I have a 2004 Breckwell 2000i sometimes convection blower doesn’t start

[Chuckiechan]

Once in a while the fire blower seems to work normally, but the convection fan does not. So I have to unplug, re plug to let it cool down. It is infrequent but bothers me.
I could be the board, or the blower, or?
Ideas?

 

[johneh]

A little more info, please. Does the convection blower come on
and then when the stove is hot it shuts down (the blower) Or
does it sometimes just not start?

 

[Chuckiechan]

A little more info, please. Does the convection blower come on
and then when the stove is hot it shuts down (the blower) Or
does it sometimes just not start?

One out of ten or so times it does not start. Next time I’m going to tap the circuit board with something.

 

[johneh]

See bottom of page 25

https://woodstoves.net/documents/breckwell/P2000_Manual.pdf

 

[zrock]

i would start with changing out the snap discs.. and not the ebay ones stick with OEM i just found out the hard way the ebay ones are good for a back up but they can cause some strange things.

 

[Chuckiechan]

See bottom of page 25

https://woodstoves.net/documents/breckwell/P2000_Manual.pdf

Thanks for that.
Who is a good parts supplier. I may just change out both blower motors, get the board checked, and replace the igniter assuming parts prices aren’t crazy high. It will be a good summer project and an off season reinstall will be welcomed by a tech.

 

[zrock]

I just did all that on mine.. time all said and done I was in about 2g canadian.. start with the cheap things first

 

[Chuckiechan]

I just did all that on mine.. time all said and done I was in about 2g canadian.. start with the cheap things first

Where did you buy the parts?

 

[zrock]

stove parts for less and a couple of the top online retailers.

 

[stovelark]

If convection (room) blower does not come on occasionally, I'd suspect first the ceramic snap disc that closes, allowing the blower to come on. You can bypass that switch to check the blower operation too, but if the blower turns smoothly, not making noise, then the snap disc is my first suspect. Also, doesn't Breckwell let you override the blower speed and has a high fan switch on the board? I thought they did...
Replacing the blowers are costly, if they are working ok, I don't think I would replace them, unless you really want to of course. Good luck.

 

[zrock]

If convection (room) blower does not come on occasionally, I'd suspect first the ceramic snap disc that closes, allowing the blower to come on. You can bypass that switch to check the blower operation too, but if the blower turns smoothly, not making noise, then the snap disc is my first suspect. Also, doesn't Breckwell let you override the blower speed and has a high fan switch on the board? I thought they did...
Replacing the blowers are costly, if they are working ok, I don't think I would replace them, unless you really want to of course. Good luck.

yes they do have a over ride.

 

[Chuckiechan]

yes they do have a over ride.

If when the convection fan stops and I push the high fan switch and the fan operates again, it is the high temp snap disk?

 

[stovelark]

Hey- no I don't think its the high limit snapdisc, I think its the normal proof of flame snapdisck, that will allow the fan to come on after unit is heated up.