Issues with quadrafire Mr Vernon pellet stove.

[Chuckluedtke]

I have an older Mt Vernon pellet stove. It's been giving me fits and won't start up. I cleaned it all out the last time like I normall do when it starts giving me issues. Pull the inside panels all out and vacuum behind the panels and by the heat tubes and clean things all up. Did this and wouldn't start. It will flash a blue light once every 10 seconds or so on start up. It will start dropping pellets but then no ignition. Bought another igniter off of Amazon which I'm sure isn't the best place but it was over the weekend. Took the old one out and had to splice the wires as that's how the old one was. Old igniter had no resistance after testing the two leads. Tried it again and goes through the same sequence of not igniting but will flash the blue light once every ten seconds and start dropping pellets. Even pulled the vacuum tube off and verified it was clean and also cleaned out the port where it plugs in by feeder tube. I'm at a loss. This stove has always served us well but I figured it was time to call the experts. Even bypassed the thermostat and jumpered the two wires to eliminate that out of the equation.

 

[johneh]

Stupid question does the igniter get hot?

 

[Chuckluedtke]

Stupid question does the igniter get hot?

The old one wasn't. The new one isn't either. I did check the new one and it has resistance in it but the old one has no resistance. Can they be wired backwards???

 

[begreen]

Has the vacuum switch been tested to verify it's working?

 

[johneh]

The old one wasn't. The new one isn't either. I did check the new one and it has resistance in it but the old one has no resistance. Can they be wired backwards???

I would be checking as to why there is no power going to the igniter
It should not matter which way it is wired

Has the vacuum switch been tested to verify it's working?

He said that pellets drop on start up that in my small mind means the vac. switch is working as should

 

[Chuckluedtke]

I played with it more after work. Lit the pellet manually and the stove worked fine and ran for a couple hours until the stove was up to the set temp. Then shut off and same thing. Before this I did take out control board and open up and there was an internal fuse in there but I tested it and it was good. Is there a way to have the control board tested to verify its working properly???

 

[Scoop11]

Chuckluedtke, I’m having a similar issue with an older Mt Vernon AE. Comb fan turns on, pellets drop, but igniter doesn’t get hot. Have you found someone to test your control board? Thx

 

[rickwai]

Have you unplugged the igniter and checked for voltage at the connections?

 

[Scoop11]

Yes power going to the control board, but no power to the igniter. Im going to have to pull the board to check the fuse…

 

[Scoop11]

So the 15A fuse on the control panel was blown. Replaced it and seems to be working now. But I’m not sure why this control panel fuse blew and not one of the two in-line 7A fuses going to the igniter?

 

[Gibber300]

So the 15A fuse on the control panel was blown. Replaced it and seems to be working now. But I’m not sure why this control panel fuse blew and not one of the two in-line 7A fuses going to the igniter?

Where are your two inline fuses? It seems my ignitor blew out that portion of my board because the fuse didn't blow???

Igniter stopped working Black Friday stove kept dumping unused pellets in ash tray from trying to light. I started stove manually 3 times waiting for new igniter from Amazon. Installed new igniter from Amazon( I believe 30 watt) Said it was same one. Stove seemed fine all night then about 11AM wife heard a bang and the stove smelled like fried electronics. Tested igniter and it was blown. ( It had a hole blown out through the coil) So installed new igniter and stove wouldn't ignite. No power to the igniter. Took power supply out and fuse was still intact. Decided to take main control board out and the ignitor power supply on the board was fried. ( See Pics) So I resoldered a piece to the board and fuse link as tha is where it blew. ( Why didn't it blow the fuse) Anyway assembled everything back together and put in a new igniter and it ran all night. Then this morning again the stove tried to startup and it caused the house lights to flicker and stunk like electrical fire. I have a UPS that the stove is plugged into in case of power outage and my wife had to unplug everything to get it to stop beeping.

Do I need to get a different igniter? Is my main board shot? or is it the power supply?

Thank You