Mt vernon e3 vacuum switch bypassed

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Crawlin2slow

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Oct 1, 2019
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Washington state
Hoping you all can help me out. I bought my Mt. Vernon e3 about 3 years ago. I installed it myself.

Well fast forward a few years and I was cleaning the stove tonight and when I had the back opened up, I noticed that the vacuum switch has been bypassed. I'm not sure who did it but it was done before I bought it. The unit was brand new when I bought it so my only guess is that this was done during manufacturing.

Could someone let me know or post a picture of how the wires connect to the vacuum switch. Both wires are red and I'm not sure which wire connects to the posts on the switch.

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It's very disturbing to see an important safety control jumpered like that. Did you mention this to your dealer? It's a series switch circuit so it doesn't matter which wire goes on which terminal.
 
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It's very disturbing to see an important safety control jumpered like that. Did you mention this to your dealer? It's a series switch circuit so it doesn't matter which wire goes on which terminal.
I'm calling them tomorrow. Not sure what they'll actually do but it's worth a shot I guess. Thanks for the quick response.
 
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