itself. Maybe intergated to it.

jay.

 

[Fsappo]

Don't feel bad, I am told I'm an idiot every day

 

[Delta-T]

gosh a renaissance, I've never even seen one, but most of the whitfiields have a fuse on the underside of the control board. Its not convenient but its there(usually).

 

[michael taillon]

WHERE? DO I HAVE TO TAKE THE CONTROL PANEL OFF? AND IS IT JUST A GLASS 6 AMP FUSE?

 

[jtakeman]

It could be the glass fuse. 6 amps is in the ball park.

 

[sydney1963]

WHERE? DO I HAVE TO TAKE THE CONTROL PANEL OFF? AND IS IT JUST A GLASS 6 AMP FUSE?

I would check in your manual if you have one.